How To Land On Azure Data Engineer Job
How To Land On Azure Data Engineer Job
How To Land On Azure Data Engineer Job
Note : Microsoft DP-200 and DP-201 exams retired on June 30, 2021, and the new
replacement test is DP-203 Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure
DP 203 Road map:
2.Data modeling
• A. Conceptual modeling
o Entity-relationship diagrams
o Data dictionaries
• B. Logical modeling
o Normalization and denormalization
o Object-oriented data modeling
• C. Physical modeling
o Implementation of a data model in a database management system
o Indexing
o Partitioning
3.Data warehousing
• A. Introduction to data warehousing
o Data warehousing concepts
o Advantages and disadvantages of data warehousing
• B. Designing a data warehouse
o Star schema
o Snowflake schema
o Data mart
• C. ETL process
o Extracting data from source systems
o Transforming data to conform to the data warehouse schema
o Loading data into the data warehouse
4.ETL
• A. Introduction to ETL
o What is ETL and why is it important?
o Different types of ETL processes
• B. ETL tools and techniques
o Using Azure Data Factory for ETL
o Building custom ETL pipelines with Python or .NET
• C. ETL best practices
o Error handling and logging
o Performance tuning
o Monitoring and management
5.Azure services
• A. Introduction to Azure services
o Overview of Azure cloud services
o Advantages of using Azure services for data engineering
• B. Azure Data Factory
o Creating data pipelines with Data Factory
o Scheduling and monitoring data pipelines
• C. Azure Synapse Analytics
o Building data warehouses and data marts with Synapse Analytics
o Using Synapse Studio for data exploration and analysis
• D. Azure Databricks
o Creating Spark clusters for data processing and machine learning
o Using notebooks for data exploration and analysis
• E. Azure Analysis Services
o Building and deploying analytical models
o Integrating with other Azure services
6.Data analytics and visualization
• Topics to Learn:
o A. Introduction to data analytics and visualization
▪ Overview of data analytics and visualization tools
▪ Advantages of using Power BI or Tableau for data visualization
o B. Power BI
▪ Creating reports and dashboards with Power BI
▪ Data modeling and transformation with Power Query
The following are some courses by Microsoft to prepare for this exam.
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/azure-for-the-data-engineer/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/store-data-in-azure/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/data-integration-scale-azure-data-factory/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/realize-integrated-analytical-solutions-with-
azure-synapse-analytics/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/work-with-data-warehouses-using-azure-
synapse-analytics/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/perform-data-engineering-with-azure-synapse-
apache-spark-pools/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/data-engineer-azure-databricks/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/work-with-hybrid-transactional-analytical-
processing-solutions/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/implement-data-streaming-with-asa/