AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty


Review By: Senthil Kumar


Certified


Yes

Expiry Month


3

Expiry Year


2023

Time taken to Prepare


60 Days

Resources Used

  • Linux Academy

Detailed Review Of Preparation

This exam is new version of the 'AWS Certified Big Data – Specialty exam'. 

 

i have tried to collate all the materials that i used for the preparation.

 

AWS Certified Big Data – Specialty Certification course- Fernando Medina Corey in Linux academy

 

AWS White Paper on Big Data Analytics

https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Big_Data_Analytics_Options_on_AWS.pdf?did=wp_card&trk=wp_card

 

I was able to answer for 3-4 questions in the exam and gave high understanding on the services from AWS perspective.

 

4 to 5 questions on kinesis service. Please ensure to read AWS White paper on Kinesis: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/whitepaper/

 

Few questions on EMR service.

Best practice for securing EMR: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/best-practices-for-securing-amazon-emr/

 

videos hosted by Amazon in youtube help in architecture perspective — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhr1KZpdzukdeX8mQ2qO73bg6UKQHYsHb

 

Sample test prepared by AWS: https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-bigdata-spec/BD-S%20Sample%20Questions%20for%20Web.pdf


Benefits From Certification

  • My Job Needed It
  • Knowledge is Power