Back to Catalog

Data Engineering Basics for Everyone

Learn on

edX logo
BeginnerCourse

Learn about data engineering concepts, ecosystem, and lifecycle. Also learn about the systems, processes, and tools you need as a Data Engineer in order to gather, transform, load, process, query, and manage data so that it can be leveraged by data consumers for operations, and decision-making

Language

  • English

Topic

  • Database

Skills You Will Learn

  • Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data Engineering, Data Integration, Data Lakes

Offered By

  • IBMSkillsNetwork

Estimated Effort

  • 4 wks/9-10 hrs

Platform

  • edX

Last Update

  • December 8, 2025
About this Course
  • Explain what data engineering is and the responsibilities and skillsets of a Data Engineer.
  • List tasks that need to be performed in a typical data engineering lifecycle.
  • Identify the different layers of a data platform's architecture and the key tasks performed in each layer.
  • Describe different learning paths that can lead you to a career in data engineering.
  • Explain what big data is, how it impacts the collection, monitoring, storage, analysis, and reporting of data, and list some big data processing tools.

Syllabus

  • Module 1: What is Data Engineering
  • Module 2: Data Engineering Ecosystem
  • Module 3: Data Engineering Lifecycle
  • Module 4: Career Opportunities and Learning Paths