Course Information
Course Overview
UPDATED JULY 2025 Syllabus | Full Coverage of Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate Exam | Full Practice Test
Now fully updated for the July 2025 Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam guide (effective for exams on or after July 25th, 2025).
Databricks Data Engineer Associate Certification is a gateway to gain recognition in the industry and open doors to better job opportunities and higher salaries. And it showcases your ability to handle real-world data engineering projects, as well as a way to future-proof your career, and a chance to achieve your professional goals!
I want to help you pass the Databricks Data Engineer Associate Certification with ease!
I have designed the course to give you the right level of theory and hands-on practice so that you can not only pass the certification exam, but also develop yourself with the right skills required to work in the industry using Databricks. So, I have designed the course with the following in mind
It covers all the topics required to pass the certification (including all the new topics from the July 2025 exam guide such as Databricks Connect, Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs), Delta Sharing and Lakehouse Federation)
It includes a Full Length Practice Exam with detailed explanations (now updated with questions from the new syllabus from July 2025)
It provides detailed explanations of each of topics
It takes a hands-on approach to learning. 80% course requires you to be working with databricks
It has 2 small projects to give you the practical knowledge required to work in the industry
It's fast paced and to the point. I genuinely value your time.
All the 300+ slides are available to download as PDF
All the databricks notebooks created during the course are available to download
I provide guidance on how to approach the Databricks Exam and pass with ease
Beginners are welcome! I teach everything about Databricks from Scratch and provide step-by-step instructions.
Disclaimer: This course is an independent preparation resource and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Databricks, Inc. All instructional content, practice questions, and materials have been originally developed by the instructor based on the publicly available exam guide and real-world data engineering experience. No actual exam content or proprietary Databricks materials have been used or reproduced.
About the Instructor
My name is Ramesh and I am going to be your instructor for this course. I am a data engineer with over 25 years of experience working on some of the large data projects, including most recently working for Microsoft UK and some of the top consulting firms.
I hold a number of certifications including the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate Certification that I am teaching in this course.
Over the last 4 years, I've taught over 200,000 students on Udemy, and my courses are highly rated and best sellers. I’m extremely passionate about teaching and committed to making your learning journey enjoyable and worthwhile.
I am active in the Q&A section of the course. So, you will be able to ask questions and I will be there to answer your questions!
So, if you’re ready to take the next step in your data engineering career and become a Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate, enroll now, and let’s get started! I look forward to seeing you inside the course!
Course Content
- 10 section(s)
- 123 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Course Introduction
- Section 2 Azure Subscription
- Section 3 Introduction to Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- Section 4 Databricks Workspace Components
- Section 5 Introduction to Unity Catalog
- Section 6 Apache Spark - Overview
- Section 7 Apache Spark - Querying Data
- Section 8 Apache Spark - Transforming Data
- Section 9 Spark Structured Streaming
- Section 10 Delta Lake
What You’ll Learn
- All the topics required to PASS the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate Exam
- Full Length Practice Exam with Detailed Explanations Included
- All 320+ Slides are included as a downloadable PDF
- Databricks Lakehouse Platform Architecture & Databricks Workspace Components
- Medallion Architecture & Implementing a Solution using Medallion Architecture
- Git Integration with Databricks Workspace and Collaboration with Source Control
- Extract Transform and Load (ETL) using Apache Spark
- Spark User Defined Functions (UDF)
- Incremental Load Processing using Spark Structured Streaming
- Incremental Data Ingestion via Auto Loader
- Delta Lake Architecture, Benefits, Implementation & Performance Tuning
- Implementing Streaming and Batch Workloads using Delta Live Tables
- Data Quality & Exception Handling using Delta Live Tables
- Implementing Production Pipelines using Databricks Jobs
- Configuring & Deploying SQL Warehouse
- Creating Alerts & Dashboards using Databricks SQL
- Configuring & Working with Databricks Unity Catalog
- Data Governance & Access Control via Unity Catalog
- Local IDE Development using Databricks Connect
- Share data securely with Delta Sharing
- Query external sources using Lakehouse Federation
- Deploy Databricks resources with Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs)
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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ssanjeevi vadlamudi
This course is very detailed and covered all the topics with real time project use cases. I would like to thank you Ramesh for this great course.
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SStuart Holland
The instructor provided clear explanations and is very knowledgeable about Databricks. He is also quick to update content, as Databricks continually updates its UI. The step-by-step guides are invaluable. I feel confident that I will pass the exam.
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AAjeet Kumar Verma
I really liked the detail explanation on each of the topic with examples. I am waiting you to create similar course for Python and Spark as well.
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OOnoriode Ikechukwu Emosairue
The course is well structured and instructor provides clear explanations and examples in each section, leaving no form of confusion.