Data Engineering on AWS - The complete training

Course Overview

This course is built around the AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate (DEA-C01) exam, but it isn't only for people sitting that test. It covers how data moves through AWS: how it is brought in, reshaped, stored, operated, and protected. The instructor, Ashish Prajapati, is a London-based cloud professional with a background in virtualization and cloud migration. He has taught tens of thousands of learners on Udemy.

The syllabus follows the exam's four domains in order. By the end, you should be able to design and run a data pipeline on AWS. That means picking a suitable data store, monitoring and tuning the pipeline, and applying access controls, encryption, and logging. The aim is working knowledge across the whole data lifecycle, not mastery of one service.

What You Will Learn

• Ingestion and transformation: bringing data in, processing it, orchestrating pipelines, and applying programming concepts to them
• Data store management: choosing a store that fits the workload, understanding data catalogs, managing data lifecycles, and handling data models and schema evolution
• Operations and support: automating processing with AWS services, analyzing data, monitoring and maintaining pipelines, and checking data quality
• Security and governance: authentication, authorization, encryption and masking, preparing logs for audit, and the basics of privacy and governance

Course Structure

The course has 14 sections and 120 lectures, with about 18 hours 51 minutes of video. It opens with a roughly eight-minute introduction. The remaining sections are organized around the four exam domains, so you can study one domain at a time and revisit it later. Fifteen downloadable resources come with the lectures.

Who Is This Course For?

A good fit if you:

• are preparing for DEA-C01 and want a structured walkthrough of the exam domains
• work as a data engineer, data architect, or in a nearby data role and want a map of AWS's data tooling
• already know AWS basics and want to move into data work

Look elsewhere if you:

• have never touched AWS. The course assumes you already understand general analytics, networking, storage, and compute concepts in the cloud.
• need a deep dive into one service, such as Redshift or Glue. A course spanning four exam domains can't go very deep on any single one.
• want a build-a-portfolio-project course. The description centers on exam domains and skills, not one end-to-end project.

Format & Time Commitment

This is a self-paced, on-demand video course with lifetime access. At about 19 hours of video, a steady pace of five hours a week gets you through in roughly four weeks. Exam candidates will want extra time for review and practice beyond the lectures. Captions are available, with English and auto-generated Spanish. The course also works on mobile and TV.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Follows the DEA-C01 domain structure, which gives study sessions a clear order
• Covers security and governance as its own domain, a topic many data courses skim
• Learner reviews mention clear explanations and well-explained hands-on parts
• Priced low next to the full-length courses it competes with
• Includes lifetime access and a 30-day refund window

Cons

• Audio levels vary between videos. One detailed review praised the content but noted the volume isn't consistent, so expect to adjust it as you go.
• Content may lag behind AWS. The last update was May 2025. The same reviewer suggested a refresh for newer features, and AWS services change often.
• It assumes prior AWS knowledge. Complete beginners may need a cloud fundamentals course first.
• Breadth over depth. Covering every exam domain in about 19 hours means individual services get limited time. Serious exam prep will likely need practice questions from another source.
• The certificate has limited weight. It is a Udemy completion certificate. It shows you finished the course but is not an AWS credential.

FAQ

How much does it cost? The current listed price is ₫279,000, discounted from ₫399,000. Udemy prices change often, so check the page for today's figure.

Do I need AWS experience first? You should understand the basics of data analytics, networking, storage, and compute in the cloud. You don't need to be an expert, but you shouldn't be starting from zero.

Does the certificate help with the AWS exam? No. The course certificate only confirms you completed the lectures. To earn the AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate credential, you still have to pass the exam with AWS.

Is there an alternative? Udemy has longer, exam-focused DEA-C01 courses, as well as service-specific courses on Glue and Redshift. If you want depth in a single service, one of those may suit you better than a broad survey.

If the domain-by-domain layout matches how you like to study, take a look at the full syllabus and preview lectures on the Udemy course page.