About This Course
<div>Are you ready to become an AZURE DATABRICKS DATA ENGINEER?</div><div><br></div><div>Whether you're a beginner or a working professional who wants to level up, this course will guide you step by step with a hands-on, practical, and engaging approach.</div><div><br></div><div>GAIN STRONG HANDS-ON WITH:</div><div><ul><li>Core Components of Azure Databricks - Gain a deep understanding of Azure Databricks Lakehouse architecture and core components, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Metastore, Volumes, Lakehouse Federation, and UDFs/UDTFs.</li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">CI/CD Bundles - Develop and deploy Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs) for CI/CD workflows using Databricks CLI while implementing Git-based version control with Databricks Git Folders and Azure DevOps.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Databricks Compute - Configure Databricks compute for performance, including autoscaling, node sizing, auto-termination, pools, Photon, cluster policies, library management, and access control.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Data Ingestion - Master data ingestion with Lakeflow Connect, Notebooks, and Azure Data Factory from Azure SQL, Data Lake, REST APIs, and Event Hubs. Handle advanced scenarios including CDC, Auto Loader schema evolution, stream-static joins, watermarking, and late-arriving data.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">PySpark & SparkSQL - Implement batch and streaming data transformations using PySpark and Spark SQL. Master data cleansing, joins, aggregations, set operations, pivoting, merges, and DBUtils for file management, secrets, and parameterization.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines - Build Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines using Streaming Tables and Materialized Views to create Star Schemas, implement Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD), and enforce data quality with Expectations.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Job Orchestration - Orchestrate and schedule workflows using Databricks Jobs and Azure Data Factory, implementing retries, error handling, task dependencies, triggers, notifications, task values, and job recovery operations.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Databricks SQL Warehouse - Master Databricks SQL Warehouse features, including query parameters, caching, snippets, alerts, AI/BI Genie, CTAS, COPY INTO, deep/shallow cloning, and query history.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Performance Optimization - Optimize Databricks performance and cost with caching, partitioning, Z-ordering, liquid clustering, VACUUM, deletion vectors, and time travel. Analyze and troubleshoot Spark workloads using DAG visualization and Spark UI.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Security and Governance - Implement Databricks security and governance using Unity Catalog, RLS, data masking, ABAC, Azure Key Vault, service principals, lineage, access controls, permissions management, and data retention policies.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Monitoring and Audit Logging - Configure monitoring, audit logging, and performance tracking with Databricks, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics. Create alerts and dashboards, optimize costs, and enable secure data sharing with Delta Sharing.</span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>What Makes This Course Different?</div><div><ul><li>Super Engaging Lectures - No boring theory here! I explain every concept in a clear and beginner-friendly way using real-life examples and doodle visuals.</li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Deep Dive into Every Topic - I don’t just scratch the surface. You'll understand the “why” and “how” behind every feature.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Strong Hands-On Focus - Learn by doing! From pipelines to notebooks to warehouse, you’ll build real solutions step-by-step, just like an Azure Databricks Data Engineer does.</span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">DISCLAIMER : This course is independently created and not affiliated with or endorsed by Azure Databricks. All content, including explanations and practice materials, is original and intended solely for educational purposes. It does not include any actual certification exam questions and is based on publicly available documentation, real-world scenarios, and personal experience. Product names, logos, and trademarks used are the property of their respective owners and are included only for identification and learning. Always refer to official Azure Databricks documentation for the latest and most accurate information.</span></div>
What you'll learn:
- Understand the Azure Databricks Lakehouse architecture and its components including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Metastore, Volumes, Managed and External Tables
- Build & Deploy Declarative Automation Bundles (DABs) for CI/CD workflows using Databricks CLI, Databricks Git Folders and Azure DevOps
- Configure different compute types and performance settings including node count, autoscaling, termination, pooling with Photon engine, and cluster policies
- Master data ingestion with Lakeflow Connect, Notebooks, Azure Data Factory, from various sources including Azure SQL, Data Lake, REST APIs, and Azure Event Hubs
- Implement data transformation on both batch and streaming data using PySpark and SparkSQL. Handle Duplicates, Nulls, Filter, Joins, Unions, Except, Pivot, Merge
- Build Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines with Streaming Tables and Materialized Views to create STAR Schema, Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD Type) with Expectations
- Orchestrate and schedule jobs and workflows using Databricks Jobs and Azure Data Factory. Implement error handling, retries, repair, restart, stop and alerts
- Explore Databricks SQL Warehouse and learn how to work with Query Parameters, Query Caching, Query Snippets, SQL Alerts, AI/BI Genie
- Optimize with caching, partitioning, Z-ordering, Liquid Clustering, VACUUM, Deletion Vector. Tackle Spilling, Skewing, and Shuffle issues using DAG and Spark UI
- Secure and govern data with RLS, Data Masking, ABAC, Azure Key Vaults, Service Principals. Manage data lineage, access control, users & groups, retention policy
- Implement monitoring and audit logging with Databricks, Azure Monitor, and Azure Log Analytics. Enable Delta Sharing to manage data sharing with external orgs