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Data Engineering Roadmap

The document outlines a comprehensive Data Engineering roadmap, divided into three phases: Fundamentals, Intermediate, and Advanced, spanning from programming basics to cloud technologies and real-world project implementation. Key topics include learning Python, SQL, data storage, ETL processes, big data tools, and DevOps practices. The ultimate goal is to prepare for a data engineering job by gaining hands-on experience and building a portfolio of projects.

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Data Engineering Roadmap

The document outlines a comprehensive Data Engineering roadmap, divided into three phases: Fundamentals, Intermediate, and Advanced, spanning from programming basics to cloud technologies and real-world project implementation. Key topics include learning Python, SQL, data storage, ETL processes, big data tools, and DevOps practices. The ultimate goal is to prepare for a data engineering job by gaining hands-on experience and building a portfolio of projects.

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Data Engineering Roadmap (Beginner to Advanced)

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Phase 1: Fundamentals (0-3 Months)

1. Learn Programming (Python & SQL)


Python Basics:
- Data Types, Loops, Conditionals
- Functions, Exception Handling
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Python for Data Processing:


- Pandas & NumPy (Data Wrangling & Processing)
- Working with CSV, JSON, APIs
- Regular Expressions & String Manipulation

SQL (Structured Query Language):


- CRUD Operations (`SELECT`, `INSERT`, `UPDATE`, `DELETE`)
- Filtering & Sorting (`WHERE`, `ORDER BY`, `GROUP BY`)
- Joins (`INNER JOIN`, `LEFT JOIN`, `RIGHT JOIN`)
- Window Functions, CTEs, Subqueries
- Indexing & Optimization Techniques

🛠 Practice: Solve SQL challenges on platforms like LeetCode, StrataScratch, SQLZoo

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2. Learn Data Storage & Databases (Relational & NoSQL)


Relational Databases (RDBMS):
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL Server
- ACID Properties & Transactions
- Database Indexing & Query Optimization

NoSQL Databases:
- MongoDB (Document Store)
- Redis (Key-Value Store)
- Apache Cassandra (Wide-Column Store)

🛠 Hands-on:
- Set up PostgreSQL & MongoDB locally
- Design a simple database schema

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Phase 2: Intermediate (3-6 Months)

3. Data Warehousing & Modeling


Data Modeling Concepts:
- Normalization vs Denormalization
- Star Schema vs Snowflake Schema
- Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD)

Data Warehousing Tools:


- AWS Redshift
- Google BigQuery
- Snowflake

🛠 Hands-on:
- Design a star schema for an e-commerce dataset
- Load & query data in BigQuery

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## **4. Learn ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) & Data Pipelines**


### ETL vs ELT Concepts
### ETL Tools:
- Apache Airflow (Workflow Orchestration)
- dbt (Data Transformation)
- Apache Nifi, Talend

### Batch Processing vs Stream Processing


### Data Ingestion Techniques:
- Extracting from APIs, Databases, Cloud Storage
- Handling CSV, JSON, Parquet files

🛠 **Hands-on:**
- Build an Airflow DAG to extract data from an API and store it in a database

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## **5. Big Data & Distributed Systems**


### Batch Processing:
- Apache Spark (PySpark)
- Spark DataFrame API, RDDs
- Spark SQL & Optimization

### Real-time Data Processing:


- Apache Kafka (Message Streaming)
- Apache Flink / Spark Streaming
- AWS Kinesis, Google Pub/Sub

🛠 **Hands-on:**
- Stream real-time tweets using Kafka and process them with Spark

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# **Phase 3: Advanced (6-12 Months)**

## **6. Cloud Technologies & Data Engineering on Cloud**


### Cloud Providers:
- AWS (S3, Lambda, Glue, Redshift)
- GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub)
- Azure (Data Factory, Synapse)

### Data Lake vs Data Warehouse


### Data Governance & Security
### Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation)

🛠 **Hands-on:**
- Set up an AWS Glue job to process data from S3 and load it into Redshift

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## **7. DevOps & CI/CD for Data Pipelines**


### Containerization & Orchestration:
- Docker, Kubernetes
### CI/CD Tools:
- GitHub Actions, Jenkins

### Monitoring & Logging:


- Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack

### Unit Testing & Data Quality Checks:


- Great Expectations, dbt Tests

🛠 **Hands-on:**
- Create a CI/CD pipeline for deploying an Airflow DAG

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## **8. Work on Real-World Data Engineering Projects**


### Project Ideas
#### Beginner:
- Build an ETL pipeline using Airflow and PostgreSQL
- Design a database schema for a movie recommendation system

#### Intermediate:
- Process streaming Twitter data with Kafka & Spark
- Implement a data warehouse using BigQuery

#### Advanced:
- Build a full-scale real-time analytics pipeline
- Design a cloud-based data lakehouse using AWS

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## 🎯 **Final Goal: Get a Data Engineering Job**


- Polish your resume with real-world projects
- Contribute to open-source data engineering projects
- Apply for internships & entry-level data engineering roles

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