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Amazon EMR

November 2024 with Scott Pletcher

  • 10 videos
  • 48 mins
Join Scott Pletcher as we learn to process and analyze massive datasets using Amazon EMR. We're going to explore cluster setup, efficient data workflows, and serverless options for big data projects.

Recommended Experience
  • Basic understanding of big data concepts and frameworks like Spark or Hadoop
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms, particularly AWS
  • Experience working with data processing and analysis tasks would be helpful
Related certifications
  • AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate
Related Job Functions
  • Big data engineer
  • Data scientist
  • Cloud solutions architect
Scott got started with IT in his early teens when his parents bought him a TRS-80 Color Computer 2 from Radio Shack. Since then, he's spent thirty years in corporate IT management and leadership roles, earned numerous AWS and PMI certifications, and created training content for A Cloud Guru.
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Skill Outline

  1. 1. Meet Elastic MapReduce (11:24)
  2. 2. Creating a Batch Step (9:18)
  3. 3. EMR Serverless (9:03)

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