Building Automated Data Pipelines with Spark,dbt,and Airflow
Completed by Brian Kelly Castille
May 14, 2026
8 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Build end-to-end data pipelines that automatically ingest from databases, APIs, and streams using Spark, dbt, and Airflow tools.
Design data models with historical tracking using SCD Type 2 patterns to preserve complete change history for analytics.
Create automated workflows with intelligent retry logic, SLA monitoring, and parameterization for production reliability.
Optimize Spark job performance using partitioning and caching strategies to achieve 30%+ runtime improvements.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Data Transformation
- Category: Apache Airflow
- Category: Data Pipelines
- Category: Database Development
- Category: Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)
- Category: Enterprise Security
- Category: Data Mapping
- Category: Extract, Transform, Load
- Category: Apache Spark
- Category: Data Processing
- Category: Data Warehousing
- Category: Diagram Design
