Performance Engineering for Data Systems Specialization
Performance Engineering for Data Systems Specialization
Optimize SQL, Spark, and Data Warehouses. Learn to diagnose bottlenecks and optimize performance in databases, warehouses, and Spark systems.
Instructors: Hurix Digital
Access provided by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Intermediate level
Recommended experience
4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Analyze SQL execution plans and Spark UI metrics to diagnose performance bottlenecks and implement targeted optimizations.
Design scalable database schemas, partitioning strategies, and storage architectures that balance performance with cost.
Engineer resilient cloud data infrastructure using IaC, disaster recovery planning, and systematic resource management.
Skills you'll gain
- Apache Spark
- Cloud Computing Architecture
- Cost Management
- Data Architecture
- Data Pipelines
- Data Transformation
- Data Warehousing
- Database Design
- Database Management
- Disaster Recovery
- Distributed Computing
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Performance Analysis
- Performance Tuning
- PySpark
- Query Languages
- Resource Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Scalability
- SQL
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