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Data Engineering · Data pipelines on Google Cloud

Professional Data Engineer certification prep

Build production data pipelines on Google Cloud

Start from SQL and Python, then master BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, PySpark, Cloud Composer, and dbt. Finish with three end-to-end capstone projects you can show in interviews.

Program fee
₹25,000
EMI available on credit cards
Next batch
Coming soon
Timings
7 to 8:15 AM IST
Weekday
Duration
2.5 Months
Live classes
syllabus modules
22
syllabus modules
Google Cloud data tools
15+
Google Cloud data tools
capstone projects
3
capstone projects

BigQuery · retail_analytics

SELECT region, SUM(amount) AS revenue
FROM retail.orders
WHERE order_date >= '2026-01-01'
GROUP BY region
ORDER BY revenue DESC;

Query results

  • South₹4.8 Cr
  • West₹4.1 Cr
  • North₹3.2 Cr
  • East₹2.3 Cr
Pipeline: GCS → Dataproc → Composer → BigQuery → Looker

Our alumni work at leading companies worldwide

  • Amazon
  • DXC Technology
  • HCL
  • Infosys
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • NCR Corporation
  • Novartis
  • Tech Mahindra
  • Wells Fargo
  • Wipro
  • Yahoo
+

many more companies across India, the US & beyond

The stack

The Google Cloud data stack you will use

Every stage of a modern data platform, hands-on, from landing raw data to the dashboard.

  1. Ingest

    • Cloud Storage
    • Pub/Sub
  2. Process

    • Dataflow (Beam)
    • Dataproc
    • PySpark
    • Databricks
  3. Transform

    • dbt
    • Cloud Data Fusion
  4. Store & analyse

    • BigQuery
    • Bigtable
    • Cloud Spanner
    • BigQuery ML
  5. Orchestrate

    • Cloud Composer (Airflow)
  6. Visualise

    • Looker
    • LookML
Ops, governance & CI/CDCloud LoggingCloud MonitoringData CatalogPolicy TagsGitCloud BuildJenkinsGitHub Actions

Who it's for

Built for people moving into data engineering

  • Database engineers

    Move beyond traditional RDBMS into BigQuery and Spanner.

  • Big data / Hadoop engineers

    Upskill into Google Cloud's modern data stack.

  • ETL / data warehouse engineers

    Design scalable pipelines with Dataflow and Data Fusion.

  • Application programmers

    Work with real-time data and analytics.

  • Test engineers

    Transition into high-growth data engineering roles.

  • Data analysts

    Step into advanced engineering and automation.

Fresh graduates with an interest in cloud and data can join too: we start from fundamentals and build step by step.

Capstone projects

Three end-to-end projects, three industries

Each project runs the full pipeline, from raw data to dashboards, on Google Cloud. Add them to your GitHub portfolio as real-world case studies.

Project 01

Retail e-commerce analytics pipeline

Turn order, product, and customer data into daily sales and customer-behaviour dashboards.

Pipeline

  1. GCS
  2. Dataproc (PySpark)
  3. Cloud Composer
  4. BigQuery
  5. Looker
  • CSV / JSON ingestion
  • Daily ETL
  • Sales dashboards

Project 02

Online banking: fraud detection & customer insights

Detect anomalies in transaction logs, run hourly fraud checks, and report on risk, with governed sensitive data.

Pipeline

  1. GCS
  2. Dataproc (Spark ML)
  3. Cloud Composer
  4. BigQuery
  5. Looker
  • Anomaly detection
  • Data Catalog
  • Policy Tags

Project 03

Healthcare: patient & hospital analytics

Join de-identified patient, admission, and lab data to track bed utilisation, patient inflow, and predicted wait times.

Pipeline

  1. GCS
  2. Dataproc (PySpark)
  3. Spark ML
  4. Cloud Composer
  5. BigQuery
  6. Looker
  • Wait-time prediction
  • Weekly reporting
  • Data Catalog

Curriculum

What you'll learn

22 syllabus modules, from SQL and Python to certification, grouped into ten areas.

  1. 01

    Cloud, SQL, and Python foundations

    Syllabus M1–M3

    Get set up on Google Cloud and build the SQL and Python every data engineer needs.

    • GCP projects & CLI
    • Joins & window functions
    • Query optimization
    • Python & pandas
    • GCP client libraries
  2. 02

    Data lake and data warehouse

    Syllabus M4–M5

    Land data in Cloud Storage and model it in BigQuery.

    • GCS data lake
    • BigQuery loading & MERGE
    • Partitioning & clustering
    • External tables
    • Views & materialized views
  3. 03

    Orchestration with Cloud Composer

    Syllabus M6

    Schedule and run pipelines end to end with managed Airflow.

    • DAGs & operators
    • Sensors & branching
    • XCom & templating
    • Secrets
    • Retries, SLAs & alerts
  4. 04

    Transformation with dbt

    Syllabus M7

    Build, test, and document ELT models on BigQuery.

    • Models, seeds & snapshots
    • Tests
    • Jinja & macros
    • Docs
    • Orchestrated dbt runs
  5. 05

    Big data processing with Spark

    Syllabus M8–M10

    Process data at scale on Dataproc with PySpark, batch and streaming.

    • Big data concepts
    • Dataproc clusters & jobs
    • PySpark DataFrames
    • Performance tuning
    • Structured streaming
  6. 06

    Databricks on Google Cloud

    Syllabus M11

    Run enterprise data engineering workloads in Databricks.

    • Workspaces & clusters
    • Notebooks & Spark SQL
    • Workflows
    • BigQuery & GCS integration
  7. 07

    Streaming with Pub/Sub and Dataflow

    Syllabus M12–M13

    Ingest events in real time and build batch and streaming pipelines.

    • Topics & subscriptions
    • Dead-letter topics
    • Apache Beam
    • Batch & streaming pipelines
  8. 08

    Governance and databases

    Syllabus M14–M16

    Catalog and secure data, and pick the right database for the workload.

    • Data Catalog
    • Policy tags
    • Bigtable
    • Cloud Spanner
  9. 09

    Operations and visual ETL

    Syllabus M17–M18

    Monitor and debug pipelines, and build visual pipelines where they fit.

    • Logging & monitoring
    • Debugging Dataflow, Dataproc & Composer
    • Pipeline health dashboards
    • Cloud Data Fusion
  10. 10

    Analytics, CI/CD, and certification

    Syllabus M19–M22

    Serve insights in Looker, try BigQuery ML, ship with CI/CD, and prepare for the exam.

    • Looker & LookML
    • BigQuery ML basics
    • Git & CI/CD
    • Professional Data Engineer prep

Full topic-by-topic syllabus (PDF)

Outcomes

Where it leads

Certification path

  • Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer

Roles this prepares you for

  • Google Cloud Data Engineer
  • Big Data Engineer
  • Cloud Data Platform Engineer
  • Analytics Engineer
  • DataOps / Pipeline Engineer

Frequently asked questions

No prior experience is required. We start with SQL and Python fundamentals before moving into Google Cloud and big data tools.

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