AWS Cloud Quest is a role-based learning game that helps you build practical AWS skills through exercises and hands-on activities using AWS services. Within AWS Cloud Quest, there are roles you can choose from several technical domains. After starting AWS Cloud Quest, choose the Data Analytics Role to use AWS Analytics services to build modern architectures.
AWS Cloud Quest - Data Analytics Role
The Cloud Quest Data Analytics role will guide you on using AWS Analytics services to develop modern architectures. You will gain experience working with scalable data lakes, data warehousing, real-time data ingestion, big data analytics, log analytics, streaming analytics, data storage, and business intelligence dashboards.
How does it work?
Players enter a virtual city and choose a pre-defined role like "Security Specialist", “Serverless Developer” or “Machine Learning", that enable quests tailored to the chosen role. As players progress through the game, they will earn rewards and status for completing activities that unlock new learning areas.
Data Analytics Role Assignments
Cloud Computing Essentials Amazon S3
Cloud First StepsAmazon EC2, AWS Infrastructure
Computing SolutionsAmazon EC2
Cloud EconomicsAmazon EC2, AWS Pricing Calculator
Networking ConceptsAmazon EC2, Amazon VPC
Databases in PracticeAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Serverless FoundationsAWS Lambda
Core Security ConceptsAWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon EC2
Data Ingestion MethodsAmazon Kinesis
First NoSQL DatabaseAmazon DynamoDB
Design NoSQL DatabasesAmazon DynamoDB, AWS Cloud9
Data LakesAmazon S3, AWS Lambda
Querying the Data LakeAmazon S3, AWS Lambda, Amazon Athena
Daily Batch ExtractionAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon Athena, AWS Glue, Amazon S3
Federated QueriesAmazon DynamoDB, Amazon Athena, AWS Glue
Cloud Data WarehouseAmazon S3, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift
Populating the Data CatalogAWS Glue, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon Athena
Streaming IngestionAmazon Kinesis, Amazon Athena, Amazon S3, Amazon SQS
Documents Indexing and SearchAmazon OpenSearch Service, AWS Glue, AWS
Distributed Large-Scale Data ProcessingAmazon EMR
Event-Driven Serverless ETLAmazon S3, Amazon Redshift, AWS Glue
Securing the Data LakeAmazon Athena, AWS Glue, AWS Lake Formation, Amazon S3
