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Build job-ready database skills. Gain practical experience in the high-demand fields of data management and data engineering, valued by employers with hands-on skills and experience employers look for.
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Basic IT literacy and knowledge of IT infrastructure and familiarity working with Windows, Linux, or MacOS. No prior coding experience is necessary.
Gain job-ready database skills by mastering core RDBMS concepts used across industries
Learn SQL and work with popular databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL to retrieve and manage data efficiently
Design smarter databases with techniques like data optimization, stored procedures, and seamless data transfers using ETL/ELT processes
Ensure top performance and security by optimizing queries, managing user roles, and leveraging AI to improve workflows
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Businesses rely on competent relational database administrators manage and secure structured databases, ensuring performance, integrity, backups, and user access that leads to good business decisions.
This program provides aspiring database administrators, managers, analysts, and other technical specialists with job-ready skills and practical experience.
You’ll learn to design, build, and maintain databases using industry-standard platforms such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and IBM Db2. You'll build expertise writing efficient SQL queries, implementing data warehouse solutions, and managing ETL pipelines with tools like Apache Airflow and Kafka. Additionally, you’ll explore database security, user management, and performance optimization.
You’ll learn how to build efficiencies using Linux commands and shell scripting for automating routine tasks and streamlining database management. You’ll also explore database normalization, query optimization, and advanced SQL techniques.
When you complete the full program, you’ll have a portfolio of projects and a Professional Certificate from IBM to showcase your expertise. You’ll also earn an IBM digital badge and will gain access to career resources to help you in your job search, including mock interviews and resume support.
To build the job-ready relational database skills and hands-on experience employers are looking for, enroll today and kickstart a highly rewarding database management or data engineering career.
Applied Learning Project
During this program, you’ll gain valuable practical experience through hands-on labs and projects. By the end, you’ll have a portfolio of demonstrable database management, data engineering, and analytics skills employers are looking for. Great for interviews!
The labs and projects covered in this certificate are:
Design a relational database system
Data collection, transformation, and preparation pipeline
Toll plaza traffic decongestion project using data pipelining
Database administration, optimization, and maintenance
Build a data warehouse for solid waste management
Design data architecture and implementing ETL solutions
The Capstone Project
The final Capstone Project requires you to design and build a relational database and data warehouse. You will optimize performance and ensure security and data integrity.
List basic skills required for an entry-level data engineering role.
Discuss various stages and concepts in the data engineering lifecycle.
Describe data engineering technologies such as Relational Databases, NoSQL Data Stores, and Big Data Engines.
Summarize concepts in data security, governance, and compliance.
Describe data, databases, relational databases, and cloud databases.
Describe information and data models, relational databases, and relational model concepts (including schemas and tables).
Explain an Entity Relationship Diagram and design a relational database for a specific use case.
Develop a working knowledge of popular DBMSes including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and IBM DB2
Learn Python - the most popular programming language and for Data Science and Software Development.
Apply Python programming logic Variables, Data Structures, Branching, Loops, Functions, Objects & Classes.
Demonstrate proficiency in using Python libraries such as Pandas & Numpy, and developing code using Jupyter Notebooks.
Access and web scrape data using APIs and Python libraries like Beautiful Soup.
Demonstrate your skills in Python for working with and manipulating data
Implement webscraping and use APIs to extract data with Python
Play the role of a Data Engineer working on a real project to extract, transform, and load data
Use Jupyter notebooks and IDEs to complete your project
Analyze data within a database using SQL and Python.
Create a relational database and work with multiple tables using DDL commands.
Construct basic to intermediate level SQL queries using DML commands.
Compose more powerful queries with advanced SQL techniques like views, transactions, stored procedures, and joins.
Describe the Linux architecture and common Linux distributions and update and install software on a Linux system.
Perform common informational, file, content, navigational, compression, and networking commands in Bash shell.
Develop shell scripts using Linux commands, environment variables, pipes, and filters.
Schedule cron jobs in Linux with crontab and explain the cron syntax.
Describe and contrast Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes and Extract, Load, Transform (ELT) processes.
Explain batch vs concurrent modes of execution.
Implement ETL workflow through bash and Python functions.
Describe data pipeline components, processes, tools, and technologies.
Job-ready data warehousing skills in just 6 weeks, supported by practical experience and an IBM credential.
Design and populate a data warehouse, and model and query data using CUBE, ROLLUP, and materialized views.
Identify popular data analytics and business intelligence tools and vendors and create data visualizations using IBM Cognos Analytics.
How to design and load data into a data warehouse, write aggregation queries, create materialized query tables, and create an analytics dashboard.
Create, query, and configure databases and access and build system objects such as tables.
Perform basic database management including backing up and restoring databases as well as managing user roles and permissions.
Monitor and optimize important aspects of database performance.
Troubleshoot database issues such as connectivity, login, and configuration and automate functions such as reports, notifications, and alerts.
Gain real-world, hands-on experience in database administration that you can discuss in interviews and showcase in your portfolio.
Design and implement OLTP and data warehouse schemas, manage data, and query data in MySQL and PostgreSQL
Perform ETL operations, extract data from RDBMS, NoSQL databases, and weblogs, and manage pipelines using Apache Airflow
Apply backup, restore policies, automate the process, set up user access management policies, encrypt data, and optimize SQL queries
Leverage various generative AI tools and techniques in data engineering processes across industries
Implement various data engineering processes such as data generation, augmentation, and anonymization using generative AI tools
Practice generative AI skills in hands-on labs and projects for data warehouse schema design and infrastructure setup
Evaluate real-world case studies showcasing the successful application of Generative AI for ETL and data repositories
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This Professional Certificate consists of 12 self-paced courses. If you dedicate just 10 hours a week to your studies, you will complete the program in less than six months. However, because this is a self-paced program, you can complete the program at any pace that fits into your schedule. It’s entirely up to you!
This program is ideal for:
Aspiring database administrators looking to build a career in relational database management and administration.
Database analysts and data operations specialists keen to enhance their skills in SQL, query optimization, database design, and data security.
IT professionals, developers, software engineers, and database administrators who want to specialize in database management and automation.
Graduates with a background in computer science, IT, or data management who want to start a career in database administration.
Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Certificate, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Certificate. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.
This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
This Professional Certificate is open for anyone with any job and academic background.
Yes, it is highly recommended to take the courses in the sequence they are listed, as they progressively build on concepts taught in previous courses.
At this time,college credit is not available for taking this program.
A database administrator (DBA) manages and maintains databases, ensuring data is secure, accessible, and optimized for performance.
Relational databases ensure data is organized, consistent, and easily accessible, making them essential for businesses to store and analyze information.
Relational databases organize data into structured tables and are used for managing large volumes of information in applications like banking, e-commerce, and analytics.
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Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Certificate, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Certificate. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.
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