Alibaba Cloud · Professional Certification · Associate
Alibaba Cloud Certified Data Engineer (Associate)
Crydd Score 63
Demand Growing
Career Value Moderate
Recognition Moderate
Alibaba Data-ACA at a glance
- Provider
- Alibaba Cloud
- Credential type
- Professional Certification
- Exam required
- Yes
- Category
- Data
- Level
- Associate
- Cost
- $200
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Time to earn
- 1–2 months
- Validity
- 2 years
- Format
- Exam Data-ACA: 50 questions, 60 minutes, online or at a test centre; 80 out of 100 to pass; English
- Prerequisites
- None; designed for people learning to build data pipelines on Alibaba Cloud
What is Alibaba Data-ACA?
Alibaba Cloud's associate certification for data engineering across the whole data life cycle: integration, storage, processing, modelling, governance, security and AI integration on Alibaba Cloud.
Skills it covers
- Data integration
- Big data storage and processing
- Data modelling
- Data governance and security
- AI integration
Is Alibaba Data-ACA worth it? The Crydd Verdict
CS 63Choose it if
You build data platforms for companies running on Alibaba Cloud.
Consider alternatives if
Your employer uses AWS or Google Cloud: their data engineering certifications are far more widely recognised.
Why we say so
It is the entry point to data engineering on the cloud provider most used in China.
Market demand
Data engineering is in demand across Asia; Alibaba Cloud credentials are valued mainly by employers in China and Southeast Asia.
Where Alibaba Data-ACA takes you
- Data Engineer
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