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IBM Relational Database Administrator Professional Certificate
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IBM Relational Database Administrator Professional Certificate

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.

Abhishek Gagneja
Joseph Santarcangelo
Rav Ahuja

Instructors: Abhishek Gagneja

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6 months
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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.8

(29 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

6 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • 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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Professional Certificate - 11 course series

Introduction to Data Engineering

Course 113 hours4.7 (3,050 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Apache Spark
Category: SQL
Category: Data Mart
Category: Data Governance
Category: Big Data
Category: Data Security
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Data Lakes
Category: Apache Hadoop
Category: Data Storage Technologies
Category: Databases

Introduction to Relational Databases (RDBMS)

Course 215 hours4.6 (658 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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

Skills you'll gain

Category: Relational Databases
Category: Database Design
Category: SQL
Category: PostgreSQL
Category: MySQL
Category: Database Architecture and Administration
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Databases
Category: Database Management
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Data Structures
Category: Data Modeling
Category: IBM DB2

Python for Data Science, AI & Development

Course 325 hours4.6 (40,208 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: Web Scraping
Category: Data Structures
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Data Collection
Category: NumPy
Category: Pandas (Python Package)
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Jupyter
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Automation
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Scripting
Category: Data Processing
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

Python Project for Data Engineering

Course 49 hours4.6 (738 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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

Skills you'll gain

Category: Web Scraping
Category: Python Programming
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Databases
Category: Data Integration
Category: Data Processing
Category: SQL
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Style Guides
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Development Environment

Databases and SQL for Data Science with Python

Course 520 hours4.7 (21,307 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: SQL
Category: Query Languages
Category: Transaction Processing
Category: Stored Procedure
Category: Pandas (Python Package)
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Databases
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Database Management
Category: Jupyter
Category: Database Design

Hands-on Introduction to Linux Commands and Shell Scripting

Course 614 hours4.6 (1,510 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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. 

Skills you'll gain

Category: Linux Commands
Category: File Management
Category: Linux
Category: Shell Script
Category: Bash (Scripting Language)
Category: Unix
Category: Unix Commands
Category: Automation
Category: Linux Administration
Category: Network Protocols
Category: Linux Servers
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Operating Systems
Category: OS Process Management
Category: Unix Shell
Category: Scripting Languages

ETL and Data Pipelines with Shell, Airflow and Kafka

Course 717 hours4.5 (392 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Apache Airflow
Category: Apache Kafka
Category: Data Integration
Category: Web Scraping
Category: Shell Script
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Data Mart
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Big Data
Category: Databases
Category: Scalability
Category: Data Migration
Category: Real Time Data

Data Warehouse Fundamentals

Course 815 hours4.4 (217 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Star Schema
Category: Snowflake Schema
Category: Data Mart
Category: Data Lakes
Category: Data Architecture
Category: IBM DB2
Category: Data Integration
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Database Design
Category: Query Languages
Category: Data Quality
Category: PostgreSQL
Category: SQL
Category: Data Validation
Category: Data Cleansing

Relational Database Administration (DBA)

Course 921 hours4.4 (227 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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. 

Skills you'll gain

Category: Database Management
Category: Database Architecture and Administration
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Database Systems
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Authentications
Category: IBM DB2
Category: Stored Procedure
Category: User Accounts
Category: MySQL
Category: Systems Administration
Category: PostgreSQL
Category: Data Storage Technologies
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Performance Tuning

What you'll learn

  • 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

Skills you'll gain

Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: SQL
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Apache Airflow
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: MySQL
Category: Operational Databases
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Data Integrity
Category: PostgreSQL
Category: Database Management
Category: Data Security
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Database Architecture and Administration

Generative AI: Elevate your Data Engineering Career

Course 1112 hours4.9 (23 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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

Skills you'll gain

Category: Generative AI
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Mining
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Database Design
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Data Synthesis
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Data Quality
Category: Systems Design
Category: Data Infrastructure
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Big Data
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Query Languages
Category: Test Data

Instructors

Abhishek Gagneja
IBM
6 Courses177,585 learners
Joseph Santarcangelo
IBM
33 Courses1,825,740 learners
Rav Ahuja
IBM
54 Courses3,420,432 learners

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