Course Overview
This three-day course for Architects and Technical Leaders provides the skills, knowledge, and Snowflake recommended best practices to deploy and operate Snowflake, insights and recommendations based upon real-world customer experiences, and the confidence to get the most out of Snowflake’s technology.
What are the skills covered
- Examine the trade-offs associated with the available environment and Snowflake Account deployment options.
- Use the Snowflake data security framework to balance the often-conflicting needs of protecting sensitive data while democratizing access and facilitating sharing.
- Apply Snowflake-recommended best practices to maximize performance and efficient use of resources during data ingestion, transformation, and end user queries.
- Analyze Snowflake metadata to identify performance and cost issues and recommend remedial action.
Who should attend this course
- Solution Architects
- Data Architects
- Database Architects
- Enterprise Data Architects
- Senior Data Engineers
- Technical Team Leads
Course Curriculum
What are the Prerequisites
- Recommended completion of the “Snowflake Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Essentials” free on-demand course.
- Completion of “Snowflake Fundamentals” or equivalent Snowflake knowledge.
- SQL skills, a background in database management, and, ideally, experience in designing and deploying analytics-based systems are required.
Course Modules
Exam & Certification
SnowPro® Advanced: Architect Certification Exam ARA-C01
SNOWPRO ADVANCED: ARCHITECT OVERVIEW
This certification will test the ability to:
- Design an end-to-end data flow from source to consumption using the Snowflake Platform
- Design and deploy a data architecture that meets business, security, and compliance requirements
- Select appropriate Snowflake and third-party tools to optimize architecture performance
- Design and deploy a shared data set using the Snowflake Marketplace and Data Exchange
