Apache Spark Courses and Certifications

EDUCBA

Apache Spark: Apply & Evaluate Big Data Workflows

Learn Apache Spark fundamentals: explore its architecture and RDDs, apply transformations like map and reduceByKey, tune persistence levels, and handle CSV, JSON, Parquet, and Avro data.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 4

852 ratings at Udemy

[2026] The COMPLETE Apache Spark 4.0 Hands-On Guide - Master PySpark, Spark SQL, Structured Streaming, and Optimization

• Udemy
• 28 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Apache Spark for Data Engineering and Machine Learning

28 ratings at edX

This short course introduces you to the fundamentals of Data Engineering and Machine Learning with Apache Spark, including Spark Structured Streaming, ETL for Machine Learning (ML) Pipelines, and Spar

• edX
• 3 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Analyzing Big Data in R using Apache Spark

Use SparkR to analyze large-scale data in R: manipulate DataFrames, select, filter and aggregate data, write SQL queries, and fit GLM linear models.

• Cognitive Class
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Career Certificate

Fundamentals of Apache Spark and PySpark

Hands-on Spark fundamentals in PySpark: write your first Spark job on Inside Airbnb data, then handle joins, UDFs, shuffles, accumulators, and job optimization.

• Zero To Mastery
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Bryan Cafferky

Create a Spark Cluster - Master Databricks and Apache Spark Step by Step - Lesson 4

Create an Apache Spark cluster, compare Spark with Databricks, and query data using Zeppelin notebooks.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CodeWithYu

Realtime Socket Streaming with Apache Spark - End-to-End Data Engineering Project

Build a real-time data streaming pipeline using TCP/IP Socket, Apache Spark, OpenAI LLM, Kafka, and Elasticsearch. Process 7 million records for sentiment analysis and efficient data indexing.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Spark with sparklyr in R

83 ratings at DataCamp

Explore the Advantages of R, Spark, and sparklyr R is mostly optimized to help you write data analysis code quickly and readably.

• DataCamp
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Spark

49 ratings at Udacity

Master how to work with big data and build machine learning models at scale using Spark!

• Udacity
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Bryan Cafferky

Master Databricks and Apache Spark - SparkR Usage - Lesson 35

Use SparkR to work with R on Databricks and Apache Spark, from DataFrames and SQL to transformations and joins.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CMU Database Group

Accelerating Apache Spark Workloads with Apache DataFusion Comet

Explore Apache DataFusion Comet's potential to enhance Apache Spark performance, optimizing data processing workflows and improving efficiency in large-scale analytics.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SQLBits

Building an Open Data Lakehouse Using Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg and Dremio

Explore the evolution of big data to data lakehouses, focusing on open architecture development, security, governance, and augmentation using Dremio, Apache Spark, and Apache Iceberg.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AWS Events

Mastering Apache Spark on AWS

1 rating

Master Apache Spark implementation and optimization techniques on AWS cloud platform for efficient big data processing and analytics workflows.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Canonical Ubuntu

Securing Apache Spark Big Data Operations: Threats, Best Practices, and Pragmatic Steps

Explore Apache Spark security best practices, threat modeling, and practical steps to safeguard big data operations in various environments.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ubuntu OnAir

Let's Play with Charmed Spark - Apache Spark on Kubernetes

Explore Apache Spark on Kubernetes using Charmed Spark. Learn to deploy, configure, and run Spark workloads, integrate with Kafka, and monitor jobs through hands-on demonstrations.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video