Apache Spark Courses and Certifications

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Enterprise-Scale ETL Optimization for Apache Spark - ANT336

Discover enterprise-scale ETL optimization techniques for Apache Spark on AWS Glue, EMR, and SageMaker to build unified, secure, high-performance data pipelines with enhanced governance.

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

Learning Journal

Apache Spark 3 - Beyond Basics and Cracking Job Interviews

Advance beyond Spark fundamentals through cluster architecture, query optimization, memory management, joins, partitioning, and scheduling.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark

2600 ratings at Coursera

Manipulate distributed data with Spark and Scala: load data into RDDs, use pair RDDs for reductions and joins, tune partitioning, and optimize with Spark SQL, DataFrames and Datasets.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Big Data

16 ratings

Explore how big data is organized and analyzed using Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, Pig and Hive, then apply machine learning and graph analytics in a Splunk capstone.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 6 courses

Hadoop Platform and Application Framework

25 ratings

Learn the Hadoop stack hands-on: HDFS read/write and tuning, designing and running Map/Reduce tasks, and Apache Spark's in-memory processing with Python and Scala.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

PySpark - Apache Spark Programming for Beginners (2026)

17330 ratings at Udemy

Master Apache Spark Programming in Python (PySpark) Using Databricks Free Edition - Recreated for 2026

• Udemy
• 1 day 4 hours 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Scala and Spark for Big Data and Machine Learning

5579 ratings at Udemy

Learn the latest Big Data technology - Spark and Scala, including Spark 2.0 DataFrames!

• Udemy
• 10 hours 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Spark Starter Kit

4614 ratings at Udemy

NOT another "What is Spark?" course ! Explore Spark in depth and get a strong foundation in Spark.

• Udemy
• 3 hours 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Spark SQL and Spark 3 using Scala Hands-On with Labs

3118 ratings at Udemy

A comprehensive course on Spark SQL as well as Data Frame APIs using Scala with complementary lab access

• Udemy
• 1 day 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark (Scala 2 version)

Manipulate distributed data with Spark and Scala: load data into RDDs, use pair RDDs for reductions and joins, tune partitioning, and query with Spark SQL DataFrames.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Real-time analytics with Spark: User Activity Monitoring

Build streaming pipelines with Spark Structured Streaming: configure micro-batches and checkpointing, transform with filters and aggregations, handle late data with watermarks, and write Parquet sinks.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Streaming Big Data with Spark Streaming, Scala, and Spark 3!

Build real-time data pipelines with Spark Streaming and Scala: process live tweets and Apache logs, integrate Kafka, Flume and Cassandra, and deploy on Hadoop clusters.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Optimize Spark Performance & Throughput

Diagnose and tune Apache Spark jobs: read the Spark UI, fix data skew with salting and broadcast joins, and configure executors, memory, and dynamic allocation.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Optimizing Spark and Cloud Data Storage for Analytics

Tune large-scale data systems: read Spark UI metrics and execution plans, apply partitioning, caching and broadcast joins, use Delta Lake ACID transactions, and provision encrypted storage with Terraform.

• Coursera
• 11 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Build Real-Time Dashboards with Spark

Build real-time dashboards with Spark Structured Streaming: shape micro-batches, triggers and checkpoints, stream Kafka events with watermarks into Delta Lake, then publish, refresh and monitor.

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