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Real-Time Data Engineering

Build practical skills with a Real-Time Data Engineering Course covering Apache Kafka, Spark Structured Streaming, PySpark, Flink, and modern streaming pipelines. This Real-Time Data Engineering Training focuses on event-driven architecture, real-time processing, streaming analytics, and hands-on projects, with an online learning path for professionals.

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About Real-Time Data Engineering

The Real-Time Data Engineering Course at TechPratham is designed to help learners build and manage scalable streaming data pipelines. The program combines practical Real-Time Data Engineering Training with Apache Kafka, Spark Structured Streaming, PySpark, Apache Flink, SQL, event-time processing, windowing, watermarking, CDC, and streaming data quality.

The Real-Time Data Engineering Course Online covers Kafka topics, partitions, producers, consumers, consumer groups, offsets, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and reliable event processing. Learners also explore Real-Time Data Engineering with Kafka and Spark, along with cloud streaming, monitoring, orchestration, and production-focused pipeline design.

This Real-Time Data Engineering Training Online includes hands-on projects and an end-to-end capstone. The program provides a structured foundation for Real-Time Data Engineering Certification and a Real-Time Data Engineering Certification Course, while supporting learners looking for the Best Real-Time Data Engineering Course and practical Real-Time Data Engineering Online Training.

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About trainer

Working professional who is carrying more than 10 years of industry experience.

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Decks & Updated Content

Access to updated presentation decks shared during live training sessions.

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E-book provided by TechPratham. All rights reserved.

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Assignments & MCQs

Module-wise assignments and MCQs provided for practice.

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Video Recording

Daily Session would be recorded and shared to the candidate.

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Projects

Projects

Live projects will be provided for hands-on practice.

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Resume Building

Resume Building

Expert-guided resume building with industry-focused content support.

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Interview Preparation

Interview Preparation

Comprehensive interview preparation with real-time scenario practice.

Real-Time Data Engineering Curriculum

Module 1: Real-Time Data Engineering Fundamentals

Understand the foundations of real-time data systems, streaming architectures, event-driven applications, and continuous data processing.

Introduction to Real-Time Data Engineering
Real-time vs batch processing
Streaming data characteristics
Event-driven architecture
Streaming pipeline architecture
Latency and throughput
Event sources
Real-time use cases
Streaming system components
Scalable streaming architectures

Module 2: Streaming Data Ingestion and Event Sources

Learn how real-time systems collect events from applications, databases, APIs, logs, and other continuous data sources.

Real-time data ingestion
Application events
API-based ingestion
Database events
Log and sensor data
IoT event sources
JSON event structures
Avro and serialization
Event validation
Ingestion architecture
Source-to-stream workflows

Module 3: Apache Kafka Fundamentals

Build strong Kafka fundamentals for creating scalable, fault-tolerant, and distributed event streaming systems.

Apache Kafka architecture
Kafka brokers
Topics
Partitions
Producers
Consumers
Consumer groups
Offsets
Message ordering
Retention
Replication
Kafka KRaft fundamentals
Kafka use cases

Module 4: Kafka Connect, Schema Registry and Reliability

Learn the tools and engineering practices required to build reliable Kafka-based streaming pipelines.

Kafka Connect fundamentals
Source connectors
Sink connectors
JDBC connectors
Schema Registry
Avro schemas
Schema evolution
Compatibility rules
Idempotent processing
Delivery semantics
Dead-letter queues
Consumer lag
Kafka security fundamentals

Module 5: Spark Structured Streaming

Use Apache Spark and PySpark to process continuous data streams and build scalable real-time processing applications.

Apache Spark architecture
Structured Streaming
Streaming DataFrames
SparkSession
Kafka and Spark integration
PySpark streaming
Transformations
Streaming aggregations
Output modes
Triggers
Checkpointing
Fault recovery
Streaming queries

Module 6: Event-Time Stream Processing

Learn how streaming systems handle event timing, windows, late data, state, and out-of-order events.

Event time
Processing time
Ingestion time
Tumbling windows
Sliding windows
Session windows
Watermarking
Late-arriving data
Out-of-order events
Stateful processing
Streaming joins
Deduplication
State management

Module 7: Apache Flink and Streaming SQL

Explore Apache Flink for stateful stream processing and understand how it compares with Spark Structured Streaming.

Apache Flink introduction
Flink architecture
DataStream API
Event-time processing
Flink windows
Stateful processing
Checkpoints
Fault tolerance
Flink SQL
Streaming transformations
Flink monitoring
Spark vs Flink
Choosing a stream processor

Module 8: CDC and Real-Time Data Synchronization

Learn how Change Data Capture enables database changes to flow continuously into streaming systems.

Change Data Capture fundamentals
Database change events
Log-based CDC
Debezium introduction
Database to Kafka pipelines
CDC event structures
Kafka-based synchronization
CDC transformations
Schema evolution
CDC reliability
Real-time replication
CDC use cases

Module 9: Real-Time Data Quality, Storage and Lakehouse

Build reliable streaming data systems with validation, deduplication, data quality controls, and modern lakehouse storage.

Streaming data quality
Data validation
Duplicate detection
Malformed events
Data quarantine
Dead-letter queues
Delta Lake
Parquet
Lakehouse concepts
Bronze, Silver and Gold layers
Analytics-ready datasets
Real-time storage patterns

Module 10: Orchestration, Monitoring and Observability

Learn how to manage, monitor, troubleshoot, and orchestrate real-time data workflows in production environments.

Apache Airflow fundamentals
Streaming workflow orchestration
Event-driven scheduling
Pipeline dependencies
Kafka monitoring
Consumer lag
Spark monitoring
Logs and metrics
Pipeline health
Alerts
Prometheus concepts
Grafana concepts
Troubleshooting
Recovery and backfills

Module 11: Cloud and Production Real-Time Architecture

Understand how real-time streaming systems are deployed, secured, scaled, and monitored in modern cloud environments.

Cloud streaming architecture
Managed Kafka concepts
AWS MSK
Amazon Kinesis concepts
Azure Event Hubs
Google Cloud Dataflow
Cloud storage integration
Docker
Docker Compose
Scalability
Performance optimization
Streaming security
Disaster recovery
Cost considerations

Module 12: End-to-End Real-Time Data Engineering Capstone

Apply the complete streaming technology stack to design and implement an end-to-end real-time data engineering solution.

Project requirement analysis
Streaming architecture design
Event ingestion
Kafka implementation
Stream processing
Event-time analytics
Windowing
Data quality
CDC integration
Real-time storage
Monitoring
Dashboard integration
Performance optimization
Production readiness
Final project presentation

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WNS

WNS – Customer Event Pipeline


Scenario: Design a real-time event pipeline that processes customer interactions and identifies activity patterns as events arrive.

Live Work:

  • Create Kafka event streams
  • Process events with PySpark
  • Apply windowed stream analytics
Outcome: Develop streaming analytics skills
Deloitte

Deloitte – Enterprise Event Monitoring


Scenario: Create a simulated enterprise event pipeline to monitor operational events and generate analytics-ready streaming data.

Live Work:

  • Ingest events through Kafka
  • Apply event-time processing
  • Monitor streaming pipeline health
Outcome: Build production-style streaming skills
Accenture

Accenture – CDC Streaming Pipeline


Scenario: Build a simulated CDC workflow that captures database changes and streams them through Kafka for downstream processing.

Live Work:

  • Capture database change events
  • Stream CDC events through Kafka
  • Process changes using Spark
Outcome: Apply real-time CDC concepts
Walmart

Walmart – Retail Event Streaming


Scenario: Build a simulated streaming pipeline that processes retail orders and customer events for real-time business analytics.

Live Work:

  • Stream events through Apache Kafka
  • Process data using Spark
  • Create real-time analytics datasets
Outcome: Build a real-time retail pipeline
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What is Real-Time Data Engineering?

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Real-Time Data Engineering Certification

The TechPratham Real-Time Data Engineering program provides structured training in streaming architecture, Apache Kafka, Spark Structured Streaming, PySpark, Apache Flink, CDC, Schema Registry, real-time data quality, cloud streaming, monitoring, and production-oriented data pipelines.


Certification Details


  • Course: Real-Time Data Engineering
  • Certificate: TechPratham Real-Time Data Engineering Certificate
  • Format: Course completion certificate
  • Assessment: Course-based assessment
  • Practical Component: Hands-on projects and capstone
  • Technology Coverage: Kafka, Spark, PySpark, Flink, CDC and streaming technologies


Certification Coverage


The course certificate reflects learning across:

  • Real-Time Data Engineering
  • Streaming Architecture
  • Apache Kafka
  • Spark Structured Streaming
  • PySpark
  • Apache Flink
  • Event-Time Processing
  • Windowing and Watermarking
  • CDC
  • Schema Evolution
  • Streaming Data Quality
  • Monitoring and Performance
  • Cloud Streaming


Vendor Certification Pathways


Real-Time Data Engineering technologies also have separate vendor-specific certification pathways, such as Kafka/Confluent and cloud data engineering certifications.

Vendor examinations are separate from the TechPratham course completion certificate and require separate registration with the respective certification provider.


TechPratham Course Completion Certificate



Learners who successfully complete the course and meet the applicable assessment requirements receive the TechPratham Real-Time Data Engineering Course Completion Certificate.

This certificate does not represent an official certification issued by Apache Kafka, Confluent, AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, or another technology vendor.

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