Big Data Analytics Certifications

DASCA Benefits

DASCA's eminence as the developer of the world's most definitive credentials for marking excellence in the Big Data profession serves very well all stakeholders – Big Data tech-stables, Big Data professionals, Big Data training outfits, as well as business schools and universities breeding higher–grade professional talents.

DASCA Partnership Opportunities

Big Data technology stables, Big Data consulting outfits, IT training companies, leading universities, business schools, higher education institutions, and government ICT academies – all are adding to the rapidly swelling DASCA worldwide network. And if your organization is yet to ally with DASCA, well, then just start the process now! We'll be privileged to have you join in.

Certification Programs
Big Data Analyst

Overview with Analyst Track
Which Certification should you opt for?
Why the ABDA™ and the SBDA™
Benefits

Overview

The Big Data Analyst credentialing track of the Data Science Council of America addresses credentialing requirements of trained professionals who specialize in managing the entire life–cycle of analyzing Big Data using advanced analytics tools and techniques on common and popular Big Data software and platforms.

REGISTER NOW FOR THE ALL NEW ABDA™ and SBDA™

Registrations are open now for the spanking new ABDA™ and SBDA™ version marked to the updated DASCA-DSBoK™ Ver 11-4.4.

The Big Data Analyst Track

Certifications in this Track

DASCA offers two levels of global certification programs in this track: the Associate Big Data Analyst (ABDA™) Credential, which sharply targets graduating students with majors in business, management, economics, statistics, or allied disciplines, and who are planning an analytics career in the Big Data space. The Senior Big Data Analyst (SBDA™) Credential, which is designed for experienced analytics, marketing, and research professionals who intend to either move into the Big Data space or those, who are already into the Big Data groove, and want to grow faster in their careers. The ABDA™ and SBDA™ Credentials are awarded to those applicants who have successfully cleared the 100–minutes DASCA online examinations for these certifications, configured around the DASCA Essential Knowledge Framework. These examinations are managed and delivered entirely by Pearson VUE in its 7000+ test centers across 170+ nations.

World’s foremost Qualification to start a Big Data Analytics career
For graduating students of Business, Management, Statistics, Economics, Marketing, Applied Mathematics
Complete Exam Preparation Kit provided
Available in 170+ countries
100–minutes online examination taken by Pearson VUE

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Grow faster in your Big Data Analytics career
For professionals with 2+ years of experience in Data Analytics; Market Research; and similar functions
Complete Exam Preparation Kit provided
Available in 170+ countries
100–minutes online examination taken by Pearson VUE

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Why the ABDA™ and the SBDA™

Join the League of World’s Best Big Data Analytics

The DASCA-certified Big Data Analysts come successfully tested for their theoretical and applied exposures to the complete array of contemporary open-source and proprietary data analytics platforms, tools, technologies, and environments. The ABDA™/ SBDA™ credentialed also exhibit a formally validated, in-depth understanding of how to apply concepts, principles, technologies, and tools of Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, and RDBMS in the Big Data environment for effective business and marketing decision making. Professionals with ABDA™/ SBDA™ qualifications, therefore, assure potential employers, they can manage large volumes of variegated data; design models for analysis; interpret the importance of subject data for business intelligence; as well as migrate and visualize Big Data as assignments and objectives demand.

Demonstrate your Knowledge of Big Data Tools and Platforms

These DASCA Credential-holders exhibit level-appropriate, EKF™-calibrated knowledge of popular Big Data platforms, including Hadoop and Spark. They have also tested successful for their diverse exposure to handling analytics functions on a cross-section of all popular Big Data distributions like Hortonworks and Cloudera.

You are Deployment Ready!

That, the ABDA™/ SBDA™ credentialed professionals are ready for deployment at the time of hire is a priceless plus for recruiters and employers today. Their complete understanding of their roles, responsibilities, and professional challenges couples really well with their expert-level knowledge of analytics on popular Big Data platforms and turns them into absolutely deployment ready resources. They also bring to the table proven knowledge of operating a number of proprietary and open-source tools including HBase, Hive, Pig, and HBase, and HiveQL, among others. And not to be missed: the candidacy norms for ABDA™/ SBDA™ ensure that all credential-holders exhibit at least a working knowledge and understanding of the broad trends and fundamentals of Business, Statistics, Marketing, Research, and Information Technology to help them have a richer perspective of their jobs, roles, and KRAs.

The Benefits

3^rd Party Recognition, Cross-Platform Relevance

DASCA is entirely an independent certification body and not a technology developer or an owner of a proprietary Big Data platform. This catapults DASCA to the status of a neutral credentialing body with zero vested commercial interests. This third-party recognition, combined with its pan-platform and vendor-neutral characteristics and the BoEK™-centered credentialing stance and approach of DASCA, makes ABDA™ and SBDA™ relevant worldwide, giving professionals the recognition and flexibility to use their knowledge and skills for analyzing Big Data on multiple platforms.
Designed as Employability-Enhancers

The DASCA Big Data Analyst Certifications exactly and comprehensively address the knowledge areas where Big Data Analysts need to possess proficiency in the rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Thorough Coverage of Critical & Relevant Knowledge Areas

The DASCA Big Data Analyst Certifications assess knowledge in all critical relevant areas to ensure that certified professionals demonstrate their abilities comprehensively to aggregate, transfer, migrate, sift, and analyze Big Data, as wells as visualize and present results in desired formats and forms.
Sharply Employer-Focused

The ABDA™ and SBDA™ have robust, research-backed structure built after years of research on evolving analytics requirements across sectors; technological developments; changing dynamics of the Big Data industry, and on ever-changing expectations and needs of employers and clients worldwide.
International Acceptance, Recognition, & Relevance

Although the highest levels of research and validation rigor marked the development of the ABDA™ & SBDA™ Credentials into truly universal qualifications, the process of accreditation by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and/or the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) is also due to commence.
Availability & Convenience

The ABDA™ & SBDA™ are now available worldwide and registrations can be made online. While the certification examinations can be taken in any of the Pearson VUE test centers spread all around the world, the Wiley-produced official DASCA examination preparation material is provided at the time of registration to all applicants at no extra costs.

Big Data Analyst Certifications

The Big Data Analyst credentialing track of the Data Science Council of America offers certifications that validate promise, potential, and proficiency for managing the entire life–cycle of analyzing Big Data using advanced analytics tools and techniques on common and popular Big Data software and platforms.