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Overview

The Data Scientist credentialing track of the Data Science Council of America addresses credentialing requirements of senior, accomplished professionals who specialize in managing and leading Big Data strategies and programs for organizations and have proven competence in leveraging Big Data technologies for generating mission–critical information for organizations and businesses.

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The Big Data Scientist Track

Certifications in this Track

DASCA offers two levels of global certification programs in this track: the Senior Data Scientist (SDS™) Credential, which sharply targets senior Big Data Analysts and Engineers who want to move to Data Scientist roles. The Principal Data Scientist (PDS™) Credential, which is designed for experienced Data Science professionals who desire more challenging roles in their careers. SDS™ and PDS™ Credentials are awarded to those applicants who qualify the stringent DASCA candidacy norms for the credential, and have also successfully cleared the 100–minutes SDS™ or PDS™ online certification examinations 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.

Senior Data Scientist
  • Best qualification for aspiring Data Scientists
  • For professionals with 6+ years of Big Data Analytics/ Big Data Engineering experience
  • Complete Exam Preparation Kit provided
  • Available in 170+ countries
  • 100–minutes online examination taken by Pearson VUE

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Principal Data Scientist
  • World’s most powerful credential for accomplished Data Scientists
  • For professionals with 10+ years of experience in Big Data Analytics/ Big Data Engineering
  • Complete Exam Preparation Kit provided
  • Available in 170+ countries
  • 100–minutes online examination taken by Pearson VUE

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Why the SDS™ and the PDS™

Establish Yourself as a Top-of-the-Line Big Data Scientist

SDS™/ PDS™ credentialed Data Scientists exhibit successfully-verified, high-end professional knowledge and capabilities related to managing Big Data in a global environment. They come with rich exposure to planning, designing, and implementing processes and layouts for complex, large-scale data sets used for modeling, data mining, and research. Competence in business case development, planning, coordination/collaboration with various internal and vendor teams, and the efficient management of the lifecycle of Big Data projects are the base, entry-level prerequisites for the SDS™ and PDS™ Credentials.

Big Data Scientist
Leadership Roles

Get Ready for Leadership Roles

With an in-depth understanding of their roles, responsibilities, and the challenges of their profession in a global workplace, the SDS™/ PDS™ credentialed professionals possess validated expert-level knowledge of conceptualizing, developing, and executing higher-impact strategic uses of Big Data. Their knowledge of operating all major open-source and proprietary data analytics platforms, tools, and technologies in Hadoop and Spark environments, and on distributions like Hortonworks and Cloudera, also come reliably examined during the certification test.

And not the least, the DASCA-certified Data Scientists – by virtue of their experiences, accomplishments, and background academic qualifications and training – do exhibit a high level of understanding of applying concepts, principles, technologies, and tools of Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, and RDBMS in the contexts of business and marketing decision-making. Notably, possession of such rich experience and knowledge is a critical candidacy condition – a mandatory registration pre-requisite for all SDS™/ PDS™ applicants.

The Benefits

  • Sharply Employer/ Industry-Focused

    The SDS™/ PDS™ pre-credentialing assessments are designed to address the cardinal Big Data question: how does Data Science assist managers, entrepreneurs, scientists, governments, marketers, innovators, doctors, lawmakers, attorneys, and everybody else around in solving problems faster and in taking better, more accurate decisions in real time. The credentials therefore, snugly fit-in as the ideal qualification benchmarks for the finest breed of Data Scientists who can work across sectors; adapt to and leverage technological developments and the changing dynamics of the Big Data industry.

  • 3rd 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 SDS™/ PDS™ relevant worldwide, giving professionals the recognition and flexibility to use their knowledge and skills for analyzing Big Data on multiple platforms.

  • Internal Acceptance, Recognition, & Relevance

    Although the highest levels of research and validation rigor marked the development of the SDS™/ PDS™ Credentials into truly universal qualifications for top-league Data Scientists, 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 SDS™/ PDS™ Credentials 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.

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Data Scientist Certifications

The Data Scientist credentialing track of the Data Science Council of America includes TWO credentials – addressed to senior, accomplished professionals who specialize in managing and leading Big Data strategies and programs for organizations and businesses.

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