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Databricks Certified Hadoop Migration Architect
The Databricks Certified Hadoop Migration Architect certification exam assesses an individual’s ability to architect migrations from Hadoop to the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. This includes comparing and contrasting a legacy Hadoop platform with the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. It also includes the ability to architect the migration of data and the migration of code. Finally, it assesses the ability to architect the final cutover steps when completing migrations. Individuals who pass this certification exam can be expected to architect migrations from legacy Hadoop deployments to the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
Registration
In order to achieve this certification, earners must pass a certification exam. In order to achieve this certification, please either log in or create an account in our certification platform.
Learning Pathway
This certification is targeted at specific customers and partners, so it is not part of a learning pathway.
Exam Details
Key details about the certification exam are provided below.
Minimally Qualified Candidate
The minimally qualified candidate should be able to:
Compare the typical Hadoop platform with the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, including:
Platform comparisons
Technology equivalents
Platform security
Architect data and metadata migrations from Hadoop to Databricks, including:
Migration concepts
Push approach
Pull approach
Architect code and workflow migrations from legacy Hadoop deployments to Databricks and its partners, including:
Data management
Environment configuration
Apache Spark and Delta Lake
Perform final cutover from the source system to Databricks, including:
Parallel deployments
Validation
Offboarding
Duration
Testers will have 90 minutes to complete the certification exam.
Questions
There are 45 multiple-choice questions on the certification exam. The questions will be distributed by high-level topic in the following way:
Platform Concepts – 31% (14/45)
Data Migration – 29% (13/45)
Code Migration – 33% (15/45)
Cutover – 7% (3/45)
In order to pass the exam, testers must achieve a score of 65 percent.
Cost
Each attempt of the certification exam will cost the tester $200. Testers might be subjected to tax payments depending on their location. Testers are able to retake the exam as many times as they would like, but they will need to pay $200 for each attempt.
Test Aids
There are no test aids available during this exam
Programming Language
All code in this exam will be provided in SQL or Python.
Expiration
Because of the speed at which the responsibilities of a data engineer and capabilities of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform change, this certification is valid for 2 years following the date on which each tester passes the certification exam.
Preparation
The following Databricks Academy courses should be taken prior to taking this certification exam:
Self-paced: Databricks Platform Administration (coming soon)
Instructor-led/Self-paced: Data Engineering with Databricks
Self-paced: Hadoop Migration Architecture
It is also recommended that test takers have experience architecting and implementing migrations from legacy Hadoop systems to Databricks.
Frequently Asked Questions
In order to view answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), please refer to Databricks Academy FAQ document.