BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DATA ENGINEERING)

OVERVIEW

The Bachelor of Information Technology (Data Engineering) provides you with the essential knowledge and technical skills for the design, implementation, and management of ‘big data’, data systems and their infrastructure to support big data solutions.

There is a growing demand for professionals with the experience and qualifications to build information technology (IT) solutions and manage big data, which is a fast-evolving field in business and commerce.

You will learn about IT systems, concepts and methodologies and develop a comprehensive knowledge of networking, data security and infrastructure engineering. As well as studying theory, you will develop analytical and critical evaluation skills that you will apply to practical projects and simulated workplaces.

At TAFE NSW we have strong partnership arrangements with industry partners such as Cisco, AWS, Microsoft, and NDG.

Learning Outcomes:

Through a mix of theory and practical course work, learn to:

Extract, transform and load data from a variety of data sources

Prepare data sets for analysis and reporting using SQL

Design, build and manage data pipeline architectures

Set up and manage big data systems like Hadoop and Spark

Develop algorithms using Python to transform data into useful, actionable information

Build storage solutions for large-scale data systems

Administer cloud computing platforms such as AWS and Azure