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AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate Online Training

Harness the power of AI and put it to work for your company’s needs. Prepare data, train AI and machine learning models, and deploy them securely with this AWS Machine Learning course. You’ll explore AI services like AWS SageMaker and AWS Glue and learn how to apply them in your everyday work. Don’t just study the entire AWS data pipeline — get hands-on with AI tools that simplify, accelerate, and enhance the work you’re already doing in the AWS ecosystem. At the same time, prepare for the AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate, a career-advancing credential from the world’s cloud and AI powerhouse.

Updated December 2025

20Skills
175Videos
1Practice Exam
20h 11mTotal
175 videos1 exam20h 11m

Who This Course Is For

This course is for DevOps engineers, system administrators, and cloud professionals looking to apply machine learning in AWS environments. It’s a great fit for anyone moving from on-prem operations to cloud-based AI projects and looking for practical, production-ready ML experience.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • [
  • 'Build and train machine learning models with Amazon SageMaker',
  • 'Prepare and clean datasets using AWS Glue',
  • 'Automate model deployment with AWS Lambda',
  • 'Apply security and compliance best practices for ML workloads',
  • 'Optimize training performance and costs with Amazon EC2',
  • 'Monitor and evaluate model accuracy using Amazon SageMaker'
  • ]

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Getting Started with the AWS ML Ecosystem57m
  • Premium skill.Securing Cloud Resources with IAM48m
  • Premium skill.Network Protections and Isolation1h 2m
  • Premium skill.Data Storage Options in AWS1h 11m
  • Premium skill.Database Options on AWS1h 5m
  • Premium skill.Data Wrangling Basics with AWS Glue1h 2m
  • Premium skill.Advanced Data Handling with AWS Glue55m
  • Premium skill.Data Exploration with AWS Glue DataBrew59m
  • Premium skill.Setting Up a SageMaker Domain1h 20m
  • Labeling and Data Augmentation with SageMakerFree59m
  • Premium skill.Handling Inbound Streaming Data60m
  • Premium skill.Creating a Feature Store60m
  • Premium skill.Framing Business Problems1h 8m
  • Premium skill.Using SageMaker Built-In Algorithms1h 3m
  • Premium skill.SageMaker JumpStart and Hyperparameter Tuning55m
  • Premium skill.SageMaker Script Mode and Importing Custom Models55m
  • Premium skill.Analyzing Bias, Explainability & Drift on AWS1h 7m
  • Premium skill.Automating ML Workflows with Pipelines54m
  • Premium skill.Cost Optimization Methods for SageMaker47m
  • Premium skill.Data Stewardship and Compliance1h 1m

Certification

AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate

The AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate (MLA-C01) certification validates the ability to design, implement, deploy, and maintain machine learning solutions on AWS. It is intended for individuals who perform a development or data scien...

Exam MLA-C01Level ProfessionalDifficulty IntermediateCost $150
machine learningdeep learningAWS servicesdata engineeringmodel deployment
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For IT leaders

What IT leaders need to know before assigning this course

Cloud ML initiatives can stall when teams know individual AWS services but lack a shared approach to secure, govern, automate, and cost-manage machine learning work. This intermediate AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate course gives IT Directors and Training Managers a structured path for cloud, data, and ML-focused IT Practitioners to build consistent AWS ML operating knowledge.

The course is a realistic assignment of about 20 hours per learner, covering IAM, network isolation, AWS storage and database options, Glue and DataBrew, SageMaker domains, labeling, streaming data, Feature Store, model selection, tuning, pipelines, cost optimization, and data stewardship. It fits teams preparing for MLA-C01 while also reducing operational risk around access control, compliance, model drift, bias, and explainability.

For change management, Team Leads can assign the course as a role-based learning path and use CBT Nuggets Playlists and Team Reporting to standardize rollout and track completion across the team.

Team Impact

How this training helps your team succeed

IT teams complete this training to move AWS ML work from ad hoc experimentation toward repeatable, governed delivery. The course maps common production concerns — secure access, protected networks, clean data, managed SageMaker environments, workflow automation, and compliance — to the services teams are likely to use on AWS.

  • Build a common operating model for AWS ML projects that includes IAM, network protections, storage, databases, and SageMaker setup.
  • Improve data readiness by using AWS Glue, Glue DataBrew, labeling, augmentation, streaming ingestion, and Feature Store concepts.
  • Support more reliable model delivery with SageMaker built-in algorithms, JumpStart, hyperparameter tuning, script mode, custom model import, and pipelines.
  • Reduce governance and cost risk by training teams on bias, explainability, drift, data stewardship, compliance, and SageMaker cost optimization.

After completion

Knowledge & ability your team will gain

Knowledge

  • AWS machine learning ecosystem components and how they fit into team ML workflows.
  • IAM, network isolation, and cloud resource protection concepts relevant to ML environments.
  • AWS storage, database, Glue, DataBrew, streaming, and Feature Store options for ML data preparation.
  • SageMaker domain setup, labeling, augmentation, built-in algorithms, JumpStart, tuning, script mode, and custom model import.
  • Governance topics including bias, explainability, drift, data stewardship, compliance, and cost optimization.

Ability

  • Frame business problems so ML work aligns with operational and organizational goals.
  • Prepare and explore data using AWS Glue and Glue DataBrew concepts.
  • Set up and work within SageMaker-based ML workflows.
  • Select AWS ML tooling for labeling, feature management, model training, tuning, and automation.
  • Identify security, compliance, drift, and cost considerations before ML workloads reach production.

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