Introduction to Data
Engineering
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Management Information
Systems
Subject:
Management Information Systems
Presented to:
Dr Faisel Shahzad
Presented by:
M. Ibrahim Rizwan (2025(S)-MS-EM-101)
Faizan Rehman (2025(S)-MS-EM-106)
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Contents
Introduction to Data Engineering
What is Data Engineering?
Why is Data Engineering Important?
Key Responsibilities of a Data Engineer
Data Engineering vs. Data Science vs. Data Analytics
Core Components of Data Engineering
Tools & Technologies in Data Engineering
Example of a Data Pipeline
Career Path, Degrees & Skills
Conclusion & Q/A
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What is Data Engineering?
Data Engineering is the process of designing, building, and
maintaining systems for collecting, storing, and analyzing data.
It enables companies to make data accessible and usable for
analytics and decision-making.
Data Engineers work behind the scenes to ensure data flows
smoothly from source to storage and analysis tools.
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Why is Data Engineering Important?
Raw data is messy and
The volume of data is growing
unstructured — Data
rapidly – over 2.5 quintillion
Engineering transforms it into
bytes are created every day.
clean, structured formats.
Enables real-time decision-
Supports AI, ML, dashboards,
making, predictive modeling,
and analytics tools.
and business intelligence.
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Key Responsibilities of a Data
Engineer
01 02 03 04 05
Designing and Performing ETL Setting up and Ensuring data Collaborating with
developing data (Extract, maintaining data quality, integrity, Data Scientists
pipelines Transform, Load) warehouses and security and Analysts
operations
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Aspect Data Engineering Data Science Data Analytics
Infrastructure, Predictive Descriptive
Focus data pipelines, ETL machine learning analysis,
modeling, business
insights
Python, R,
Skills SQL, Python, Machine SQL, Excel, Python
Spark, Airflow Learning, (Pandas), Power BI
Statistics
Predictions, Reports,
Data Engineering Output Clean, accessible, models, dashboards, trend
reliable data visualizations analysis
vs. Data Scientist Tools
Apache Kafka,
Hadoop, Redshift,
TensorFlow,
Pandas, Scikit- Excel, Tableau,
Power BI, Looker
Airflow learn, Jupyter
vs. Data Research &
Analytics Role Type
Backend-focused,
supports analytics
& science
modeling for
strategic
Operational &
strategic decision
support
decisions
Data Scientists, Analysts, Managers,
Who Uses It? Analysts, BI Business Leaders, Analysts,
Engineers Product Teams Executives
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Core Components of Data
Engineering
Data Ingestion: Getting data from different sources (APIs, files, sensors, etc.)
Data Processing: Cleaning, transforming, and structuring the data
Data Storage: Storing in data warehouses or data lakes
Orchestration: Scheduling and managing workflows (e.g., with Airflow)
Monitoring & Logging: Ensuring smooth operations and debugging issues
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Tools & Technologies
Processing:
Programming: Storage: Amazon
Apache Spark, Query, Snowflake
Python, SQL, Scala S3, Google Big
Flink, Beam
Databases:
ETL/ELT: Apache
PostgreSQL, Cloud Platforms:
Airflow, DBT,
MongoDB, AWS, Azure, GCP
Talend
Cassandra
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Example of a Data Pipeline
Source: E-commerce Ingestion: Kafka or Processing: Spark
website logs and Flume to stream the for cleaning and
user behavior data data aggregations
Storage: Stored in Visualization: Data is
Redshift or visualized using
BigQuery Tableau or Power BI
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Career Paths and Skilled
Needed
•Skills:
•SQL, Python, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), data warehousing, ETL tools
•Certifications:
•Google Data Engineer, Microsoft Azure DP-203
•Entry Roles:
•Data Engineer Intern, Junior Data Engineer
•Advanced Roles:
•Senior Data Engineer, Data Architect, ML Engineer
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Google Professional Data Engineer /
Data Analyst
Microsoft Azure Data Engineer / Data
Scientist Associate
Certificatio
ns AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty
IBM Data Science / Google Data
Analytics (Coursera)
Conclusion / Q&A
DATA ENGINEERING IS A CRITICAL IT OFFERS EXCITING CAREER NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO START
BACKBONE OF DATA-DRIVEN OPPORTUNITIES WITH HIGH LEARNING AND EXPLORING THE
DECISION-MAKING. DEMAND IN TECH INDUSTRIES. FIELD.
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