This course explores cloud-based analytics platforms demonstrating highly scalable, hosted batch and stream processing solutions. The curriculum includes coverage of the Amazon AWS and Google GCP cloud platforms as well as essential open source solutions, including Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka. Cloud-based data processing services including big data storage facilities, ETL tools, batch, and stream-based machine learning and analytics processing solutions. Upon completion of the course, attendees will have a deeper understanding of streaming and batch-based data processing technologies in common use and how to leverage the unique features of the big data platforms in the cloud.