About Course
About Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka Training (CCDAK)
Build on the Confluent platform: Schema Registry rules, Connect pipelines, Streams topologies and the 90-minute CCDAK exam.
The Confluent habit is the contract you write down before the code runs: a subject name, a compatibility mode, and a connector configuration that can be rebuilt from a file instead of from memory. This course drills that habit against the six CCDAK exam domains, moving from producer and consumer semantics through Schema Registry, Kafka Connect and Kafka Streams to exactly-once processing, Confluent Cloud access control, observability and testing, so that the design you defend in the exam is the design you would ship.
Course Overview
12-week Confluent Certified Kafka Developer training (72 hours) on Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, exactly-once and CCDAK exam practice.
Why Learn Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka Training (CCDAK)
Streaming roles in India are growing faster than the people who can hold one, and the Confluent credential is what a recruiter looks for when a posting names Schema Registry, Connect and Streams in the same breath. The CCDAK paper is developer-weighted, so it screens the ability to build and reason about a streaming service rather than to administer brokers.
What it changes is how you are hired. Without the badge a Kafka developer competes with people who have run a managed cluster; with it you are the candidate who has built a producer, evolved a schema and written a stateful topology. It also covers Confluent-specific work the open-source path does not, including managed cluster networking and service accounts.
Who Should Join This Course
- Java and Python Backend Developers — Adding a streaming backbone to services they already operate
- Data Engineers Leaving Batch Behind — Replacing cron pipelines with Connect sources and Streams logic
- Integration and Middleware Specialists — Swapping point-to-point queues for a replayable event log
- Platform Engineers Standing Up a Broker — Running a managed Confluent cluster and putting guardrails around it
- Consultants on Streaming Engagements — Preparing for the vendor credential clients ask for by name
- Fresh Graduate Trainees — Entering streaming work through a recognised platform certification
Prerequisites
You should understand HTTP, JSON and basic messaging semantics. Kafka assumes you can reason about ordering, delivery and failure, so a developer who has only consumed REST APIs will find the first module the steepest. No Kafka experience is required.
Learning Objectives
- Configure producer and consumer clients for the delivery guarantee the data needs
- Register Avro, JSON Schema and Protobuf subjects and evolve them without breaking readers
- Build a source and sink pipeline in Kafka Connect and add a transform stage
- Write a Kafka Streams topology with joins, windows and a state store
- Enable exactly-once processing and state the boundary of that guarantee
- Secure a Confluent Cloud cluster with principals, role bindings and service accounts
- Instrument a streaming application with client metrics and consumer lag alerts
- Sit a timed CCDAK practice paper across all six published exam domains
Certification Objectives Covered
The syllabus follows the published Confluent Certified Kafka Developer objectives: Confluent Platform, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, Confluent Cloud, Avro and Protobuf, and the domain-to-topic map for the six CCDAK domains, the timed 90-minute practice paper and the exam-day plan.
Career Opportunities After This Programme
- Streaming Data Engineer
- Kafka Developer
- Confluent Platform Engineer
- Data Platform Architect
- Real-time Systems Engineer
- Integration Developer
Hands-on Practice and Capstone
Capstone: You are handed a relational orders table and a target of publishing every change to Kafka. You register an Avro schema under two subjects, build a Connect source pipeline with a transform that reshapes records, and write a Streams topology that rolls revenue up per account per hour with a ten minute grace period. You then turn on exactly-once processing, replay the source, and show the aggregate is unchanged. It ends with a full CCDAK practice paper scored by domain.
Production scenario: A partner team needs a reliable feed of order events before their launch on Monday, and the current publisher silently drops records when the broker list changes. Decide which delivery guarantee you configure, how you evolve the schema without breaking the consumer, and what monitoring tells you at 2pm that something has gone wrong.
Course Duration, Mode and Certification
The course runs for 12 weeks (72 hours), three sessions a week of two hours each. Modes: Classroom / Live Online / Hybrid. Certificate issued: SkilBrill Course Completion Certificate. This programme prepares you for the Confluent Certified Kafka Developer exam, which is booked and paid for with the vendor separately from the course fee.
Why Train at SkilBrill
SkilBrill Training Institute in Thoraipakkam focuses on making you employable. Trainers are working Kafka developers and Confluent platform engineers, every module produces portfolio evidence rather than a completion badge, and the placement cell connects eligible candidates with hiring companies. Fee: ₹45,000 – ₹75,000. Enquire on +91 8610964691.
Career and Job Support
- Resume assistance tailored to the target role
- LinkedIn profile rewrite and recruiter outreach
- Mock interviews covering role scenarios
- Assessment and capstone walkthrough preparation
- Placement assistance with 200+ hiring partners
- Typical salary band after completion: ₹10 – 24 LPA
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Confluent Certified Developer course cover?
The course is built around the CCDAK exam and its six published domains: Apache Kafka fundamentals, application development, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, application observability and application testing. The eight modules follow that shape, adding the Confluent platform material the exam assumes, including Schema Registry compatibility rules, Confluent Cloud networking and access control. You finish by sitting a full 90-minute practice paper scored by domain.
How is this different from the Apache Kafka engineering course?
The Kafka course teaches the open-source project as engineers operate it: the log, KRaft, replication, tuning, ACLs and MirrorMaker, with no vendor exam and no commercial platform. This course teaches the Confluent product and its credential: Schema Registry subjects and compatibility modes, the distributed Connect worker on a Confluent cluster, Confluent Cloud networking, and a proctored exam that scores you against the six domains Confluent publishes.
What is the Confluent CCDAK exam actually like?
It is a 90-minute online proctored assessment with roughly 55 to 70 questions across multiple choice, multiple response, matching and build-list formats, and the result is reported as pass or fail without a percentage. Confluent publishes a domain weighting: application development at 28 percent, fundamentals at 23 percent, Connect at 15 percent, observability at 13 percent, Streams at 12 percent and testing at 8 percent. The credential is valid for two years.
Do I need Java or Python to take the CCDAK exam?
The exam expects fluency in one of the supported client languages, and the course labs are written in Java and Python in parallel so you can work in whichever your team uses. There is no formal prerequisite and no requirement to attend training. Confluent does suggest six to twelve months of hands-on application development, which is why the course starts at fundamentals and builds a running service rather than jumping into exam questions.
Does the course cover running a Confluent Cloud cluster?
Yes, and it covers it as a developer concern rather than a network engineering one. You deploy a cluster, set up the private link or peering path from your own network, create a service account with scoped permissions, and connect with the command line tools. You also see what the managed platform changes for you, such as automated broker sizing, and what it does not, such as the behaviour of your own consumer configuration.
What is the duration and fee?
Twelve weeks, three sessions a week of two hours each, totalling 72 hours, with labs against a local Confluent Platform sandbox and a trial Confluent Cloud environment. Fees run from Rs 45,000 to Rs 75,000 depending on batch and mode, with classroom, live online and hybrid options and placement support through 200+ hiring partners. Practice exam attempts are included in the course schedule.
What certificate do I receive?
A SkilBrill Course Completion Certificate for the full 72 hours of the programme, listing the modules completed and the streaming service you built and reviewed. The Confluent Certified Developer credential is issued by Confluent after you pass the proctored CCDAK assessment. We prepare you for that exam and mark your project work; we do not issue the vendor credential.