diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/index.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/index.ts
index 0decc8f601c18..41f2533ba0149 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/index.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ export * from './run-ecs-task-base-types';
 export * from './publish-to-topic';
 export * from './send-to-queue';
 export * from './run-ecs-ec2-task';
-export * from './run-ecs-fargate-task';
\ No newline at end of file
+export * from './run-ecs-fargate-task';
+export * from './sagemaker-task-base-types';
+export * from './sagemaker-train-task';
+export * from './sagemaker-transform-task';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/sagemaker-task-base-types.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/sagemaker-task-base-types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0a8e6bf365795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/sagemaker-task-base-types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,473 @@
+import ec2 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-ec2');
+import kms = require('@aws-cdk/aws-kms');
+
+//
+// Create Training Job types
+//
+
+/**
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface AlgorithmSpecification {
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the algorithm resource to use for the training job.
+     */
+    readonly algorithmName?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * List of metric definition objects. Each object specifies the metric name and regular expressions used to parse algorithm logs.
+     */
+    readonly metricDefinitions?: MetricDefinition[];
+
+    /**
+     * Registry path of the Docker image that contains the training algorithm.
+     */
+    readonly trainingImage?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Input mode that the algorithm supports.
+     *
+     * @default is 'File' mode
+     */
+    readonly trainingInputMode?: InputMode;
+}
+
+/**
+ *  Describes the training, validation or test dataset and the Amazon S3 location where it is stored.
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface Channel {
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the channel
+     */
+    readonly channelName: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Compression type if training data is compressed
+     */
+    readonly compressionType?: CompressionType;
+
+    /**
+     * Content type
+     */
+    readonly contentType?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Location of the data channel
+     */
+    readonly dataSource: DataSource;
+
+    /**
+     * Input mode to use for the data channel in a training job.
+     */
+    readonly inputMode?: InputMode;
+
+    /**
+     * Record wrapper type
+     */
+    readonly recordWrapperType?: RecordWrapperType;
+
+    /**
+     * Shuffle config option for input data in a channel.
+     */
+    readonly shuffleConfig?: ShuffleConfig;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Configuration for a shuffle option for input data in a channel.
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface ShuffleConfig {
+    /**
+     * Determines the shuffling order.
+     */
+    readonly seed: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Location of the channel data.
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface DataSource {
+    /**
+     * S3 location of the data source that is associated with a channel.
+     */
+    readonly s3DataSource: S3DataSource;
+}
+
+/**
+ * S3 location of the channel data.
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface S3DataSource {
+    /**
+     * List of one or more attribute names to use that are found in a specified augmented manifest file.
+     */
+    readonly attributeNames?: string[];
+
+    /**
+     * S3 Data Distribution Type
+     */
+    readonly s3DataDistributionType?: S3DataDistributionType;
+
+    /**
+     * S3 Data Type
+     */
+    readonly s3DataType?: S3DataType;
+
+    /**
+     * S3 Uri
+     */
+    readonly s3Uri: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface OutputDataConfig {
+  /**
+   * Optional KMS encryption key that Amazon SageMaker uses to encrypt the model artifacts at rest using Amazon S3 server-side encryption.
+   */
+  readonly encryptionKey?: kms.IKey;
+
+  /**
+   * Identifies the S3 path where you want Amazon SageMaker to store the model artifacts.
+   */
+  readonly s3OutputPath: string;
+}
+
+export interface StoppingCondition {
+    /**
+     * The maximum length of time, in seconds, that the training or compilation job can run.
+     */
+    readonly maxRuntimeInSeconds?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ResourceConfig {
+
+    /**
+     * The number of ML compute instances to use.
+     *
+     * @default 1 instance.
+     */
+    readonly instanceCount: number;
+
+    /**
+     * ML compute instance type.
+     *
+     * @default is the 'm4.xlarge' instance type.
+     */
+    readonly instanceType: ec2.InstanceType;
+
+    /**
+     * KMS key that Amazon SageMaker uses to encrypt data on the storage volume attached to the ML compute instance(s) that run the training job.
+     */
+    readonly volumeKmsKeyId?: kms.IKey;
+
+    /**
+     * Size of the ML storage volume that you want to provision.
+     *
+     * @default 10 GB EBS volume.
+     */
+    readonly volumeSizeInGB: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface VpcConfig {
+    /**
+     * VPC security groups.
+     */
+    readonly securityGroups: ec2.ISecurityGroup[];
+
+    /**
+     * VPC id
+     */
+    readonly vpc: ec2.Vpc;
+
+    /**
+     * VPC subnets.
+     */
+    readonly subnets: ec2.ISubnet[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Specifies the metric name and regular expressions used to parse algorithm logs.
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface MetricDefinition {
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the metric.
+     */
+    readonly name: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Regular expression that searches the output of a training job and gets the value of the metric.
+     */
+    readonly regex: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * S3 Data Type.
+ */
+export enum S3DataType {
+    /**
+     * Manifest File Data Type
+     */
+    ManifestFile = 'ManifestFile',
+
+    /**
+     * S3 Prefix Data Type
+     */
+    S3Prefix = 'S3Prefix',
+
+    /**
+     * Augmented Manifest File Data Type
+     */
+    AugmentedManifestFile = 'AugmentedManifestFile'
+}
+
+/**
+ * S3 Data Distribution Type.
+ */
+export enum S3DataDistributionType {
+    /**
+     * Fully replicated S3 Data Distribution Type
+     */
+    FullyReplicated = 'FullyReplicated',
+
+    /**
+     * Sharded By S3 Key Data Distribution Type
+     */
+    ShardedByS3Key = 'ShardedByS3Key'
+}
+
+/**
+ * Define the format of the input data.
+ */
+export enum RecordWrapperType {
+    /**
+     * None record wrapper type
+     */
+    None = 'None',
+
+    /**
+     * RecordIO record wrapper type
+     */
+    RecordIO = 'RecordIO'
+}
+
+/**
+ *  Input mode that the algorithm supports.
+ */
+export enum InputMode {
+    /**
+     * Pipe mode
+     */
+    Pipe = 'Pipe',
+
+    /**
+     * File mode.
+     */
+    File = 'File'
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compression type of the data.
+ */
+export enum CompressionType {
+    /**
+     * None compression type
+     */
+    None = 'None',
+
+    /**
+     * Gzip compression type
+     */
+    Gzip = 'Gzip'
+}
+
+//
+// Create Transform Job types
+//
+
+/**
+ *  Dataset to be transformed and the Amazon S3 location where it is stored.
+ *
+ *  @experimental
+ */
+export interface TransformInput {
+
+    /**
+     * The compression type of the transform data.
+     */
+    readonly compressionType?: CompressionType;
+
+    /**
+     * Multipurpose internet mail extension (MIME) type of the data.
+     */
+    readonly contentType?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * S3 location of the channel data
+     */
+    readonly transformDataSource: TransformDataSource;
+
+    /**
+     * Method to use to split the transform job's data files into smaller batches.
+     */
+    readonly splitType?: SplitType;
+}
+
+/**
+ * S3 location of the input data that the model can consume.
+ *
+ *  @experimental
+ */
+export interface TransformDataSource {
+
+    /**
+     * S3 location of the input data
+     */
+    readonly s3DataSource: TransformS3DataSource;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Location of the channel data.
+ *
+ *  @experimental
+ */
+export interface TransformS3DataSource {
+
+    /**
+     * S3 Data Type
+     *
+     * @default 'S3Prefix'
+     */
+    readonly s3DataType?: S3DataType;
+
+    /**
+     * Identifies either a key name prefix or a manifest.
+     */
+    readonly s3Uri: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * S3 location where you want Amazon SageMaker to save the results from the transform job.
+ *
+ *  @experimental
+ */
+export interface TransformOutput {
+
+    /**
+     * MIME type used to specify the output data.
+     */
+    readonly accept?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Defines how to assemble the results of the transform job as a single S3 object.
+     */
+    readonly assembleWith?: AssembleWith;
+
+    /**
+     * AWS KMS key that Amazon SageMaker uses to encrypt the model artifacts at rest using Amazon S3 server-side encryption.
+     */
+    readonly encryptionKey?: kms.Key;
+
+    /**
+     * S3 path where you want Amazon SageMaker to store the results of the transform job.
+     */
+    readonly s3OutputPath: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ML compute instances for the transform job.
+ *
+ *  @experimental
+ */
+export interface TransformResources {
+
+    /**
+     * Nmber of ML compute instances to use in the transform job
+     */
+    readonly instanceCount: number;
+
+    /**
+     * ML compute instance type for the transform job.
+     */
+    readonly instanceType: ec2.InstanceType;
+
+    /**
+     * AWS KMS key that Amazon SageMaker uses to encrypt data on the storage volume attached to the ML compute instance(s).
+     */
+    readonly volumeKmsKeyId?: kms.Key;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Specifies the number of records to include in a mini-batch for an HTTP inference request.
+ */
+export enum BatchStrategy {
+
+    /**
+     * Fits multiple records in a mini-batch.
+     */
+    MultiRecord = 'MultiRecord',
+
+    /**
+     * Use a single record when making an invocation request.
+     */
+    SingleRecord = 'SingleRecord'
+}
+
+/**
+ * Method to use to split the transform job's data files into smaller batches.
+ */
+export enum SplitType {
+
+    /**
+     * Input data files are not split,
+     */
+    None = 'None',
+
+    /**
+     * Split records on a newline character boundary.
+     */
+    Line = 'Line',
+
+    /**
+     * Split using MXNet RecordIO format.
+     */
+    RecordIO = 'RecordIO',
+
+    /**
+     * Split using TensorFlow TFRecord format.
+     */
+    TFRecord = 'TFRecord'
+}
+
+/**
+ * How to assemble the results of the transform job as a single S3 object.
+ */
+export enum AssembleWith {
+
+    /**
+     * Concatenate the results in binary format.
+     */
+    None = 'None',
+
+    /**
+     * Add a newline character at the end of every transformed record.
+     */
+    Line = 'Line'
+
+}
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diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/sagemaker-train-task.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/sagemaker-train-task.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9d173384cdf0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/sagemaker-train-task.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+import ec2 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-ec2');
+import iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');
+import sfn = require('@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions');
+import { Construct, Stack } from '@aws-cdk/cdk';
+import { AlgorithmSpecification, Channel, InputMode, OutputDataConfig, ResourceConfig,
+         S3DataType, StoppingCondition, VpcConfig,  } from './sagemaker-task-base-types';
+
+/**
+ *  @experimental
+ */
+export interface SagemakerTrainProps {
+
+    /**
+     * Training Job Name.
+     */
+    readonly trainingJobName: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Role for thte Training Job.
+     */
+    readonly role?: iam.IRole;
+
+    /**
+     * Specify if the task is synchronous or asychronous.
+     *
+     * @default false
+     */
+    readonly synchronous?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Identifies the training algorithm to use.
+     */
+    readonly algorithmSpecification: AlgorithmSpecification;
+
+    /**
+     * Hyperparameters to be used for the train job.
+     */
+    readonly hyperparameters?: {[key: string]: any};
+
+    /**
+     *  Describes the various datasets (e.g. train, validation, test) and the Amazon S3 location where stored.
+     */
+    readonly inputDataConfig: Channel[];
+
+    /**
+     * Tags to be applied to the train job.
+     */
+    readonly tags?: {[key: string]: any};
+
+    /**
+     * Identifies the Amazon S3 location where you want Amazon SageMaker to save the results of model training.
+     */
+    readonly outputDataConfig: OutputDataConfig;
+
+    /**
+     * Identifies the resources, ML compute instances, and ML storage volumes to deploy for model training.
+     */
+    readonly resourceConfig?: ResourceConfig;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets a time limit for training.
+     */
+    readonly stoppingCondition?: StoppingCondition;
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the VPC that you want your training job to connect to.
+     */
+    readonly vpcConfig?: VpcConfig;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Class representing the SageMaker Create Training Job task.
+ */
+export class SagemakerTrainTask implements ec2.IConnectable, sfn.IStepFunctionsTask {
+
+    /**
+     * Allows specify security group connections for instances of this fleet.
+     */
+    public readonly connections: ec2.Connections = new ec2.Connections();
+
+    /**
+     * The execution role for the Sagemaker training job.
+     *
+     * @default new role for Amazon SageMaker to assume is automatically created.
+     */
+    public readonly role: iam.IRole;
+
+    /**
+     * The Algorithm Specification
+     */
+    private readonly algorithmSpecification: AlgorithmSpecification;
+
+    /**
+     * The Input Data Config.
+     */
+    private readonly inputDataConfig: Channel[];
+
+    /**
+     * The resource config for the task.
+     */
+    private readonly resourceConfig: ResourceConfig;
+
+    /**
+     * The resource config for the task.
+     */
+    private readonly stoppingCondition: StoppingCondition;
+
+    constructor(scope: Construct, private readonly props: SagemakerTrainProps) {
+
+        // set the default resource config if not defined.
+        this.resourceConfig = props.resourceConfig || {
+            instanceCount: 1,
+            instanceType: new ec2.InstanceTypePair(ec2.InstanceClass.M4, ec2.InstanceSize.XLarge),
+            volumeSizeInGB: 10
+        };
+
+        // set the stopping condition if not defined
+        this.stoppingCondition = props.stoppingCondition || {
+            maxRuntimeInSeconds: 3600
+        };
+
+        // set the sagemaker role or create new one
+        this.role = props.role || new iam.Role(scope, 'SagemakerRole', {
+            assumedBy: new iam.ServicePrincipal('sagemaker.amazonaws.com'),
+            managedPolicyArns: [
+                new iam.AwsManagedPolicy('AmazonSageMakerFullAccess', scope).policyArn
+            ]
+        });
+
+        // set the input mode to 'File' if not defined
+        this.algorithmSpecification = ( props.algorithmSpecification.trainingInputMode ) ?
+            ( props.algorithmSpecification ) :
+            ( { ...props.algorithmSpecification, trainingInputMode: InputMode.File } );
+
+        // set the S3 Data type of the input data config objects to be 'S3Prefix' if not defined
+        this.inputDataConfig = props.inputDataConfig.map(config => {
+            if (!config.dataSource.s3DataSource.s3DataType) {
+                return Object.assign({}, config, { dataSource: { s3DataSource:
+                    { ...config.dataSource.s3DataSource, s3DataType: S3DataType.S3Prefix } } });
+            } else {
+                return config;
+            }
+        });
+
+        // add the security groups to the connections object
+        if (this.props.vpcConfig) {
+            this.props.vpcConfig.securityGroups.forEach(sg => this.connections.addSecurityGroup(sg));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public bind(task: sfn.Task): sfn.StepFunctionsTaskConfig  {
+        return {
+          resourceArn: 'arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createTrainingJob' + (this.props.synchronous ? '.sync' : ''),
+          parameters: sfn.FieldUtils.renderObject(this.renderParameters()),
+          policyStatements: this.makePolicyStatements(task),
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderParameters(): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return {
+            TrainingJobName: this.props.trainingJobName,
+            RoleArn: this.role.roleArn,
+            ...(this.renderAlgorithmSpecification(this.algorithmSpecification)),
+            ...(this.renderInputDataConfig(this.inputDataConfig)),
+            ...(this.renderOutputDataConfig(this.props.outputDataConfig)),
+            ...(this.renderResourceConfig(this.resourceConfig)),
+            ...(this.renderStoppingCondition(this.stoppingCondition)),
+            ...(this.renderHyperparameters(this.props.hyperparameters)),
+            ...(this.renderTags(this.props.tags)),
+            ...(this.renderVpcConfig(this.props.vpcConfig)),
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderAlgorithmSpecification(spec: AlgorithmSpecification): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return {
+            AlgorithmSpecification: {
+                TrainingInputMode: spec.trainingInputMode,
+                ...(spec.trainingImage) ? { TrainingImage: spec.trainingImage } : {},
+                ...(spec.algorithmName) ? { AlgorithmName: spec.algorithmName } : {},
+                ...(spec.metricDefinitions) ?
+                { MetricDefinitions: spec.metricDefinitions
+                    .map(metric => ({ Name: metric.name, Regex: metric.regex })) } : {}
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderInputDataConfig(config: Channel[]): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return {
+            InputDataConfig: config.map(channel => ({
+                ChannelName: channel.channelName,
+                DataSource: {
+                    S3DataSource: {
+                        S3Uri: channel.dataSource.s3DataSource.s3Uri,
+                        S3DataType: channel.dataSource.s3DataSource.s3DataType,
+                        ...(channel.dataSource.s3DataSource.s3DataDistributionType) ?
+                            { S3DataDistributionType: channel.dataSource.s3DataSource.s3DataDistributionType} : {},
+                        ...(channel.dataSource.s3DataSource.attributeNames) ?
+                        { AtttributeNames: channel.dataSource.s3DataSource.attributeNames } : {},
+                    }
+                },
+                ...(channel.compressionType) ? { CompressionType: channel.compressionType } : {},
+                ...(channel.contentType) ? { ContentType: channel.contentType } : {},
+                ...(channel.inputMode) ? { InputMode: channel.inputMode } : {},
+                ...(channel.recordWrapperType) ? { RecordWrapperType: channel.recordWrapperType } : {},
+            }))
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderOutputDataConfig(config: OutputDataConfig): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return {
+            OutputDataConfig: {
+                S3OutputPath: config.s3OutputPath,
+                ...(config.encryptionKey) ? { KmsKeyId: config.encryptionKey.keyArn } : {},
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderResourceConfig(config: ResourceConfig): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return {
+            ResourceConfig: {
+                InstanceCount: config.instanceCount,
+                InstanceType: 'ml.' + config.instanceType,
+                VolumeSizeInGB: config.volumeSizeInGB,
+                ...(config.volumeKmsKeyId) ? { VolumeKmsKeyId: config.volumeKmsKeyId.keyArn } : {},
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderStoppingCondition(config: StoppingCondition): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return {
+            StoppingCondition: {
+                MaxRuntimeInSeconds: config.maxRuntimeInSeconds
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderHyperparameters(params: {[key: string]: any} | undefined): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return (params) ? { HyperParameters: params } : {};
+    }
+
+    private renderTags(tags: {[key: string]: any} | undefined): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return (tags) ? { Tags: Object.keys(tags).map(key => ({ Key: key, Value: tags[key] })) } : {};
+    }
+
+    private renderVpcConfig(config: VpcConfig | undefined): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return (config) ? { VpcConfig: {
+            SecurityGroupIds: config.securityGroups.map(sg => ( sg.securityGroupId )),
+            Subnets: config.subnets.map(subnet => ( subnet.subnetId )),
+        }} : {};
+    }
+
+    private makePolicyStatements(task: sfn.Task): iam.PolicyStatement[] {
+        const stack = Stack.of(task);
+
+        // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/sagemaker-iam.html
+        const policyStatements = [
+          new iam.PolicyStatement()
+            .addActions('sagemaker:CreateTrainingJob', 'sagemaker:DescribeTrainingJob', 'sagemaker:StopTrainingJob')
+            .addResource(stack.formatArn({
+                service: 'sagemaker',
+                resource: 'training-job',
+                resourceName: '*'
+            })),
+          new iam.PolicyStatement()
+            .addAction('sagemaker:ListTags')
+            .addAllResources(),
+          new iam.PolicyStatement()
+            .addAction('iam:PassRole')
+            .addResources(this.role.roleArn)
+            .addCondition('StringEquals', { "iam:PassedToService": "sagemaker.amazonaws.com" })
+        ];
+
+        if (this.props.synchronous) {
+          policyStatements.push(new iam.PolicyStatement()
+            .addActions("events:PutTargets", "events:PutRule", "events:DescribeRule")
+            .addResource(stack.formatArn({
+              service: 'events',
+              resource: 'rule',
+              resourceName: 'StepFunctionsGetEventsForSageMakerTrainingJobsRule'
+          })));
+        }
+
+        return policyStatements;
+      }
+}
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diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/sagemaker-transform-task.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/sagemaker-transform-task.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bfd365f88a293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/sagemaker-transform-task.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+import ec2 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-ec2');
+import iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');
+import sfn = require('@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions');
+import { Construct, Stack } from '@aws-cdk/cdk';
+import { BatchStrategy, S3DataType, TransformInput, TransformOutput, TransformResources } from './sagemaker-task-base-types';
+
+/**
+ *  @experimental
+ */
+export interface SagemakerTransformProps {
+
+    /**
+     * Training Job Name.
+     */
+    readonly transformJobName: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Role for thte Training Job.
+     */
+    readonly role?: iam.IRole;
+
+    /**
+     * Specify if the task is synchronous or asychronous.
+     */
+    readonly synchronous?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Number of records to include in a mini-batch for an HTTP inference request.
+     */
+    readonly batchStrategy?: BatchStrategy;
+
+    /**
+     * Environment variables to set in the Docker container.
+     */
+    readonly environment?: {[key: string]: any};
+
+    /**
+     * Maximum number of parallel requests that can be sent to each instance in a transform job.
+     */
+    readonly maxConcurrentTransforms?: number;
+
+    /**
+     * Maximum allowed size of the payload, in MB.
+     */
+    readonly maxPayloadInMB?: number;
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the model that you want to use for the transform job.
+     */
+    readonly modelName: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Tags to be applied to the train job.
+     */
+    readonly tags?: {[key: string]: any};
+
+    /**
+     * Dataset to be transformed and the Amazon S3 location where it is stored.
+     */
+    readonly transformInput: TransformInput;
+
+    /**
+     * S3 location where you want Amazon SageMaker to save the results from the transform job.
+     */
+    readonly transformOutput: TransformOutput;
+
+    /**
+     * ML compute instances for the transform job.
+     */
+    readonly transformResources?: TransformResources;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Class representing the SageMaker Create Training Job task.
+ *
+ *  @experimental
+ */
+export class SagemakerTransformTask implements sfn.IStepFunctionsTask {
+
+    /**
+     * The execution role for the Sagemaker training job.
+     *
+     * @default new role for Amazon SageMaker to assume is automatically created.
+     */
+    public readonly role: iam.IRole;
+
+    /**
+     * Dataset to be transformed and the Amazon S3 location where it is stored.
+     */
+    private readonly transformInput: TransformInput;
+
+    /**
+     * ML compute instances for the transform job.
+     */
+    private readonly transformResources: TransformResources;
+
+    constructor(scope: Construct, private readonly props: SagemakerTransformProps) {
+
+        // set the sagemaker role or create new one
+        this.role = props.role || new iam.Role(scope, 'SagemakerRole', {
+            assumedBy: new iam.ServicePrincipal('sagemaker.amazonaws.com'),
+            managedPolicyArns: [
+                new iam.AwsManagedPolicy('AmazonSageMakerFullAccess', scope).policyArn
+            ]
+        });
+
+        // set the S3 Data type of the input data config objects to be 'S3Prefix' if not defined
+        this.transformInput = (props.transformInput.transformDataSource.s3DataSource.s3DataType) ? (props.transformInput) :
+            Object.assign({}, props.transformInput,
+                { transformDataSource:
+                    { s3DataSource:
+                        { ...props.transformInput.transformDataSource.s3DataSource,
+                        s3DataType: S3DataType.S3Prefix
+                        }
+                    }
+            });
+
+        // set the default value for the transform resources
+        this.transformResources = props.transformResources || {
+            instanceCount: 1,
+            instanceType: new ec2.InstanceTypePair(ec2.InstanceClass.M4, ec2.InstanceSize.XLarge),
+        };
+    }
+
+    public bind(task: sfn.Task): sfn.StepFunctionsTaskConfig {
+        return {
+          resourceArn: 'arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createTransformJob' + (this.props.synchronous ? '.sync' : ''),
+          parameters: sfn.FieldUtils.renderObject(this.renderParameters()),
+          policyStatements: this.makePolicyStatements(task),
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderParameters(): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return {
+            ...(this.props.batchStrategy) ? { BatchStrategy: this.props.batchStrategy } : {},
+            ...(this.renderEnvironment(this.props.environment)),
+            ...(this.props.maxConcurrentTransforms) ? { MaxConcurrentTransforms: this.props.maxConcurrentTransforms } : {},
+            ...(this.props.maxPayloadInMB) ? { MaxPayloadInMB: this.props.maxPayloadInMB } : {},
+            ModelName: this.props.modelName,
+            ...(this.renderTags(this.props.tags)),
+            ...(this.renderTransformInput(this.transformInput)),
+            TransformJobName: this.props.transformJobName,
+            ...(this.renderTransformOutput(this.props.transformOutput)),
+            ...(this.renderTransformResources(this.transformResources)),
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderTransformInput(input: TransformInput): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return {
+            TransformInput: {
+                ...(input.compressionType) ? { CompressionType: input.compressionType } : {},
+                ...(input.contentType) ? { ContentType: input.contentType } : {},
+                DataSource: {
+                    S3DataSource: {
+                        S3Uri: input.transformDataSource.s3DataSource.s3Uri,
+                        S3DataType: input.transformDataSource.s3DataSource.s3DataType,
+                    }
+                },
+                ...(input.splitType) ? { SplitType: input.splitType } : {},
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderTransformOutput(output: TransformOutput): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return {
+            TransformOutput: {
+                S3OutputPath: output.s3OutputPath,
+                ...(output.encryptionKey) ? { KmsKeyId: output.encryptionKey.keyArn } : {},
+                ...(output.accept) ? { Accept: output.accept } : {},
+                ...(output.assembleWith) ? { AssembleWith: output.assembleWith } : {},
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderTransformResources(resources: TransformResources): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return {
+            TransformResources: {
+                InstanceCount: resources.instanceCount,
+                InstanceType: 'ml.' + resources.instanceType,
+                ...(resources.volumeKmsKeyId) ? { VolumeKmsKeyId: resources.volumeKmsKeyId.keyArn } : {},
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private renderEnvironment(environment: {[key: string]: any} | undefined): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return (environment) ? { Environment: environment } : {};
+    }
+
+    private renderTags(tags: {[key: string]: any} | undefined): {[key: string]: any} {
+        return (tags) ? { Tags: Object.keys(tags).map(key => ({ Key: key, Value: tags[key] })) } : {};
+    }
+
+    private makePolicyStatements(task: sfn.Task): iam.PolicyStatement[] {
+        const stack = Stack.of(task);
+
+        // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/sagemaker-iam.html
+        const policyStatements = [
+          new iam.PolicyStatement()
+            .addActions('sagemaker:CreateTransformJob', 'sagemaker:DescribeTransformJob', 'sagemaker:StopTransformJob')
+            .addResource(stack.formatArn({
+                service: 'sagemaker',
+                resource: 'transform-job',
+                resourceName: '*'
+            })),
+          new iam.PolicyStatement()
+            .addAction('sagemaker:ListTags')
+            .addAllResources(),
+          new iam.PolicyStatement()
+            .addAction('iam:PassRole')
+            .addResources(this.role.roleArn)
+            .addCondition('StringEquals', { "iam:PassedToService": "sagemaker.amazonaws.com" })
+        ];
+
+        if (this.props.synchronous) {
+          policyStatements.push(new iam.PolicyStatement()
+            .addActions("events:PutTargets", "events:PutRule", "events:DescribeRule")
+            .addResource(stack.formatArn({
+              service: 'events',
+              resource: 'rule',
+              resourceName: 'StepFunctionsGetEventsForSageMakerTransformJobsRule'
+          })));
+        }
+
+        return policyStatements;
+      }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/package-lock.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/package-lock.json
index 329f0f17b1e2b..9e691c09eea89 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/package-lock.json
@@ -4,6 +4,53 @@
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {
+		"@aws-cdk/aws-kms": {
+			"version": "0.33.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-cdk/aws-kms/-/aws-kms-0.33.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-Yj1i/kqcpLu4LMIfIrk8F1Znereh7kL05+j7Ho0gy+HjwMbODIxB0BcyTiJ/5CjHkJPsR8Tl2GPyerZ6OGk/Dw==",
+			"requires": {
+				"@aws-cdk/aws-iam": "^0.33.0",
+				"@aws-cdk/cdk": "^0.33.0"
+			},
+			"dependencies": {
+				"@aws-cdk/aws-iam": {
+					"version": "0.33.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-cdk/aws-iam/-/aws-iam-0.33.0.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-d6HVkScJlG3a0rwWO0LgmZCTndze1c2cpoIezJINZ+sXPyMQiWWyFQDVTDC3LxPPUalG9t42gr2139d2zbfX6w==",
+					"requires": {
+						"@aws-cdk/cdk": "^0.33.0",
+						"@aws-cdk/region-info": "^0.33.0"
+					}
+				},
+				"@aws-cdk/cdk": {
+					"version": "0.33.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-cdk/cdk/-/cdk-0.33.0.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-ARfTC6ZTg1r2FOWntYo4kZ3S/Fju2vAagQavll56BJ3EPCxfYbPnIAWu3oFiSzg/4XQ345tbAZP1GSVZsF4RJw==",
+					"requires": {
+						"@aws-cdk/cx-api": "^0.33.0"
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		"@aws-cdk/cx-api": {
+			"version": "0.33.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-cdk/cx-api/-/cx-api-0.33.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-PvPO1quhrezUyYtyi3kEq4CHjmg5TccWQrU4khmTrP9bmb7sNKCmR7ish1VHcA2FBaNjtAj0PgdA+2/+Q+Pzrw==",
+			"requires": {
+				"semver": "^6.0.0"
+			},
+			"dependencies": {
+				"semver": {
+					"version": "6.1.0",
+					"bundled": true
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		"@aws-cdk/region-info": {
+			"version": "0.33.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-cdk/region-info/-/region-info-0.33.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-Sy0gXDqzGNuOYAF7edd5rlY3iChVSfjaaZ+bONyClF7gulkYv4jehYkQ1ShATl8XsVRedtCOwSU+mDo/tu8npA=="
+		},
 		"@babel/code-frame": {
 			"version": "7.0.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/code-frame/-/code-frame-7.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/package.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/package.json
index 301a38e1808e6..e300ba03f1ef3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/package.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/package.json
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     "@aws-cdk/aws-ec2": "^0.34.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-ecs": "^0.34.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-iam": "^0.34.0",
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-kms": "^0.34.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-lambda": "^0.34.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-sns": "^0.34.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-sqs": "^0.34.0",
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@
     "@aws-cdk/aws-ec2": "^0.34.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-ecs": "^0.34.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-iam": "^0.34.0",
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-kms": "^0.34.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-lambda": "^0.34.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-sns": "^0.34.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-sqs": "^0.34.0",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/sagemaker-training-job.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/sagemaker-training-job.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dd8de65a04552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/sagemaker-training-job.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+import '@aws-cdk/assert/jest';
+import ec2 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-ec2');
+import iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');
+import kms = require('@aws-cdk/aws-kms');
+import sfn = require('@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions');
+import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
+import tasks = require('../lib');
+
+let stack: cdk.Stack;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+    // GIVEN
+    stack = new cdk.Stack();
+  });
+
+test('create basic training job', () => {
+    // WHEN
+    const task = new sfn.Task(stack, 'TrainSagemaker', { task: new tasks.SagemakerTrainTask(stack, {
+        trainingJobName: "MyTrainJob",
+        algorithmSpecification: {
+            algorithmName: "BlazingText",
+        },
+        inputDataConfig: [
+            {
+                channelName: 'train',
+                dataSource: {
+                    s3DataSource: {
+                        s3Uri: "s3://mybucket/mytrainpath"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        ],
+        outputDataConfig: {
+            s3OutputPath: 's3://mybucket/myoutputpath'
+        },
+    })});
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack.resolve(task.toStateJson())).toEqual({
+      Type: 'Task',
+      Resource: 'arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createTrainingJob',
+      End: true,
+      Parameters: {
+        AlgorithmSpecification: {
+            AlgorithmName: 'BlazingText',
+            TrainingInputMode: 'File',
+        },
+        InputDataConfig: [
+            {
+                ChannelName: 'train',
+                DataSource: {
+                    S3DataSource: {
+                        S3DataType: 'S3Prefix',
+                        S3Uri: 's3://mybucket/mytrainpath'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        ],
+        OutputDataConfig: {
+            S3OutputPath: 's3://mybucket/myoutputpath'
+        },
+        ResourceConfig: {
+            InstanceCount: 1,
+            InstanceType: 'ml.m4.xlarge',
+            VolumeSizeInGB: 10
+        },
+        RoleArn: { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "SagemakerRole5FDB64E1", "Arn" ] },
+        StoppingCondition: {
+            MaxRuntimeInSeconds: 3600
+        },
+        TrainingJobName: 'MyTrainJob',
+      },
+    });
+});
+
+test('create complex training job', () => {
+    // WHEN
+    const kmsKey = new kms.Key(stack, 'Key');
+    const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(stack, "VPC");
+    const securityGroup = new ec2.SecurityGroup(stack, 'SecurityGroup', { vpc, description: 'My SG' });
+    securityGroup.addIngressRule(new ec2.AnyIPv4(), new ec2.TcpPort(22), 'allow ssh access from the world');
+
+    const role = new iam.Role(stack, 'Role', {
+        assumedBy: new iam.ServicePrincipal('sagemaker.amazonaws.com'),
+        managedPolicyArns: [
+            new iam.AwsManagedPolicy('AmazonSageMakerFullAccess', stack).policyArn
+        ],
+    });
+
+    const task = new sfn.Task(stack, 'TrainSagemaker', { task: new tasks.SagemakerTrainTask(stack, {
+        trainingJobName: "MyTrainJob",
+        synchronous: true,
+        role,
+        algorithmSpecification: {
+            algorithmName: "BlazingText",
+            trainingInputMode: tasks.InputMode.File,
+            metricDefinitions: [
+                {
+                    name: 'mymetric', regex: 'regex_pattern'
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        hyperparameters: {
+            lr: "0.1"
+        },
+        inputDataConfig: [
+            {
+                channelName: "train",
+                contentType: "image/jpeg",
+                compressionType: tasks.CompressionType.None,
+                recordWrapperType: tasks.RecordWrapperType.RecordIO,
+                dataSource: {
+                    s3DataSource: {
+                        s3DataType: tasks.S3DataType.S3Prefix,
+                        s3Uri: "s3://mybucket/mytrainpath",
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                channelName: "test",
+                contentType: "image/jpeg",
+                compressionType: tasks.CompressionType.Gzip,
+                recordWrapperType: tasks.RecordWrapperType.RecordIO,
+                dataSource: {
+                    s3DataSource: {
+                        s3DataType: tasks.S3DataType.S3Prefix,
+                        s3Uri: "s3://mybucket/mytestpath",
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        ],
+        outputDataConfig: {
+            s3OutputPath: 's3://mybucket/myoutputpath',
+            encryptionKey: kmsKey
+        },
+        resourceConfig: {
+            instanceCount: 1,
+            instanceType: new ec2.InstanceTypePair(ec2.InstanceClass.P3, ec2.InstanceSize.XLarge2),
+            volumeSizeInGB: 50,
+            volumeKmsKeyId: kmsKey,
+        },
+        stoppingCondition: {
+            maxRuntimeInSeconds: 3600
+        },
+        tags: {
+           Project: "MyProject"
+        },
+        vpcConfig: {
+            vpc,
+            subnets: vpc.privateSubnets,
+            securityGroups: [ securityGroup ]
+        }
+    })});
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack.resolve(task.toStateJson())).toEqual({
+      Type: 'Task',
+      Resource: 'arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createTrainingJob.sync',
+      End: true,
+      Parameters: {
+        TrainingJobName: 'MyTrainJob',
+        RoleArn: { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "Role1ABCC5F0", "Arn" ] },
+        AlgorithmSpecification: {
+            TrainingInputMode: 'File',
+            AlgorithmName: 'BlazingText',
+            MetricDefinitions: [
+                { Name: "mymetric", Regex: "regex_pattern" }
+            ]
+        },
+        HyperParameters: {
+            lr: "0.1"
+        },
+        InputDataConfig: [
+            {
+                ChannelName: 'train',
+                CompressionType: 'None',
+                RecordWrapperType: 'RecordIO',
+                ContentType: 'image/jpeg',
+                DataSource: {
+                    S3DataSource: {
+                        S3DataType: 'S3Prefix',
+                        S3Uri: 's3://mybucket/mytrainpath'
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                ChannelName: 'test',
+                CompressionType: 'Gzip',
+                RecordWrapperType: 'RecordIO',
+                ContentType: 'image/jpeg',
+                DataSource: {
+                    S3DataSource: {
+                        S3DataType: 'S3Prefix',
+                        S3Uri: 's3://mybucket/mytestpath'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        ],
+        OutputDataConfig: {
+            S3OutputPath: 's3://mybucket/myoutputpath',
+            KmsKeyId: { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "Key961B73FD", "Arn" ] },
+        },
+        ResourceConfig: {
+            InstanceCount: 1,
+            InstanceType: 'ml.p3.2xlarge',
+            VolumeSizeInGB: 50,
+            VolumeKmsKeyId: { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "Key961B73FD", "Arn" ] },
+        },
+        StoppingCondition: {
+            MaxRuntimeInSeconds: 3600
+        },
+        Tags: [
+            { Key: "Project", Value: "MyProject" }
+        ],
+        VpcConfig: {
+            SecurityGroupIds: [ { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "SecurityGroupDD263621", "GroupId" ] } ],
+            Subnets: [
+                { Ref: "VPCPrivateSubnet1Subnet8BCA10E0" },
+                { Ref: "VPCPrivateSubnet2SubnetCFCDAA7A" },
+                { Ref: "VPCPrivateSubnet3Subnet3EDCD457" }
+            ]
+        }
+      },
+    });
+});
+
+test('pass param to training job', () => {
+    // WHEN
+    const role = new iam.Role(stack, 'Role', {
+        assumedBy: new iam.ServicePrincipal('sagemaker.amazonaws.com'),
+        managedPolicyArns: [
+            new iam.AwsManagedPolicy('AmazonSageMakerFullAccess', stack).policyArn
+        ],
+    });
+
+    const task = new sfn.Task(stack, 'TrainSagemaker', { task: new tasks.SagemakerTrainTask(stack, {
+        trainingJobName: sfn.Data.stringAt('$.JobName'),
+        role,
+        algorithmSpecification: {
+            algorithmName: "BlazingText",
+            trainingInputMode: tasks.InputMode.File
+        },
+        inputDataConfig: [
+            {
+                channelName: 'train',
+                dataSource: {
+                    s3DataSource: {
+                        s3DataType: tasks.S3DataType.S3Prefix,
+                        s3Uri: sfn.Data.stringAt('$.S3Bucket')
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        ],
+        outputDataConfig: {
+            s3OutputPath: 's3://mybucket/myoutputpath'
+        },
+        resourceConfig: {
+            instanceCount: 1,
+            instanceType: new ec2.InstanceTypePair(ec2.InstanceClass.P3, ec2.InstanceSize.XLarge2),
+            volumeSizeInGB: 50
+        },
+        stoppingCondition: {
+            maxRuntimeInSeconds: 3600
+        }
+    })});
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack.resolve(task.toStateJson())).toEqual({
+      Type: 'Task',
+      Resource: 'arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createTrainingJob',
+      End: true,
+      Parameters: {
+        'TrainingJobName.$': '$.JobName',
+        'RoleArn': { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "Role1ABCC5F0", "Arn" ] },
+        'AlgorithmSpecification': {
+            TrainingInputMode: 'File',
+            AlgorithmName: 'BlazingText',
+        },
+        'InputDataConfig': [
+            {
+                ChannelName: 'train',
+                DataSource: {
+                    S3DataSource: {
+                        'S3DataType': 'S3Prefix',
+                        'S3Uri.$': '$.S3Bucket'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        ],
+        'OutputDataConfig': {
+            S3OutputPath: 's3://mybucket/myoutputpath'
+        },
+        'ResourceConfig': {
+            InstanceCount: 1,
+            InstanceType: 'ml.p3.2xlarge',
+            VolumeSizeInGB: 50
+        },
+        'StoppingCondition': {
+            MaxRuntimeInSeconds: 3600
+        }
+      },
+    });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/sagemaker-transform-job.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/sagemaker-transform-job.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e6a25b0f490dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/sagemaker-transform-job.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import '@aws-cdk/assert/jest';
+import ec2 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-ec2');
+import iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');
+import kms = require('@aws-cdk/aws-kms');
+import sfn = require('@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions');
+import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
+import tasks = require('../lib');
+import { BatchStrategy, S3DataType } from '../lib';
+
+let stack: cdk.Stack;
+let role: iam.Role;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+    // GIVEN
+    stack = new cdk.Stack();
+    role = new iam.Role(stack, 'Role', {
+        assumedBy: new iam.ServicePrincipal('sagemaker.amazonaws.com'),
+        managedPolicyArns: [
+            new iam.AwsManagedPolicy('AmazonSageMakerFullAccess', stack).policyArn
+        ],
+    });
+  });
+
+test('create basic transform job', () => {
+    // WHEN
+    const task = new sfn.Task(stack, 'TransformTask', { task: new tasks.SagemakerTransformTask(stack, {
+        transformJobName: "MyTransformJob",
+        modelName: "MyModelName",
+        transformInput: {
+            transformDataSource: {
+                s3DataSource: {
+                    s3Uri: 's3://inputbucket/prefix',
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        transformOutput: {
+            s3OutputPath: 's3://outputbucket/prefix',
+        },
+    }) });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack.resolve(task.toStateJson())).toEqual({
+      Type: 'Task',
+      Resource: 'arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createTransformJob',
+      End: true,
+      Parameters: {
+        TransformJobName: 'MyTransformJob',
+        ModelName: 'MyModelName',
+        TransformInput: {
+            DataSource: {
+                S3DataSource: {
+                    S3Uri: 's3://inputbucket/prefix',
+                    S3DataType: 'S3Prefix',
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        TransformOutput: {
+            S3OutputPath: 's3://outputbucket/prefix',
+        },
+        TransformResources: {
+            InstanceCount: 1,
+            InstanceType: 'ml.m4.xlarge',
+        }
+      },
+    });
+});
+
+test('create complex transform job', () => {
+    // WHEN
+    const kmsKey = new kms.Key(stack, 'Key');
+    const task = new sfn.Task(stack, 'TransformTask', { task: new tasks.SagemakerTransformTask(stack, {
+        transformJobName: "MyTransformJob",
+        modelName: "MyModelName",
+        synchronous: true,
+        role,
+        transformInput: {
+            transformDataSource: {
+                s3DataSource: {
+                    s3Uri: 's3://inputbucket/prefix',
+                    s3DataType: S3DataType.S3Prefix,
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        transformOutput: {
+            s3OutputPath: 's3://outputbucket/prefix',
+            encryptionKey: kmsKey,
+        },
+        transformResources: {
+            instanceCount: 1,
+            instanceType: new ec2.InstanceTypePair(ec2.InstanceClass.P3, ec2.InstanceSize.XLarge2),
+            volumeKmsKeyId: kmsKey,
+        },
+        tags: {
+            Project: 'MyProject',
+        },
+        batchStrategy: BatchStrategy.MultiRecord,
+        environment: {
+            SOMEVAR: 'myvalue'
+        },
+        maxConcurrentTransforms: 3,
+        maxPayloadInMB: 100,
+    }) });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack.resolve(task.toStateJson())).toEqual({
+      Type: 'Task',
+      Resource: 'arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createTransformJob.sync',
+      End: true,
+      Parameters: {
+        TransformJobName: 'MyTransformJob',
+        ModelName: 'MyModelName',
+        TransformInput: {
+            DataSource: {
+                S3DataSource: {
+                    S3Uri: 's3://inputbucket/prefix',
+                    S3DataType: 'S3Prefix',
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        TransformOutput: {
+            S3OutputPath: 's3://outputbucket/prefix',
+            KmsKeyId: { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "Key961B73FD", "Arn" ] },
+        },
+        TransformResources: {
+            InstanceCount: 1,
+            InstanceType: 'ml.p3.2xlarge',
+            VolumeKmsKeyId: { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "Key961B73FD", "Arn" ] },
+        },
+        Tags: [
+            { Key: 'Project', Value: 'MyProject' }
+        ],
+        MaxConcurrentTransforms: 3,
+        MaxPayloadInMB: 100,
+        Environment: {
+            SOMEVAR: 'myvalue'
+        },
+        BatchStrategy: 'MultiRecord'
+      },
+    });
+});
+
+test('pass param to transform job', () => {
+    // WHEN
+    const task = new sfn.Task(stack, 'TransformTask', { task: new tasks.SagemakerTransformTask(stack, {
+        transformJobName: sfn.Data.stringAt('$.TransformJobName'),
+        modelName: sfn.Data.stringAt('$.ModelName'),
+        role,
+        transformInput: {
+            transformDataSource: {
+                s3DataSource: {
+                    s3Uri: 's3://inputbucket/prefix',
+                    s3DataType: S3DataType.S3Prefix,
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        transformOutput: {
+            s3OutputPath: 's3://outputbucket/prefix',
+        },
+        transformResources: {
+            instanceCount: 1,
+            instanceType: new ec2.InstanceTypePair(ec2.InstanceClass.P3, ec2.InstanceSize.XLarge2),
+        }
+    }) });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack.resolve(task.toStateJson())).toEqual({
+        Type: 'Task',
+        Resource: 'arn:aws:states:::sagemaker:createTransformJob',
+        End: true,
+        Parameters: {
+          'TransformJobName.$': '$.TransformJobName',
+          'ModelName.$': '$.ModelName',
+          'TransformInput': {
+              DataSource: {
+                  S3DataSource: {
+                      S3Uri: 's3://inputbucket/prefix',
+                      S3DataType: 'S3Prefix',
+                  }
+              }
+          },
+          'TransformOutput': {
+              S3OutputPath: 's3://outputbucket/prefix',
+          },
+          'TransformResources': {
+              InstanceCount: 1,
+              InstanceType: 'ml.p3.2xlarge',
+          }
+        },
+      });
+});
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diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/README.md
index 0bb4278c64659..1aa984588a4e9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions/README.md
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ couple of the tasks available are:
 * `tasks.SendToQueue` -- send a message to an SQS queue
 * `tasks.RunEcsFargateTask`/`ecs.RunEcsEc2Task` -- run a container task,
   depending on the type of capacity.
+* `tasks.SagemakerTrainTask` -- run a SageMaker training job
+* `tasks.SagemakerTransformTask` -- run a SageMaker transform job
 
 #### Task parameters from the state json
 
@@ -249,6 +251,34 @@ const task = new sfn.Task(this, 'CallFargate', {
 });
 ```
 
+#### SageMaker Transform example
+
+```ts
+const transformJob = new tasks.SagemakerTransformTask(        
+    transformJobName: "MyTransformJob",
+    modelName: "MyModelName",
+    role,
+    transformInput: {
+        transformDataSource: {
+            s3DataSource: {
+                s3Uri: 's3://inputbucket/train',
+                s3DataType: S3DataType.S3Prefix,
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    transformOutput: {
+        s3OutputPath: 's3://outputbucket/TransformJobOutputPath',
+    },
+    transformResources: {
+        instanceCount: 1,
+        instanceType: new ec2.InstanceTypePair(ec2.InstanceClass.M4, ec2.InstanceSize.XLarge),
+});
+
+const task = new sfn.Task(this, 'Batch Inference', {
+    task: transformJob
+});
+```
+
 ### Pass
 
 A `Pass` state does no work, but it can optionally transform the execution's