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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Engineer Professional Certificate

Google Cloud

Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Engineer Professional Certificate

Start your career in the cloud.

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Intermediate level

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4 weeks to complete
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from 9,997 reviews of courses in this program

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Learn the skills needed to be successful in a cloud engineering role

  • Prepare for the Associate Cloud Engineer certification

  • Learn about the infrastructure and platform services provided by Google Cloud Platform

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Professional Certificate - 5 course series

What you'll learn

  • Describe the five domains covered on the Associate Cloud Engineer Certification exam.

  • Identify gaps in your knowledge and skills for each domain and create a study plan.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Load Balancing
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Computing

What you'll learn

  • Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services.

  • Define how infrastructure is organized and controlled in Google Cloud

  • Explain how to create a basic infrastructure in Google Cloud

  • Select and use Google Cloud storage options

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Scalability
Category: Containerization
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Application Development
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Virtual Networking
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Data Storage Technologies

What you'll learn

  • Interact with the Google Cloud console and Cloud Shell

  • Deploy solutions using Google Cloud Marketplace

  • Implement VPC networks and firewall rules

  • Create and customize VM instances using Compute Engine

Skills you'll gain

Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Firewall
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Network Architecture
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Virtual Networking

What you'll learn

  • Administer Identity and Access Management for resources.

  • Implement data storage services in Google Cloud

  • Manage and examine billing of Google Cloud resources.

  • Monitor resources using Google Cloud Observability

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Data Storage
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Databases
Category: Scalability

What you'll learn

  • Connect your infrastructure to Google Cloud.

  • Configure load balancers and autoscaling for VM instances.

  • Automate the deployment of Google Cloud infrastructure services.

  • Leverage managed services in Google Cloud.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Managed Services
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Scalability
Category: Terraform
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

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