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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Engineer Professional Certificate
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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Engineer Professional Certificate

Start your career in the cloud.

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1 month at 10 hours a week
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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise

(9,957 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

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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44 practice exercises

Preparing for the Google Cloud Certification: Associate Cloud Engineer

Professional Certificate - 5 course series

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

Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Storage, Serverless Computing, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Kubernetes, Prompt Engineering, Application Deployment, Cloud Infrastructure, Containerization, Network Infrastructure, Scalability, Generative AI Agents, Cloud Computing, and Application Development

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

Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Virtual Machines, Firewall, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Command-Line Interface, Cloud Storage, Cloud Computing Architecture, Network Architecture, Cloud Computing, and General 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

Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Identity and Access Management, Data Storage Technologies, Cloud Services, Cloud Security, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Computing, Databases, and System Monitoring

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

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

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

Identity and Access Management, Cloud Storage, Cloud Management, Cloud Solutions, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Network Monitoring, and Cloud Security

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