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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Architect Professional Certificate

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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Architect Professional Certificate

Advance your career in cloud architecture.

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1 month
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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.7

(11,078 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 month
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 architect role

  • Prepare for the Professional Cloud Architect certification

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

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Professional Certificate - 6 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

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

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: Cloud Services
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Network Planning And Design

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's operations suite

Skills you'll gain

Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Computer Networking
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Network Architecture
Category: Google Compute Engine
Category: Virtual Machine
Category: Firewall
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing

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: Kubernetes
Category: Service Level
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: CI/CD
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Network Architecture
Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: Service Level Agreement
Category: Microservices
Category: Data Storage
Category: API Design
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: DevOps
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Restful API
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Application Deployment

What you'll learn

  • Define application requirements and express as KPIs, SLOs, and SLIs.

  • Build microservice applications and architect cloud and hybrid networks.

  • Choose appropriate Google Cloud storage and deployment services.

  • Secure cloud applications, data, and infrastructure, and monitor service levels.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Storage
Category: Data Store
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Encryption
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Debugging
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: SQL
Category: Identity and Access Management

What you'll learn

  • List the five domains covered on the Professional Cloud Architect certification exam.

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

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kubernetes
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Google App Engine (GAE)
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Scalability
Category: Google Compute Engine
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Containerization
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Platform As A Service (PaaS)

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