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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

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4 weeks to complete
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from 58,611 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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Preparing for the Google Cloud Certification: Associate Cloud Engineer

Professional Certificate - 5 course series

Preparing for Your Associate Cloud Engineer Journey

Preparing for Your Associate Cloud Engineer Journey

Course 1, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain how to use NotebookLM as a study tool.

  • Define the process of adding sources to NotebookLM.

  • Create prompts that help you study for the certification exam.

  • Use various study modes to maximize learning.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Cloud Engineering
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Course 2, 6 hours

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 Services
Category: Virtual Networking
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Containerization
Category: Prompt Engineering Tools
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Application Development
Category: Prompt Patterns
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation

Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation

Course 3, 9 hours

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: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Firewall
Category: Virtual Networking
Category: Network Architecture
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Data Storage
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Cloud Services
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Network Planning And Design
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services

Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services

Course 4, 0 minutes

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: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Data Storage
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Engineering
Category: NoSQL
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Capacity Management
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Data Storage Technologies
Category: Databases

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: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Terraform
Category: Managed Services
Category: Scalability
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Cloud Engineering
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: IT Automation
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Cloud Solutions

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