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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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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.7

(11,004 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

Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Course 15 hours4.7 (48,343 ratings)

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: Load Balancing
Category: Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Autoscaling

Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation

Course 27 hours4.7 (16,670 ratings)

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

Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services

Course 310 hours4.7 (11,400 ratings)

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: Google Compute Engine
Category: Virtual Machine
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Network Architecture

Elastic Google Cloud Infrastructure: Scaling and Automation

Course 47 hours4.7 (9,148 ratings)

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: Disaster Recovery
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Site Reliability Engineering

Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process

Course 58 hours4.7 (7,210 ratings)

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: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Debugging
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Data Store

Preparing for your Professional Cloud Architect Journey

Course 64 hours4.7 (1,357 ratings)

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: Google Compute Engine
Category: Google App Engine (GAE)
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Computing

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Google Cloud Training
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