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GCP Professional Architect Specialization
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GCP Professional Architect Specialization

Become a GCP Cloud Architect. Here, learn GCP architecture principles, including solution design, infrastructure management, security and compliance, process optimization, and operational reliability. Understand better with the four case studies and their solutions. In the end, gain the expertise needed for the Google Cloud Architect Certification.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

3 months
at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Design and plan a cloud solution architecture. Get hands-on with compute, networking, storage, database and many more services in GCP.

  • Understand how to architect and deploy secure and robust applications on Google Cloud Platform. Analyze and optimize processes.

  • Master advanced skills for designing and implementing solutions on the Google Cloud Platform, improving deployment efficiency and performance.

  • Gain the skills needed to design and deploy scalable and reliable applications, as well as optimize applications for the Google Cloud environment.

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Specialization - 6 course series

What you'll learn

  • Understand cloud computing basics, service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and deployment models (private, public, hybrid, community).

  • Explore major cloud providers with a focus on GCP, including its infrastructure (regions, zones, edge locations) and resource hierarchy.

  • Gain hands-on experience in creating GCP accounts, navigating the interface, using Cloud Shell, SDK, and gsutil, and managing resources.

  • Explore GCP's key services in computing, storage, networking, security, and billing management, and the use of DevOps and management tools.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: DevOps
Category: User Accounts
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Devops Tools
Category: Data Security

What you'll learn

  • Gain skills in setting up, configuring, and automating virtual machine instances on Google Compute Engine (GCE).

  • Understanding of various load balancing methods and implementation of GCP load balancers for optimal network traffic management.

  • Learn Google Cloud Storage (GCS), including bucket creation, data uploading, storage class types, and lifecycle management.

  • Gain hands-on experience with persistent disks, instance templates, managed instance groups, and autoscaling.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Scalability
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Google App Engine
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: DevOps
Category: Data Storage Technologies
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Performance Tuning
Deployment in GCP

Deployment in GCP

Course 33 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understanding and deploying applications on Google Cloud's App Engine.

  • Understand how to create and manage serverless functions with Cloud Functions and deploy containerized applications using Cloud Run.

  • Gain foundational knowledge of microservices and containerization with Docker.

  • Understand and work with Docker containers, Kubernetes architecture, and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) .

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Microservices
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Containerization
Category: Google App Engine
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: DevOps
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Terraform
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Analytics
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Scalability
GCP Security and Networking

GCP Security and Networking

Course 43 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understanding security considerations and best practices for Google Cloud Storage (GCS).

  • Utilizing Google Cloud Key Management Service for managing cryptographic keys.

  • Implementing Identity and Access Management (IAM) on Google Cloud, with focus on practical scenarios and best practices.

  • Learning about VPC concepts, components, types, and practical demonstrations including subnet creation, firewall rules, VPN setup, and more.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Key Management
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Automation
Category: DevOps
Category: Firewall
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Encryption
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Network Security
Category: General Networking
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Network Administration
Category: Network Architecture

What you'll learn

  • Explore GCP’s powerful database services and learn when to use Cloud SQL, Spanner, Firestore, or Bigtable

  • Transform big data into insights using BigQuery, Dataflow, and Dataproc with hands‑on labs

  • Build automated CI/CD pipelines with Cloud Build, Container Registry, and GKE

  • Architect scalable, resilient systems that optimize cost, performance, and reliability

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Big Data
Category: Databases
Category: NoSQL
Category: DevOps
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Real Time Data
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Scalability
Category: Data Processing
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Dataflow
Category: Data Storage
Category: CI/CD
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Relational Databases

What you'll learn

  • Understand fundamental principles for designing cloud architectures that are scalable and resilient.

  • Learn best practices for operational efficiency in managing cloud resources and services.

  • Gain insights into securing cloud environments, ensuring privacy, and meeting compliance standards.

  • Explore techniques for designing reliable systems that minimize downtime and ensure high availability.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Scalability
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Managed Services
Category: Cloud Solutions

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