Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect

Boost your cloud skills with hands-on Labs and exercises that simulate real-world scenarios.

(GCPCA.AE1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-420-9
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Gamified TestPrep
Hands-On Labs
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About This Course

Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect is a comprehensive learning and training guide that is designed to help you pass the prestigious certification exam. Learn how to work with dynamic cloud-based platforms that can be tailored to individual company needs, offering superior security, scalability, and uptime. This study guide will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to design, develop, and deploy secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Additionally, the course gives you access to our hands-on Labs to practice your learnings in a virtual IT environment that mimics real world scenarios.

Skills You’ll Get

  • Expertise with the Cloud Architecture 
  • Design scalable, reliable & secure Cloud solutions
  • Expertise in developing compute, storage, and network systems 
  • Implement security measures to protect cloud environments
  • Implement compliance with industry regulations and standards
  • Optimize operations for efficiency, reliability, and cost-effectiveness
  • Configure and manage networking
  • Streamline cloud operations with automation tools
  • Identify and resolve technical issues

1

Introduction

  • What Does This Course Cover?
  • Objective Map
2

Introduction to the Google Professional Cloud Architect Exam

  • Exam Objectives
  • Analyzing Business Requirements
  • Analyzing Technical Requirements
  • Exam Case Studies
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
3

Designing Solutions to Meet Business Requirements

  • Business Use Cases and Product Strategy
  • Application Design and Cost Considerations
  • Systems Integration and Data Management
  • Compliance and Regulation
  • Security
  • Success Measures
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
4

Designing Solutions to Meet Technical Requirements

  • High Availability
  • Scalability
  • Reliability
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
5

Designing Compute Systems

  • Compute Services and Use Cases
  • Anthos
  • AI and Machine Learning Services
  • Data Flows and Pipelines
  • Compute System Provisioning
  • Additional Design Issues
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
6

Designing Storage Systems

  • Overview of Storage Services
  • Object Storage with Google Cloud Storage
  • Network-Attached Storage with Google Cloud Filestore
  • Databases
  • Data Retention and Lifecycle Management
  • Networking and Latency
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
7

Designing Networks

  • IP Addressing, Firewall Rules, and Routers
  • Virtual Private Clouds
  • Hybrid-Cloud Networking
  • Service-Centric Networking
  • Load Balancing
  • Additional Network Services
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
8

Designing for Security and Legal Compliance

  • Identity and Access Management and Related Access Control Services
  • Organization Constraints
  • Data Security
  • Security Evaluation
  • Security Design Principles
  • Major Regulations
  • ITIL Framework
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
9

Designing for Reliability

  • Improving Reliability with Cloud Operations Suite
  • Release Management
  • Systems Reliability Engineering
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
10

Analyzing and Defining Technical Processes

  • Software Development Lifecycle Plan
  • Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
  • Troubleshooting and Post-Mortem Analysis Culture
  • IT Enterprise Processes
  • Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
11

Analyzing and Defining Business Processes

  • Stakeholder Management
  • Change Management
  • Team Skill Management
  • Customer Success Management
  • Cost Optimization/Resource Optimization
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
12

Development and Operations

  • Application Development Methodologies
  • Technical Debt
  • API Best Practices
  • Testing Frameworks
  • Data and System Migration Tooling
  • Interacting with Google Cloud Programmatically
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
13

Migration Planning

  • Integrating Cloud Services with Existing Systems
  • Migrating Systems and Data to Support a Solution
  • Software Licensing Mapping
  • Network Planning
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

1

Designing Solutions to Meet Technical Requirements

  • Creating a Disk
2

Designing Compute Systems

  • Creating a Cloud Run
  • Creating an Instance
  • Creating an Instance Group
  • Creating a Workflow Template in Dataproc
  • Creating a Deployment using the Deployment Manager
3

Designing Storage Systems

  • Creating a Bucket
  • Creating a Filestore Instance
  • Initializing Data Systems with Cloud Storage
  • Creating an Instance in Bigtable
  • Initializing Data Systems with Cloud Spanner
  • Creating a Cloud Bigtable
4

Designing Networks

  • Creating a Cloud Router
  • Creating a VPC Network Peering Connection
  • Creating a VPC Network with a Custom Subnet
  • Creating a Load Balancer
5

Development and Operations

  • Accessing the Cloud Shell
  • Creating an Auto Mode VPC Network Using CLI
6

Migration Planning

  • Creating a VPN Connection

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It is a certification awarded by Google to those who can pass the exam successfully. The certification validates your understanding of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and expertise in designing, developing, and deploying secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.

Google Cloud Architect is one of the most sought after industry-relevant certifications in the IT sector that can get you the highest-paying jobs. If you too have been dreaming of a lucrative career in cloud architecture, this is your go-to course.

Depending on the passing score and experience, the annual salary of a certified Cloud Architect ranges between USD 130,000 to 180,000.

You should have a minimum 3+ years of relevant industry experience including 1 year into designing and managing solutions in GCP.

The exam registration fee is USD 200 (plus taxes wherever applicable).

The duration of this Google certification exam is 60 minutes.

All Google certifications expire after 2 years from the date of obtaining the certificate. However, you can always retake the exam for certification renewal within 60 days before the expiration date.

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