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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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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

Cloud Computing and GCP Fundamentals

Course 13 hours

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: Cloud Computing
Category: DevOps
Category: Networking
Category: Automation

GCP Computing and Storage Services

Course 24 hours

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: Analytics
Category: Engineering Optimization
Category: DevOps
Category: Cloud Automation

Deployment in GCP

Course 34 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: Performance Optimization
Category: Architecting Planning
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Cost optimization

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 Spanner
Category: Big Data Services
Category: Cloud Firestore
Category: Cloud SQL
Category: Cloud BigTable

Database, Big Data, and DevOps Services in GCP

Course 55 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand different types of databases available in GCP, including Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Datastore, and Cloud Firestore.

  • Learn about Big Data services, BigQuery for data warehousing and analytics, and Data Proc for managing clusters and running Apache Hadoop.

  • Explore DevOps practices using tools like Cloud Source Repository for code management, Cloud Build for continuous integration and delivery.

  • Gain insights into Cloud Monitoring for creating dashboards and setting up notifications, Cloud Logging for collecting and analyzing log data.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Security
Category: Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: DevOps
Category: Windows Deployment Services

Achieving Excellence in GCP Architecting

Course 65 hours

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: Orchestration
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: DevOps
Category: Data Analytics

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