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Exam Prep: Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Specialization

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Exam Prep: Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Specialization

Mastering Google Cloud: Core & Infra Essentials. Gain skills to deploy, manage, and secure applications on Google Cloud using infrastructure tools.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months
at 2 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • To set up and secure VPC networks, firewall rules, VM instances, and VPC peering.

  • To run containerized apps on GKE with Autopilot, Private Clusters, and custom deployment images.

  • To estimate and control GCP costs using Pricing Calculator and Budgets.

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June 2025

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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Manage databases using Cloud SQL, Spanner, BigTable, Datastore, and BigQuery.

  • Build data pipelines with DataFlow, Dataproc, and Cloud Storage.

  • Set up and secure VPC networks, firewall rules, VM instances, and VPC peering.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Databases
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Data Storage
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Data Processing
Category: Dataflow
Category: NoSQL
Category: Network Security
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Big Data
Category: Virtual Machines
GCP: Compute Services

GCP: Compute Services

Course 25 hours

What you'll learn

  • Deploy and manage scalable workloads using Compute Engine, preemptible VMs, and instance groups.

  • Run containerized apps on GKE with Autopilot, Private Clusters, and custom deployment images.

  • Build serverless apps using App Engine, Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions with features like traffic splitting and cron jobs.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Scalability
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Automation
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Containerization
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture

What you'll learn

  • Monitor and troubleshoot Google Cloud apps using Monitoring, Logging, and Trace.

  • Set up alerts, dashboards, and logging agents for app performance tracking.

  • Estimate and control GCP costs using Pricing Calculator and Budgets.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Key Management
Category: Cloud Management
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Real Time Data
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Cost Management
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Encryption

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