Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Architecture with Google Cloud’s Google Compute Engine

Start your career in cloud architecture. Design, develop, and manage cloud solutions to advance your business goals.

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Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Infrastructure and platform services on Google Cloud
  • Secure network connection
  • Customer-provided encryption keys
  • Security and access management
  • Quotas and billing
  • Resource management
  • Implementing practical solutions
  • Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
  • Working with Qwiklabs

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Cloud Solutions Architects
  • DevOps Engineers
  • Developers using Google Cloud Platform to build new solutions
  • IT professionals integrating existing systems with Google Cloud

Internship – 5-part course series

The specialization name was changed from “Architecture on Google Cloud Platform” to “Architecture with Google Compute Engine” on June 12, 2020.

In this specialization, participants will learn about the flexible and diverse infrastructure and platform services provided by the Google Cloud Platform. Through a combination of presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, participants will explore and implement solution components, including infrastructure components such as networks, systems, and application services.

The course also includes the implementation of practical solutions, including:

  • Secure network connection
  • Customer-provided encryption keys
  • Security and access management
  • Quotas and billing
  • Resource management

Target audience

  • Cloud Solutions Architects
  • DevOps Engineers
  • People using Google Cloud Platform to build new solutions or integrate existing systems

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Hands-on Learning Project

This internship includes hands-on labs offered on the Qwiklabs platform. With this hands-on training, you can apply everything you learned in the video lectures. Projects will cover topics such as Google Cloud Platform products used and Qwiklabs sections. You will gain hands-on experience on the concepts discussed in the modules.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Google Cloud – Basics

Course 1: Core Infrastructure

Duration: 5 hours

Rating: 4.8 (756 ratings)

  • Understand the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services
  • Define the organization and control of infrastructure in Google Cloud
  • Explain how to create the basic infrastructure in Google Cloud
  • Choose and use Google Cloud storage options

Course 2: Essential Cloud Infrastructure – Basics

Duration: 8 hours

Rating: 4.8 (255 ratings)

  • Use Google Cloud Console and Cloud Shell
  • Install solutions using Google Cloud Marketplace
  • Implement VPC networks and firewall rules
  • Create and scale VM instances using Compute Engine

Course 3: Essential Cloud Infrastructure – Core Services

Duration: 7 hours

Rating: 4.7 (147 ratings)

  • Manage Identity and Access Management for resources
  • Implement data storage services in Google Cloud
  • Manage and review Google Cloud resource charges
  • Monitor resources using Google Cloud Actions Suite

Course 4: Elastic Cloud Infrastructure – Scaling and Automation

Duration: 7 hours

Rating: 4.7 (122 ratings)

  • Connect your infrastructure to Google Cloud
  • Configure load balancing and auto-scaling for VM instances
  • Automate the deployment of Google Cloud infrastructure services
  • Use Google Cloud managed services

Course 5: Reliable Cloud Infrastructure – Design and Process

Duration: 8 hours

Rating: 4.7 (127 ratings)

  • Use a toolkit of questions, techniques, and design considerations
  • Determine and objectively express application requirements, such as KPIs, SLOs, and SLIs
  • Understand application requirements to find the right boundaries for microservices
  • Use Google Cloud Developer Tools to set up automated and up-to-date deployment pipelines