Google Cloud Engineering Certificate Course and Certification Online

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Course Highlights

The certificate programme is structured into six courses and a series of lab‑based courses. Key components and statistics include:

Total Courses: Six foundational courses plus final lab‑based courses
Total Modules: 38 modules
Total Videos: 207 videos
Total Labs: 23 hands‑on labs
Total Documents: 20 documents
Total Quizzes: 31 quizzes
Skill Badges: Four final skill badge credentials
Estimated Completion Time: Approximately 90 hours to complete the entire certificate

Upon completing the programme, learners will acquire skills in a wide range of cloud engineering disciplines, including:

Describing the five domains covered in the Associate Cloud Engineer Certification exam
Identifying the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services
Defining how infrastructure is organised and controlled in Google Cloud
Interacting with the Google Cloud Console and Cloud Shell
Implementing VPC networks and firewall rules
Creating and customising VM instances using Compute Engine
Administering Identity and Access Management (IAM) for resources
Implementing data storage services in Google Cloud
Configuring load balancers and autoscaling for VM instances
Discussing the components and architecture of Kubernetes

Cloud Engineering is a vital and rapidly evolving field. Enrolling in this programme offers several advantages:

Provides a scalable way to design and build a cost-effective digital infrastructure.
Positions you at the forefront of technological transformation.
Helps drive innovation and create reliable solutions.
Provides a path to launch a new career or advance an existing one within an organisation.
Allows learners to practise key skills and produce work examples (via hands-on labs) to show potential employers.
The curriculum builds working knowledge progressively, culminating in four hands-on skill badge credentials.

The certificate is for learners looking to build expertise in cloud infrastructure and prepare for careers in a hybrid cloud world. Learners should be students and a minimum of 18 years of age is mandatory.

Preparing for Your Associate Cloud Engineer Journey - approximately eight hours - structuring exam preparation, learning about the five Associate Cloud Engineer exam domains, and creating a study plan.
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure - approximately six hours - introducing core concepts, terminology, computing and storage services, and resource/policy management tools in Google Cloud.
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation - approximately nine and a half hours - an accelerated introduction to Google Cloud infrastructure, focusing on Compute Engine, VPC networks, and using the Console/Cloud Shell.
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services - approximately nine hours - focusing on Compute Engine, IAM, storage and database services, resource management, and resource monitoring.
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Scaling and Automation - approximately ten hours - focusing on securely interconnecting networks, load balancing and autoscaling, infrastructure automation, and managed services.
Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine - approximately seven hours - covering the basics of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), containers, Kubernetes architecture, and operations, including managing GKE clusters.

Skill Badge Tracks (Lab-based Courses)

Implement Load Balancing on Compute Engine - approximately three and a half hours - writing gcloud commands, deploying VMs in Compute Engine, and configuring network and HTTP load balancers.
Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud - approximately four hours - building storage‑centric cloud infrastructure using Cloud Storage, IAM, Cloud Functions, and Pub/Sub.
Develop Your Google Cloud Network - approximately six hours - exploring IAM roles, creating VPC networks, deploying and monitoring Compute Engine VMs, writing SQL queries, and deploying applications using Kubernetes.
Build Infrastructure with Terraform on Google Cloud - approximately five hours - covering Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles with Terraform, provisioning Google Cloud resources, state management, and modularisation.

The programme focuses on developing proficiency with key Google Cloud tools, services, and associated technologies: