Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers Google Professional Cloud Architect certification for candidates who aspire to become cloud architects and are interested to work with GCP tools and technologies
Cloud Architect is a key role that’s high in demand and has endless possibilities. With continued exponential growth forecasted over the next few years, it is believed that becoming a Certified Google Professional Cloud Architect is for sure a step in the right direction as both a career choice and as a chance to get on board with any new and exciting technologies that are bound to emerge in the cloud platform.
This post covers everything you must know before appearing for the GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification exam.
Google Professional Cloud Architect
A Google Professional Cloud Architect helps organizations to leverage Google Cloud technologies. With a thorough understanding of cloud architecture and Google Cloud Platform, the cloud architects can design, develop, and manage robust, secure, scalable, highly available, and dynamic solutions to drive business objectives.
The Cloud Architect should be proficient in all aspects of enterprise cloud strategy, solution design, and architectural best practices. He/she should also be experienced in software development methodologies and approaches including multi-tiered distributed applications that span hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
According to the Forbes magazine, Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect is the highest paying certification of 2019, paying an average salary of $139,529.
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Who Is A Cloud Architect?
You might be having a question that what exactly a cloud architect is and what are the responsibilities of a cloud architect?
A cloud Architect is responsible for converting the technical requirements of a project into the architecture and design that will guide the final product and also bridge the gap between complex business problems and solutions in the cloud.
A cloud architect’s skills are organization-specific in general but some common skill-set includes:
- Good understanding of networking
- Knowledge of Operating Systems
- Knowledge of Data Storage options (Hardware and infrastructure, storage buckets)
- Soft Skills
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Exam Details
- Certification Name: Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
- Exam Duration: 2 hrs/ 120 minutes
- Exam Cost: The exam fee is $200 USD/16489.10 rupees
- Exam Format: Multiple Choice Questions and multiple select
- Exam Language: English, Japanese
- Number of Questions: The exam is a multiple-choice exam with 50-60 questions. There are also two case studies that makeup 20-30% of the exam.
- Passing Score: Pass/Fail (only feedback at the end of the exam)
- Prerequisites: None
You can schedule your Google Professional Cloud Architect Exam by going to the official site.
Exam Topics
The Google Professional Cloud Architect exam focuses on the following 6 domains:
1) Designing and planning cloud solution architecture
- Designing a solution infrastructure that meets business requirements
- Designing a solution infrastructure that meets technical requirements
- Designing network, storage, and compute resources
- Creating a migration plan
- Envisioning future solution improvements
2) Managing and provisioning a cloud solution infrastructure
- Configuring network topologies
- Configuring individual storage systems
- Configuring compute systems
3) Designing for security and compliance
- Designing for security
- Designing for compliance
4) Analyzing and optimizing technology and business processes
- Analyzing and defining technical processes
- Analyzing and defining business processes
- Developing procedures to ensure the reliability of solutions in production
5) Manage implementation
- Advising development/operation team(s) to ensure successful deployment of the solution
- Interacting with Google Cloud programmatically
6) Ensuring solution and operations reliability
- Monitoring/logging/profiling/alerting solution
- Deployment and release management
- Assisting with the support of deployed solutions
- Evaluating quality control measures
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Hands-On Guides
To understand the concepts and get familiar with the Google Cloud Platform we have a complete set of Hands-On Labs (guides) to help you in your learning. The list of activity guides is as follows:
Who This Certification Is For?
After all this, you must be eager to know whether you are the right candidate for the GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification or not? Well, here is your answer to that,
- Candidates who are interested in Cloud Architecture solutions.
- IT professionals who have some experience working with GCP tools and are interested in designing solution architectures.
- 3+ years of industry experience including 1+ years designing and managing solutions using GCP.
Exam Retake Policy
- If a candidate fails to clear the certification in the first attempt, then they will have to wait for 14 days before they appear for their second attempt.
- If the candidate does not clear in the second attempt also, he/she should re-access their training and retake the exam after a period of 60 days.
- Last, if a candidate fails to clear in the third attempt also then they will be allowed to schedule the exam after 1 year.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q1.) How do I register for GCP certification?
You can book your exam by going to the official Google Cloud site where you will need a webassessor account to schedule the exam so create an account and proceed with other formalities.
Q2.) How many attempts can be given in a year for the GCP certification?
A maximum of three attempts can be taken.
Q3.) Does Google Certification expire?
Yes, the certifications have a validity of 2 years from the date certified. You can attempt recertification starting 60 days prior to your certification expiration date.
I hope this blog helps you in clearing your doubts regarding the GCP Professional Cloud Architect Certification Exam, what are the topics covered in the exam, certification benefits, and more.
Related References
- Google Cloud Free Account: Steps to Register for Free Trial Account
- Google Cloud Services & Tools
- Beginners Guide to Google Compute Services
- Google Storage & Database services
- Google Cloud Console Walkthrough
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