Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer

On this accelerated Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer course, you’ll learn how to implement development operations that can balance service reliability and delivery speed. This certification spans key technical job functions and assesses advanced skills in design, implementation, and management.

In just 4 days, you’ll build knowledge and the skills to use Google Cloud Platform, in order to build software delivery pipelines, deploy and monitor services, and manage and learn from incidents. You’ll also learn how to:

• Apply site reliability engineering principles to a service
• Optimise service performance and implement service monitoring strategies
• Build and implement CI/CD pipelines for a service

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the Google Cloud DevOps Engineer exam, and achieve your certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get access to official courseware, learn certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Section 1: Applying site reliability engineering principles to a service

• Module 1: Balance change, velocity, and reliability of the service
• Module 2: Manage the service life cycle
• Module 3: Ensure healthy communication and collaboration for operations

Section 2: Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines for a service

• Module 1: Design CI/CD pipelines
• Module 2: Implement CI/CD pipelines
• Module 3: Manage configuration and secrets
• Module 4: Manage infrastructure as code
• Module 5: Deploy CI/CD tooling
• Module 6: Manage different development environments (e.g. staging and production)
• Module 7: Secure the deployment pipeline

Section 3: Implementing service monitoring strategies

• Module 1: Manage application logs
• Module 2: Manage application metrics with Stackdriver Monitoring
• Module 3: Manage Stackdriver Monitoring platform
• Module 4: Manage Stackdriver Logging platform
• Module 5: Implement logging and monitoring access controls 

Section 4: Optimising service performance

• Module 1: Identify service performance issues
• Module 2: Debug application code
• Module 3: Optimise resource utilisation

Section 5: Managing service incidents

• Module 1: Coordinate roles and implement communication channels during a service
• Module 2: Investigate incident symptoms impacting users
• Module 3: Mitigate incident impact on users
• Module 4: Resolve issues (e.g., Cloud Build, Jenkins
• Module 5: Document issue in a postmortem

As part of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training Centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

Google Cloud DevOps Engineer exam

• Duration: 2 hours
• Format: Multiple-choice
• Language: English
• Exam format: Multiple-choice and multiple-select

Before attending this accelerated course, Google recommend you have at least 3 years of experience, including a minimum of 1 year of experience in managing solutions on GCP.

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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