Google Cloud DevOps Engineer certification | 4 days

Overview

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.

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Four reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

You'll be trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 4-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
Your course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
Pass first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
Study with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 134.561 students saving more than one million hours since 2001

Benefits

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Curriculum

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

Exam Track

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

What's Included

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.

Prerequisites

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.

Are you ready to get certified in record time?

We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.

Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

If you have any doubts as to whether you meet the pre-requisites please call 09 - 31 587 431 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants, who can help you with a training plan.

Reviews

We've currently trained 134.561 students in 12 years. We asked them all to review our Accelerated Learning. Currently,
94,80% have said Firebrand exceeded their expectations:

"Great teacher, highly recommended GCP instructor. Really enjoyed my week."
Neil Goodridge. (6/6/2023 (Tuesday) to 9/6/2023 (Friday))

"Effective way to gain certification. Would highly recommend to colleagues. Great location. Comfortable environment. Good food."
Nigel Hodges, Pyrus Consulting. (21/5/2024 (Tuesday) to 24/5/2024 (Friday))

"Very good Resources within the E-Book, Mixed with the Lessons, it is also has good Labs to get hands on Practice and put the theory somewhere practical to get full learning experience, with very high standard explanation throughout the lectures. 10/10!"
Rhys Thomas, Nokia. (7/5/2024 (Tuesday) to 10/5/2024 (Friday))

Course Dates

Start	Finish	Status	Location
26/8/2024 (Monday)	29/8/2024 (Thursday)	Finished - Leave feedback	-

10/2/2025 (Monday)	13/2/2025 (Thursday)	Limited availability	Nationwide
24/3/2025 (Monday)	27/3/2025 (Thursday)	Open	Nationwide
5/5/2025 (Monday)	8/5/2025 (Thursday)	Open	Nationwide
16/6/2025 (Monday)	19/6/2025 (Thursday)	Open	Nationwide

Google - Cloud DevOps Engineer certification