Preparing for Professional Cloud Network Engineer Journey (Coursera)

Offered by Google Cloud,
Preparing for Professional Cloud Network Engineer Journey (Coursera)

This course helps you structure your preparation for the Professional Cloud Engineer exam. You will learn about the Google Cloud domains covered by the exam and how to create a study plan to improve your domain knowledge.

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What You Will Learn

  • Describe the domains covered on the Professional Cloud Network Engineer Certification exam.
  • Identify gaps in your knowledge and skills for each domain and create a study plan.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Introduction
Welcome to Preparing for the Professional Cloud Network Engineer Journey.

WEEK 2
Designing, planning, and prototyping a Google Cloud Network
Provide an overview of the Google Cloud features that Cymbal Bank will use.

WEEK 3
Implementing a VPC
In this module, you review Cymbal Bank’s functional requirements, so you can implement their VPC network. In particular, you consider routing, GKE clusters, firewalls, and VPC service controls. You will edit your study plan to note the skills that you must develop to design and implement the VPC network.

WEEK 4
Configuring network services
In this module, you review Cymbal Bank’s functional requirements, regarding network services, including load balancing, Cloud CDN, Cloud Armor, Cloud NAT, Cloud DNS, and packet mirroring. You will edit your study plan to note the skills that you must develop to design and implement these services.

WEEK 5
Implementing hybrid interconnectivity
In this module, you review Cymbal Bank’s functional requirements regarding hybrid interconnectivity. In particular, you consider Cloud Interconnect, Cloud VPN, and Cloud Router. You will edit your study plan to note the skills that you must develop to implement hybrid interconnectivity.

WEEK 6
Managing, monitoring, and optimizing network operations
In the module, you will Review Cymbal Bank’s logging and monitoring requirements. You will also consider troubleshooting and debugging, especially with regard to network traffic, latency, and connectivity. You will edit your study plan to note the skills that you must develop to design and implement logging and monitoring; perform effective troubleshooting; and manage and optimize network operations.

WEEK 7
Your next steps
In this module, you will finish creating your study plan.

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