87% of Google Cloud certified users feel more confident in their cloud skills*. This program provides the skills you need to advance your career as a network engineer and provides training to support your preparation for the industry-recognized Google Cloud Professional Network Engineer certification.
You'll also have the opportunity to practice key job skills using Google Cloud to build networks, implement VPCs, configure network services, and implement hybrid interconnectivity among other things.
Your journey to Google Cloud certification -
1) Complete the Coursera Google Cloud Networking Professional Certificate
* Percentages indicate those who strongly or somewhat agree with the statement. Findings from a survey conducted with Google Cloud certified individuals in May 2019 by an independent third-party research organization.
Applied Learning Project
Learners will work with VPC networks that span multiple zones and multiple regions. They will use open source tools to gather network information, including latency, connectivity, and traffic. They will use this information to determine where network performance can be improved. They will build a minimal web application with Google App Engine and then explore various ways to use Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) to restrict application access and provide user identity information to it. They create different types of load balancers and see how they can improve network performance. Finally, they will build and test a high-throughput VPN, between a simulated VPC and on-premises network environment. This will include building VPN gateways and a tunnel between the two networks.
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Prior understanding of networking concepts including the OSI 7-layer model, IPv4 addressing, managing IPv4 routes and firewall rules, and load balancers.
Basic proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments
3+ years of industry experience including 1+ years designing and managing solutions using Google Cloud.
It is recommended that courses be taken in the order presented.
Learn the skills needed to be successful in a cloud network engineering role
Prepare for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification exam
Learn about implementing VPCs, hybrid connectivity, network services, and security for established network architectures on Google Cloud
Understand the purpose and intent of the Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification and its relationship to other Google Cloud certifications.
This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
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