After passing the Google ACE (Associate Cloud Engineer), I want to continue to learn for the next certification in Google Cloud expert path.
The next path is Google PCA (Professional Cloud Architect). This exam will cover about design, manage and provisioning, analyze/optimize technical/business process and ensures reliability of the selution.
Based on the information from google’s official site about the certification, here. Then I am trying to find learning/reading sources about the exam and all materials on the internet. From searching ebook’s, pdf’s, and cheap/discount learning sites like Udemy, etc. Finally, I found the in the Coursera itself where I have the ACE last time. They provide financial aid for the course. Basically like a scholarship in your regular school.
To get or accepted in Coursera program’s, you only need to create an essay the reason why you need financial aid for your course. Minimum 300 words, and if you are lucky you will get the acceptance reply in 17 days.
This month, I have completed the Google Associate Cloud Engineer Exam Certification. this certification is sponsored by the ministry of ICT Indonesia on their Digital Talent Scholarships. There is another topic in the Online Academy category also with certification such us AWS Cloud Associate, Python, Bigdata, CCNA Cybersecurity Operations, etc. There are more category in their site https://digitalent.kominfo.go.id/
For the Google Associate Cloud Engineer Online, the academy is facilitated through Coursera for the corse. This course is a track course with a specialization “Architecting using Google Compute Engine”. This specialization introduces learners to the comprehensive and flexible infrastructure and platform services provided by Google Cloud Platform, with a focus on Compute Engine. Through a combination of presentations, demos, and hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy solution elements, including infrastructure components such as networks, systems and applications services. This course also covers deploying practical solutions including securely interconnecting networks, customer-supplied encryption keys, security and access management, quotas and billing, and resource monitoring. For the hands-on lab, Coursera provides access to Qwicklabs to enhance the experience in the related materials.
This class is intended for Cloud Solutions Architects, DevOps Engineers or individuals using Compute Engine
Google Associate certification is a job-task based certification focused on core Google Cloud Platform technology. This certification is a good starting point for those new to the cloud or new to GCP and can be used as a path to professional level certifications.
The exam is about 2 hours with 50 questions mostly multiple choice. in my session, most of the question is about IAM or Identity and Access Management with a few Kubernetes, billing, storage, cloud spanner and big querry question. This is the sum up of my test that may help you pass the exam;
IAM Role
GCloud Syntax
GCP hierarchy, correlation domain to project to a folder and the resource
