Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud DevOps Engr

Certification-focused prep for cloud DevOps roles

This beginner-level program from Google Cloud is aimed squarely at learners preparing for a DevOps or site reliability path on Google Cloud Platform, rather than teaching DevOps culture in the abstract. It moves through the infrastructure building blocks that underpin production systems: virtual networking, cloud storage, identity and access management, and containerization with Kubernetes.

Who it's for

IT professionals already comfortable with basic cloud concepts who want a certification-oriented refresher will get the most from this. The inclusion of Infrastructure as a Service and cloud deployment topics alongside Kubernetes suggests a practical, operations-first curriculum rather than a purely theoretical one.

• Kubernetes and containerization for deploying workloads
• Identity and access management plus virtual networking
• Cloud infrastructure management across virtual machines and services

With nearly 50,000 learners enrolled, it's a smaller but focused program for anyone targeting the Google Cloud DevOps Engineer certification.