Course Details
Course Details
What You'll Learn
This course prepares you for the Associate certification exam, covering all official exam domains and their approximate weightings:
Domain 1 Section 1: Setting up a cloud solution environment (20%)
- Setting up cloud projects and accounts: resource hierarchy, org policies, IAM roles, Cloud Identity users/groups, API enablement
- Assessing quotas and requesting increases; verifying product availability across regions/zones
- Configuring Cloud Asset Inventory and using Gemini Cloud Assist to analyze resources
- Configuring Workforce Identity Federation and setting up cloud networking
- Managing billing configuration: billing accounts, linking projects, budgets/alerts, billing exports
Domain 2 Section 2: Planning and implementing a cloud solution (30%)
- Planning and implementing compute resources: choosing Compute Engine/GKE/Cloud Run/serverless, launching instances, managed instance groups, GKE cluster deployment, GPUs/TPUs
- Planning and implementing storage and data solutions: Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Firestore, Spanner, Bigtable, Cloud Storage classes, data loading, multi-region redundancy
- Planning and implementing networking resources: VPC/subnets, firewall rules and Cloud NGFW policies, network connectivity (VPN/Peering/Interconnect), load balancers, network service tiers
- Planning and implementing resources using tooling: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Config Connector, Helm) and AI-assisted planning (Gemini CLI, Gemini Cloud Assist, Application Design Center)
Domain 3 Section 3: Ensuring the successful operation of a cloud solution (30%)
- Managing compute resources: Compute Engine instances, snapshots/images, GKE node pools and Kubernetes resources, Pod autoscaling, Cloud Run deployments and traffic splitting
- Managing storage and data solutions: securing Cloud Storage objects, lifecycle policies, querying data instances, backup/restore, cost estimation, CMEK
- Managing networking resources: resizing subnets, static IPs, custom routes, Cloud DNS and Cloud NAT, firewall/NGFW policy management
- Monitoring and logging: Cloud Monitoring alerts and custom metrics, audit logs, log routers/analytics, diagnostic tools (Cloud Trace, Cloud Profiler), Ops Agent, Gemini Cloud Assist and Active Assist for monitoring
Domain 4 Section 4: Configuring access and security (20%)
- Managing IAM: viewing/creating IAM policies, role inheritance in the Organization hierarchy, custom IAM roles
- Managing service accounts: creation, minimum-permission IAM policies, assigning to resources, impersonation, short-lived credentials
- Using Google Cloud service accounts with GKE applications
- Provisioning Workload Identity Federation
Course Info
Promotion Code
Your will get 10% discount voucher for 2nd course onwards if you write us a Google review.
Minimum Entry Requirement
Knowledge and Skills
- Able to operate using computer functions
- Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)
Attitude
- Positive Learning Attitude
- Enthusiastic Learner
Experience
- Minimum of 1 year of working experience.
Target Age Group: 18-65 years old
Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement
Software:
TBD
Hardware: Window or Mac Laptops
Job Roles
Job Roles
- Cloud Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- DevOps Engineer
- IT Manager
- Solutions Architect
- Network Engineer
- Software Developer
- Data Engineer
- Security Engineer
- Technical Support Engineer
- Infrastructure Engineer
- Application Developer
- IT Consultant
- Cloud Consultant
- Cloud Architect
Trainers
Trainers
is an accomplished IT and data specialist with over 20 years of experience in academia, ICT leadership, and professional training, with a strong focus on data analytics and Excel-based solutions. He has developed and delivered specialized training programs on Statistical Data Analysis with Excel and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for Excel, equipping learners with advanced data manipulation, automation, and reporting skills. His expertise extends to automating institutional reporting systems, where he successfully streamlined academic records management through Excel-based tools, integrating macros and automation to improve efficiency and accuracy. As a trainer and consultant, Dr. Siraj has taught Excel to diverse audiences, including university staff, administrative teams, and professionals in banking, security, and education, ensuring they can apply Excel for decision-making, statistical modeling, and process automation. His practical mastery of Excel is complemented by his deep knowledge of office automation and ICT project management, making him a highly sought-after trainer in data analysis and productivity tools. With his blend of hands-on technical expertise and instructional experience, Dr. Siraj stands out as a credible authority in leveraging Excel to drive organizational efficiency and data-driven strategies
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Well organised course with clear objectives. The step-by-step approach made it easy to follow. (Posted on 7/19/2024)1. Do you find the course meet your expectation? 2. Do you find the trainer knowledgeable in this subject? 3. How do you find the training environment - Highly recommended Review by Course Participant/Trainee
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The training was very practical and hands-on. I could apply what I learned to my work immediately. (Posted on 1/28/2024)1. Do you find the course meet your expectation? 2. Do you find the trainer knowledgeable in this subject? 3. How do you find the training environment
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