Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Network Engineer Certificate Online
Increase your cloud skills, including configuring network services, implementing VPCs and optimizing network operations with these Google Cloud certificate courses for the network engineer.
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- Learn the fundamentals of Google Cloud and the skills required to succeed in a cloud network engineering role
- Look at how VCPs are implemented, and explore hybrid connectivity, networking technologies and network architecture security on Google Cloud
- Gain additional practice with specialized tools during hands-on labs with Google Cloud for networking engineers
- Plan and prepare for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification exam
- What will I be able to do with my Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Security Engineer Professional Certificate?
About the Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Network Engineer Professional Certificate
The role of security engineer, security specialist or security admin is not only essential in today’s high-tech world, it's also challenging. Knowledge and skill are powerful tools against challenges, so if you're committed to becoming more confident and skilled in cloud security, this certificate program is for you.
The Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Network Engineer Professional Certificate program can help you learn – and practice – designing and implementing secure workloads and infrastructure on Google Cloud.
This Professional Certificate is comprised of seven, self-paced courses that can help increase your proficiency in all aspects of cloud security, including access management, network security configuration, data protection and incident response.
In addition to interactive lessons, you’ll participate in a series of applied learning projects, ranging from assigning API permissions to providing access components within Google Cloud to leveraging network policies to apply restrictions and limit intra-cluster communication.
Even more importantly, the coursework in this certificate program features essential exam-related content, such as configuring access and network security, managing operations in a cloud solution environment, and security best practices, so you can have confidence in your preparation for Google Cloud certification.
Required Google Cloud Network Engineer Certificate Courses
BEGINNER | Information Technology | Self-paced | 12 hours
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure introduces important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud. Through videos and hands-on labs, this course presents and compares many of Google Cloud's computing and storage services, along with important resource and policy management tools.
INTERMEDIATE | Information Technology | Self-paced | 8 hours
This self-paced training course gives participants broad study of networking options on Google Cloud. Through recorded lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy Google Cloud networking technologies, such as Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks, subnets and firewalls. The course also covers access control to networks, sharing networks and load balancing.
INTERMEDIATE | Information Technology | Self-paced | 7 hours
This self-paced training course builds on the Networking in Google Cloud: Defining and Implementing Networks course and enhances the study of networking options on Google Cloud. Through recorded lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, you explore and deploy Google Cloud networking technologies, such as common network design patterns, connectivity to Google Cloud VPC networks, and private connection options. The course also covers optimizing network performance and cost by using Network Service Tiers. You will also learn about billing and pricing. The course concludes by covering monitoring and logging features that can help you troubleshoot your Google Cloud network infrastructure.
INTERMEDIATE | Information Technology | Self-paced | 6 hours
This course consists of a series of labs, designed to provide the learner hands-on experience performing a variety of tasks pertaining to setup and maintenance of their Google VPC networks.Complete This Certificate. Get College Credit.
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When you enroll in this self-paced certificate program, you decide how quickly you want to complete each of the courses in the specialization. To access the courses, you pay a small monthly cost of $35, so the total cost of your Professional Certificate depends on you. Plus, you can take a break or cancel your subscription anytime.
It takes about 1-2 months to complete the courses and hands-on projects to earn your certificate.
This intermediate-level course is best for those with 3+ years of networking experience, including having an understanding of the OSI 7-layer model, IPv4 addressing, managing IPv4 routes and firewall rules, and load balancers. It's also help to have at least a year using Google Cloud to design and manage solutions.
Your certificate will allow you to demonstrate your proficiency in cloud engineering, including implementing VCPs, hybrid connectivity, network services, and security for existing Google Cloud network architectures. Your certificate also demonstrates your readiness to sit for the well-regarded Google Cloud Network Engineer certification exam.
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