GCP certifications

Google Cloud Platform certifications will open up career opportunities in the growing field of cloud computing as more organisations transition their services and operations into the cloud.

Explore our GCP certification programmes, and learn more about how QA supports businesses in upskilling in cloud computing. 

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Why become certified in GCP?

With the Google Cloud, you can build, test and deploy applications on Google's highly-scalable and reliable infrastructure for your web, mobile, and backend solutions.

We’ll support you through certification training – no matter where you’re starting from. You’ll be taught by highly-skilled experts with real-world experience. They’re all accredited through Google – so you get the best possible training.

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How to get certified?

To get certified, you can combine QA’s online learning platform and instructor-led courses for optimal preparation.

The online platform get yous exam-ready by offering flexible, self-paced learning with expert-led lessons, hands-on labs, and practice exams.

Our instructor-led courses provide an immersive experience with guidance from industry experts. Combining both approaches helps ensure you are well-prepared for the exam, covering all areas of the certification syllabus effectively.

Once you feel confident, you can schedule your certification exam.

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Technologies covered

The certifications cover a wide array of GCP specialisms. These include fundamentals, compute, storage, security, machine learning, networking, databases, and more.

The breadth of topics ensures that you develop a comprehensive understanding of GCP and cloud computing principles.

Job roles

GCP certifications are aligned with various cloud-related job roles, including:

  • Google Cloud Developer
  • Google Cloud DevOps Engineer
  • Cloud Security Specialist
  • Machine Learning Specialist
  • Cloud Network Engineer
  • Google Cloud Architect
  • Google Cloud Security Engineer

These certifications help you qualify for in-demand roles across industries, ensuring you can design, build, and manage Google Cloud Platform infrastructure efficiently.

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Explore the GCP learning pathways that can help you extend your learning and develop your career in cloud and IT infrastructure. 

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What are the benefits of a GCP Certification?

GCP benefits for learners

Achieving Google Cloud Platform certifications will open up career opportunities in the growing field of cloud computing as more organisations transition their services and operations into the cloud.

According to the 2020 Google Cloud certification impact report. 87% of Google Cloud certified users feel more confident in cloud skills and More than 1 in 4 of Google Cloud certified individuals took on more responsibility or leadership roles at work.

GCP re-certification requirements foster continuous learning and development.  Learners must demonstrate that they can stay current with the pace and cadence of developments in the Google Cloud Platform Technologies by re-sitting their original associate or professional exam every two years.  This ensures that your skills remain relevant and competitive. Maintaining your GCP certification also provides you with access to resources, forums and events that provide networking and collaboration opportunities with fellow cloud professionals.

GCP Benefits for businesses

Promoting the achievement of Google Certifications amongst your cloud professionals helps your organisation modernise faster. 

GCP certification not only validates employees technical understanding of Google Cloud Platform technologies but also evidences that the employee has an appreciation of the business use cases that GCP technologies support and underpin. 

This means that your Cloud professionals can quickly and effectively translate your evolving business needs into GCP Cloud based solutions.

Which roles use GCP?

Google Cloud platform technologies are used by a wide range of IT Professionals including systems/cloud Engineers and systems/Cloud Analysts; Software Developers; Systems and Enterprise Architects; DevOps and SRE Engineers; Security professionals; Data professionals including Data Engineers, Data Scientists and AI Developers.

What are the pre-requisites of GCP certifications?

Candidate pre-requisite skills depend on the role you are looking to certify upon within the Google Cloud Platform technology stack.

Those looking to achieve Cloud engineering, security or architecture associate or expert certifications will generally have a strong background in modern IT systems. Specifically, you will have experience with operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking.

Those looking Cloud application development associate level certifications must be able to program in an GCP Supported Language such as Python or Java and will have a general understanding cloud and of the software development lifecycle (Version control, Agile software development, and core software development principles).

Candidates for GCP DevOps certification should possess some Cloud administration and development experience and have proven expertise in at least one of these areas. Candidates should also possess strong knowledge of version control, Agile software development, and core software development principles.

Data professionals looking to gain GCP data engineering, data science or AI Development credentials should all possess a fundamental knowledge of the Google Cloud Platform. and depending on the role, should have Experience of writing Python  code to work with data and an understanding of core data principles and the key principles of data science (preparation of data, training ML models and using common ML libraries).

Do Google Cloud platform certifications expire?

Yes. Professional level certifications are valid for two years from the date of initial certification. Cloud Digital Leader and Associate Cloud Engineer certifications are valid for three years.

The re-certification process simply entails the candidate re-sitting their original examination within their recertification eligibility period (which starts 60 days before your certification expiry). You will receive notification when you are due to re-certify.

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