GCP certifications

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.

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.

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).

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.