Professional Cloud DevOps Engineers implement processes throughout the systems development lifecycle using Google-recommended methodologies and tools. They build and deploy software and infrastructure delivery pipelines, optimize and maintain production systems and services, and balance service reliability with delivery speed.
The Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam assesses your ability to:
- Bootstrap a Google Cloud organization for DevOps
- Apply site reliability engineering practices to a service
- Optimize service performance
- Build and implement CI/CD pipelines for a service
- Implement service monitoring strategies
Prerequisites
Recommended experience: 3+ years of industry experience including 1+ years designing and managing production systems using Google Cloud.
Recommended training for this certification
- Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure (GCF-CI)
- Developing a Google SRE Culture
- Architecting with Google Cloud: Design and Process (AGCP-DP)
- Logging, Monitoring, and Observability in Google Cloud (LMOGC)
- Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud (GSTGC)
- Cloud Operations and Service Mesh with Anthos
Exams
About the current GA certification exam:
- Length: Two hours
- Registration fee: $200 (plus tax where applicable)
- Languages: English, Japanese
- Exam format: 50-60 multiple choice and multiple select questions
1. Review the exam guide
The exam guide contains a complete list of topics that may be included on the exam. Review the exam guide to determine if your skills align with the topics on the exam.
2. Training
Prepare for the exam by following the Professional DevOps Engineer learning path. Explore online training, in-person classes, hands-on labs, and other resources from Google Cloud.
3. Sample questions
Review sample questions to familiarize yourself with the format of questions and example content that may be covered on the Cloud DevOps Engineer exam.
4. Schedule your exam
Register and select whether to take the exam remotely or at a nearby testing center.
Recertification
Candidates must recertify in order to maintain their certification status. Unless explicitly stated in the detailed exam descriptions, all Google Cloud certifications are valid for two years from the date of certification. Recertification is accomplished by retaking the exam during the recertification eligibility time period and achieving a passing score. You may attempt recertification starting 60 days prior to your certification expiration date.