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Google Professional Cloud Database Engineer
The Professional Cloud Database Engineer certification by Google validates expertise in Google Cloud database management.
Exam code
Professiona
Duration
120 min
Questions
50
Official Prerequisites
- Recommended: approximately 3 years of database administration or development experience (design, performance tuning, backup and recovery)
- Recommended: about 1 year of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform services such as Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Bigtable, and Firestore
- Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL data modeling, query optimization, and schema design
- Familiarity with networking, security, IAM on GCP, plus monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery strategies
Targeted Professions
Cloud Database Engineer Database Administrator (DBA) Data EngineerDomain blueprint
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Understand the key principles and practices required to design scalable and reliable database solutions on Google Cloud. This includes selection of appropriate databases, configuration, and the integration of these systems with other cloud services.
Focus on operational best practices, including performance tuning, monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting, to ensure database systems run efficiently and effectively in production.
Learn about implementing security best practices to protect data, control access, and manage compliance requirements in cloud-based database environments.
Develop strategies to automate backup processes and disaster recovery planning to ensure data availability and integrity in case of system failures or data loss events.
Gain skills in performance optimization techniques to improve query performance, database throughput, and resource efficiency.
Domain 5
Optimizing database performance
Gain skills in performance optimization techniques to improve query performance, database throughput, and resource efficiency.
Domain 6
Planning and implementing database migrations
Understand the processes and tools available for successful database migrations to Google Cloud, reducing downtime and maintaining data integrity.
Domain 7
Monitoring and troubleshooting database operations
Learn to monitor database health, identify bottlenecks, and troubleshoot issues using Google Cloud tools to maintain optimal operational performance.
Study Tip
Follow blueprint alignment, run timed blocks of practice tests, focus weak-area drills with hands-on labs, and spend sessions reviewing rationales to improve speed and reinforce correct solution patterns
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