What will you learn in Cracking the Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Course
Prepare confidently for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) certification by mastering the exam objectives and hands-on tasks
Navigate and manage Google Cloud projects, IAM roles, APIs, and billing through both the Console and Cloud SDK
Deploy and administer compute services (Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine) with best-practice decision-charts
Architect storage and database solutions across Cloud Storage, Bigtable, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, and Spanner
Program Overview
Module 1: Introduction & GCP Fundamentals
⏳ 30 min
Topics: Cloud computing concepts, GCP service categories (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS), account setup with $300 free trial
Hands-on: Activate free trial, explore Cloud Console, and run “Why GCP?” quiz
Module 2: Projects, IAM & APIs
⏳ 1 h
Topics: Resource hierarchy (Organization → Folder → Project), IAM roles, service accounts, enabling APIs
Hands-on: Create a project, assign IAM policies, and enable Cloud Operations API
Module 3: Billing Management & Cost Estimation
⏳ 45 min
Topics: Billing account setup, budgets & alerts, big-query billing exports, Pricing Calculator
Hands-on: Link a project to billing, configure a budget alert, and estimate a multi-tier architecture
Module 4: Compute Services
⏳ 1.5 h
Topics: Compute Engine VMs (including preemptible/custom), instance groups, GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, and selection decision-chart
Hands-on: Provision VMs, deploy a container to GKE, and roll out a Cloud Run service
Module 5: Storage & Databases
⏳ 1 h
Topics: Cloud Storage buckets, Bigtable, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Spanner, Datastore; use-case decision-charts
Hands-on: Create a Storage bucket, load data into BigQuery, and spin up a Cloud SQL instance
Module 6: Networking Resources
⏳ 45 min
Topics: VPC design, subnets, firewall rules, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud DNS
Hands-on: Build a custom VPC, deploy a global HTTP(S) load balancer, and configure a DNS zone
Module 7: Event-Driven & Serverless Services
⏳ 30 min
Topics: Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Eventarc, and use-cases for event-driven architectures
Hands-on: Create a Pub/Sub topic, write a Cloud Function subscriber, and test end-to-end
Module 8: Monitoring, Logging & Deployment Manager
⏳ 45 min
Topics: Cloud Operations—Logging, Monitoring, Alerting; Deployment Manager templates
Hands-on: Set up a monitoring dashboard, create an alert policy, and deploy resources with Deployment Manager
Module 9: Practice Exam & Assessment
⏳ 30 min
Topics: Full-length practice exam mirroring ACE format; review answers and explanations
Hands-on: Complete the “GCP ACE Practice Exam” and remediate weak areas
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Job Outlook
United States: Associate Cloud Engineers earn a national average of $82,636 / yr (≈$39.73 / hr)
Global Demand: Strong growth as enterprises migrate workloads—roles include Cloud Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, and DevOps Engineer
Advancement: ACE certification is a springboard to Professional roles (Cloud Architect, Cloud Developer) and specialty tracks (Data Engineer, Security Engineer)
Freelance & Consulting: Opportunities in cloud migrations, managed services, and cost-optimization consulting
Specification: Cracking the Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification
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