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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Engineer Professional Certificate

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Learn the skills needed to be successful in a cloud engineering role
Prepare for the Associate Cloud Engineer certification
Learn about the infrastructure and platform services provided by Google Cloud Platform

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This Professional Certificate is designed to be completed in one and a half months at 5 hours per week.

Experience with IT concepts such as virtual machines, IP networking, and Web servers; the ability to use a text editor. Programming ability is not required.

We strongly recommend you take these courses in order, beginning with Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals. This is especially important when completing the Qwiklabs activities, as these hands-on labs build upon the work you complete in preceding courses.