Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
A Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer implements processes and capabilities throughout the systems development lifecycle using Google-recommended methodologies and tools. They enable efficient software and infrastructure delivery while balancing reliability with delivery speed. They optimize and maintain production systems and services.
The Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam assesses your ability to:
- Bootstrap and maintain a Google Cloud organization
- Build and implement CI/CD pipelines for applications and infrastructure
- Apply site reliability engineering practices to applications
- Implement observability practices
- Optimize performance and troubleshoot
The new Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam will be live on October 31. If you plan to take the Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam on or after October 31, review the new exam guide.
What's new?
The upcoming version of the Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam launching on October 31 includes content and focus updates to better align with the current duties of DevOps Engineers. This version also highlights data residency considerations, CI/CD for machine learning workloads, FinOps practices for balancing cost and performance, as well as tasks related to new products, such as Gemini Cloud Assist and Gemini Code Assist.
Refer to the new exam guide if you plan to take the exam on or after October 31.
About this 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
Exam Delivery Method:
a. Take the online-proctored exam from a remote location
b. Take the onsite-proctored exam at a testing center
Prerequisites: None
Recommended experience: 3+ years of industry experience including 1+ years designing and managing production systems using Google Cloud
Certification renewal: Candidates may renew their certification within the renewal eligibility period. For more information about the renewal process, eligibility period, and certification validity timeline, please refer to the Renewal FAQs below.
Exam overview
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.
If you plan to take the Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam on or
after October 31, review the
new exam guide.
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.
DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA)
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) resources
In-depth discussions on the concepts and critical
components of 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. Review exam
terms and conditions
and
data sharing policies.