Professional Cloud Network Engineer — Requirements & Free Practice

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Google Cloud professional certification in the design, implementation, and management of Google Cloud network infrastructure.

Licensing authority: Google

Initial by examination

Format: Multiple choice and multiple select questions; online or onsite proctored
Exam questions: Total questions: 50–60.
Time limit: 2 hours
Exam fee: $200 plus applicable tax

Examination outline

Designing and planning a Google Cloud VPC network (21%)
- Designing an overall network architecture
- Designing VPC networks
- Designing a resilient and performant hybrid and multi-cloud network
- Designing for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Implementing a VPC network (20%)
- Configuring VPCs
- Configuring VPC routing
- Configuring Network Connectivity Center
- Configuring and maintaining GKE clusters
Configuring managed network services (16%)
- Configuring load balancing
- Configuring Cloud CDN
- Configuring Cloud DNS
Configuring and implementing hybrid and multicloud network interconnectivity (16%)
- Configuring Cloud Interconnect
- Configuring a site-to-site IPSec VPN
- Configuring Cloud Router
- Configuring Network Connectivity Center
Managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting network operations (14%)
- Logging and monitoring with Google Cloud Observability
- Maintaining and troubleshooting connectivity issues
- Using Network Intelligence Center to monitor and troubleshoot common networking issues
Configuring, implementing and managing a cloud network security solution (13%)
- Configuring Google Cloud Armor policies
- Configuring and managing NGFW policies and VPC Firewall rules
- Configuring and securing internet egress traffic using Public Cloud NAT and Secure Web Proxy
- Configuring self-managed network virtual appliance and Packet Mirroring

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