Professional Cloud Architect — Google

Exam day

Know what Professional Cloud Architect — Google asks on the day.

Question formats to expect:

• Single select (Radio)

  Select one option from a collection of options

• Multiple select (Checkbox)

  Select all options that apply from a collection of options

Curriculum

Inside the Professional Cloud Architect — Google plan.

7 modules · 33 units · ~33h of structured prep.

1. 01

   Designing and Planning Cloud Solution Architecture

   6 units · ~6h

   Cover core architectural design principles, business and technical requirement mapping, workload design, and the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework pillars used to structure sound solutions.

   1. 1. Translating Business Requirements into Technical Design
   2. 2. Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework Pillars
   3. 3. Stateless and Stateful Application Design
   4. 4. Loosely Coupled and Decoupled Architecture
   5. 5. Designing for Change: Monoliths to Microservices
   6. 6. Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Architecture Design
2. 02

   Managing and Provisioning Cloud Solution Infrastructure

   6 units · ~6h

   Build hands-on familiarity with configuring compute, storage, networking, database, and ML workflow resources on Google Cloud, including Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform usage.

   1. 1. Compute Engine Provisioning and VM Lifecycle
   2. 2. Managed Instance Groups and Autoscaling
   3. 3. Networking: VPC, Firewall Rules, and Load Balancing
   4. 4. Storage and Database Service Selection
   5. 5. GKE, App Engine, and Serverless Compute Options
   6. 6. GCP Tooling: gcloud, bq, and Client Libraries
3. 03

   Designing for Security and Compliance

   4 units · ~4h

   Cover IAM design, resource hierarchy, data security controls, and compliance considerations including data residency, financial services regulation, and industry certifications.

   1. 1. IAM and Resource Hierarchy Design
   2. 2. Data Security and Encryption Controls
   3. 3. Regulatory Compliance and Data Residency
   4. 4. Security Architecture for Regulated Industries
4. 04

   Analyzing and Optimizing Technical and Business Processes

   5 units · ~5h

   Examine SDLC, CI/CD, DORA software delivery metrics, cost optimization, and stakeholder/change management practices that support architectural decision-making.

   1. 1. DORA Metrics and Software Delivery Performance
   2. 2. CI/CD and Continuous Delivery Pipelines
   3. 3. Cloud Cost Management and Optimization
   4. 4. Stakeholder and Change Management
   5. 5. Cloud Migration Strategy and Planning
5. 05

   Managing Implementation

   4 units · ~4h

   Focus on advising development and operations teams during solution deployment and interacting with Google Cloud programmatically through APIs and automation frameworks.

   1. 1. Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
   2. 2. Deployment Strategies: Blue-Green, Canary, and Rollback
   3. 3. Data Migration and API-Driven Operations
   4. 4. Guiding Teams Through Solution Rollout
6. 06

   Ensuring Solution and Operations Excellence

   4 units · ~4h

   Cover observability, monitoring, reliability engineering, disaster recovery, and quality control practices that keep production systems healthy and performant.

   1. 1. System Health Monitoring and Observability
   2. 2. Reliability Engineering and High Availability Design
   3. 3. Disaster Recovery Strategy
   4. 4. Quality Control and Performance Optimization
7. 07

   Scenario-Based Case Study Practice

   4 units · ~4h

   Apply integrated knowledge across all domains to Google's official-style case studies, practicing the scenario reasoning skills the exam emphasizes.

   1. 1. Case Study Walkthrough: Enterprise Migration Scenario
   2. 2. Case Study Walkthrough: High-Growth Application Scenario
   3. 3. Case Study Walkthrough: Security and Compliance-Sensitive Scenario
   4. 4. Mixed Domain Scenario Drills