We’re excited to share that the Professional Cloud Database Engineer certification is now generally available. The new certification validates your ability to design, plan, test, implement, and monitor cloud databases, and confirms your ability to lead database migration efforts and guide organizational decisions based on your company’s use cases.
A Professional Cloud Database Engineer is a database professional with two years of Google Cloud experience and five years of overall database and IT experience. The Professional Cloud Database Engineer designs, creates, manages, and troubleshoots Google Cloud databases used by applications to store and retrieve data. The Professional Cloud Database Engineer should be comfortable translating business and technical requirements into scalable and cost-effective database solutions.
The Professional Cloud Database Engineer exam assesses your ability to:
- Design scalable and highly available cloud database solutions
- Manage a solution that can span multiple database solutions
- Migrate data solutions
- Deploy scalable and highly available databases in Google Cloud
Round out your skills with training
Follow the learning path
Prepare for the exam by following the Cloud Database Engineer learning path. Explore online training, in-person classes, hands-on labs, and other resources from Google Cloud.
Additional resources
Your Google Cloud database options, explained