Objectives
- Describe the domains covered on the Professional Cloud Network Engineer Certification exam.
- Identify gaps in your knowledge and skills for each domain and create a study plan.
Audience
This class is intended for the following audience:
- Customers, Partners, Googlers.
Prerequisite
To get the most out of this course, participants should have:
- 3+ years industry experience, including 1+ years designing and managing solutions using Google Cloud
Duration
Investment
Course Outline
- Role of a Professional Cloud Network Engineer
- Introduction to a sample infrastructure scenario that is used throughout the course
- Certification process
Within the context of the sample scenario:
• Describe how Load Balancing will be used for general users accessing resources from the internet as well as internal users accessing from private connected networks.
• Describe how Cloud CDN, Armor and NAT will be configured and the benefits they will provide, and used and how Cloud DNS will be integrated with an on-premise DNS system.
• Describe how packet mirroring will be used for periodic network forensic audit.
Within the context of the sample scenario:
• Assuming Kubernetes clusters will be used in all the networks, describe how IP addresses will be distributed among them.
• Describe the sort of interconnections will be added between Google Cloud and external environments and how the routing will be configured for them.
• Describe how the network will be secured with firewall rules and VPC Service Controls
Within the context of the sample scenario:
• Describe how Load Balancing will be used for general users accessing resources from the internet as well as internal users accessing from private connected networks.
• Describe how Cloud CDN, Armor and NAT will be configured and the benefits they will provide, and used and how Cloud DNS will be integrated with an on-premise DNS system.
• Describe how packet mirroring will be used for periodic network forensic audit
Within the context of the sample scenario: describe the details of the VPN and Interconnect links between Google Cloud VPCs and on-premise or other cloud networks.
Within the context of the sample scenario:
• Describe the network troubleshooting and debugging process.
• Describe the troubleshooting process using Cloud Logging and Monitoring and Network Intelligence Center.
Based on domain knowledge deficiencies noted after answering the diagnostic questions, construct a weekly study plan.