Cloud Computing
Google Professional Cloud Architect Preparation
This in-depth course develops directly applicable capability in Google Professional Cloud Architect Preparation. It connects Business Requirements and Architecture Decisions, Compute, Containers, and Application Platforms, and Data, Analytics, and Resilience to the decisions, controls, and activities participants need to perform in their workplace.
Overview
Practical learning for workplace transfer.
This in-depth course develops directly applicable capability in Google Professional Cloud Architect Preparation. It connects Business Requirements and Architecture Decisions, Compute, Containers, and Application Platforms, and Data, Analytics, and Resilience to the decisions, controls, and activities participants need to perform in their workplace. The five-module curriculum progresses toward Architecture Case Workshop, using evidence, scenarios, and work products appropriate to the subject.
Objectives
- Analyze business requirements and architecture decisions, including translating availability, latency, compliance, and cost needs.
- Configure or structure compute, containers, and application platforms, including compute engine, managed instance groups, gke, cloud run, and functions.
- Evaluate data, analytics, and resilience, including cloud storage, databases, bigquery, pub/sub, and data-processing choices.
- Manage security, operations, and cost, including iam hierarchy, service accounts, organization policies, kms, and vpc service controls.
- Apply architecture case workshop, including analyze a scenario and identify decisive requirements.
Target audience
- Professionals responsible for this subject area
- Managers, supervisors, and team leaders
- Analysts, specialists, engineers, or coordinators working with the relevant processes
- Project, implementation, assurance, or improvement team members
- Professionals preparing for broader responsibilities in this field
Program outline
A clear structure for the learning journey.
Program outline
Outline points are grouped in one designed block instead of being treated as separate module cards.
Module 1: Business Requirements and Architecture Decisions
Translating availability, latency, compliance, and cost needs
Organization, folders, projects, billing, and shared VPC design
Architecture Framework trade-offs and decision documentation
Module 2: Compute, Containers, and Application Platforms
Compute Engine, managed instance groups, GKE, Cloud Run, and functions
Load balancing, autoscaling, service networking, and private access
Application modernization and hybrid deployment patterns
Module 3: Data, Analytics, and Resilience
Cloud Storage, databases, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and data-processing choices
Regional and multi-regional availability patterns
Backup, recovery objectives, failover, and data migration
Module 4: Security, Operations, and Cost
IAM hierarchy, service accounts, organization policies, KMS, and VPC Service Controls
Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Error Reporting, and incident response
Budgets, labels, commitments, and resource optimization
Module 5: Architecture Case Workshop
Analyze a scenario and identify decisive requirements
Compare solution options and eliminate weak architectures
Present a secure, resilient, operable, and cost-aware design
Materials provided
- ○ Course-specific presentation slides
- ○ Guided exercises, scenarios, or configured-environment activities appropriate to the subject
- ○ Course-specific worksheets, checklists, or calculation templates
- ○ Applied workplace case materials
- ○ 4D Certificate of Completion issued by 4D Training & Consultancy
- ○ Post-course support for implementation questions
Training Options
Programs can be delivered in-house, online, or in a blended format depending on your team's schedule, location, and learning objectives. When an external certificate or exam is included, certification rules and fees remain under the relevant awarding body's policies, while 4D provides the training and preparation support.
Why choose 4D
4D Training & Consultancy adapts the program to the client’s operating environment. Delivery combines structured explanation with subject-specific analysis, exercises, and implementation decisions so participants can transfer the learning to real responsibilities without implying vendor authorization.
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