As cloud adoption continues to grow, so does the need for skilled professionals who can help organizations take advantage of what the cloud has to offer.
By earning the Professional Cloud Architect certification, you can demonstrate your skills and distinguish yourself among your peers with your ability to design, develop, and manage robust, secure, scalable, highly available, and dynamic solutions to drive business objectives.
To help prepare for the exam, Google Cloud recently held a live session covering:
In this post, we’ll provide an overview of the session, including key takeaways, links to supporting resources, and written answers to your questions so you can go into the Professional Cloud Architect Certification exam feeling prepared and ready to pass!
For any additional questions, please feel free to leave a comment below and someone from the Community or Google Cloud team will be happy to help.
For the fourth year in a row, Google Cloud certifications rank among the highest paid IT certifications in the industry, with the Professional Cloud Architect Certification in particular, being in the top three in 2022. So if you need one reason, it’s that you’ll get paid.
Certifications are also helpful when it comes to promotions, raises, career changes, and overall confidence in cloud skills and your professional future. According to the Google Cloud Certification impact report, 85% of Google Cloud certified individuals reported feeling more confident in their cloud skills, while 78% reported feeling more confident in their professional future.
Furthermore, more than one in four Google Cloud certified individuals took on more responsibilities or leadership roles, while almost one in five received a raise.
Additional benefits to earning your certification include:
Check this out: Why IT leaders choose Google Cloud certification for their teams
Google Cloud offers a range of certifications, with each one suited for different job functions, roles, and requirements. So who is a good candidate for the Professional Cloud Architect certification?
The recommended candidate includes experienced technical professionals who design, plan, optimize and ensure reliability of cloud solutions. These individuals have hands-on experience with deployment and configuration of solutions.
It’s recommended you have 3+ years of industry experience, including 1+ years designing and managing solutions using Google Cloud.
With the Google Cloud Credential Holder Directory, you can see thousands of Professional Cloud Architect certification holders and which job roles they have today.
Here are details about the Professional Cloud Architect Certification exam format, delivery options, renewal requirements, and more:
1. Set your exam date well in advance and reverse plan your study/preparation time leading up to the date. Generally, people study incrementally over a few months, but if you’re new or already experienced with Google Cloud, more or less time may be required.
2. Register and select the option to take the exam remotely or at a nearby testing center. Review testing requirements and FAQs here to make sure you have everything you need to take the exam.
3. Complete the Professional Cloud Architect Learning Path (at no cost for 30 days for new users), including the hands-on labs, quests, and courses. It’s not a requirement to go through each step in the Learning Path before you take the exam, but the more you know, the better prepared you’ll be!
The following image outlines the Learning Path to prepare for the Professional Cloud Architect Certification. Get started here!
As you complete each step along the Learning Path, you’ll earn Completion Badges and Skill Badges, and then eventually, your Certification. These are all tangible validations of your skills that you can share on your LinkedIn profile, resume, with potential employers, and more.
The first course you’ll see on the Professional Cloud Architect Learning Path is the Preparing for your Professional Cloud Architect Journey Course. This course (available at no cost on Google Cloud Skills Boost) touches on each section of the Exam Guide and will ask diagnostic questions to help you identify gaps in your knowledge and where you may need to focus more or less.
From there, you can use the provided workbook to devise a study strategy, identify weekly goals, and keep track of study materials. It’s definitely recommended you start with this course to optimize your studying and preparation.
4. Review the sample questions to familiarize yourself with the format of the exam questions and example content that may be covered on the exam. Test your knowledge with the sample questions, identify those that you got wrong, and review those topics again.
5. Take and pass the exam! Share your new certification with the Google Cloud Community in the Learning & Certification Hub, on social media, and even on your fridge 🙂
The Google Cloud Skills Boost annual subscription is now enhanced with Innovators Plus developer benefits. Choose your learning path and build your cloud skills with the support of the Google Cloud Innovators community behind you, now available for $299 USD/year* - a 14% discount from standard subscription rates. Benefits include:
*Benefit redemption subject to limitations
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