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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Network Engr Professional Certificate
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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Network Engr Professional Certificate

Advance your career as a Cloud Networking Engineer

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4.7

(1,044 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

What you'll learn

  • Learn the skills needed to be successful in a cloud network engineering role

  • Prepare for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification exam

  • Learn about implementing VPCs, hybrid connectivity, network services, and security for established network architectures on Google Cloud

  • Understand the purpose and intent of the Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification and its relationship to other Google Cloud certifications

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Taught in English
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October 2025

42 practice exercises

Professional Certificate - 12 course series

What you'll learn

  • 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.

Skills you'll gain

Network Monitoring, Network Troubleshooting, Load Balancing, Firewall, Network Routing, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Cloud Security, Google Cloud Platform, Network Architecture, Kubernetes, Cloud Computing Architecture, and Network Security

What you'll learn

  • Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services.

  • Define how infrastructure is organized and controlled in Google Cloud

  • Explain how to create a basic infrastructure in Google Cloud

  • Select and use Google Cloud storage options

Skills you'll gain

Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Services, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Storage, Serverless Computing, Virtual Machines, Cloud Infrastructure, Application Deployment, Kubernetes, Prompt Engineering, Application Development, Generative AI Agents, Scalability, Cloud Computing, Network Infrastructure, and Containerization

What you'll learn

  • Explain the concept of multiple network interfaces (NICs) and why they’re useful in a VPC network.

  • Connect two or more VPC networks.

  • Differentiate between Standard and Premium Network Service Tiers.

  • Use Network Intelligence Center, Cloud Logging, and Cloud Monitoring to troubleshoot network problems.

Skills you'll gain

Google Cloud Platform, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Network Monitoring, Network Analysis, Network Architecture, Computer Networking, Network Infrastructure, Virtual Machines, Network Troubleshooting, Load Balancing, and Network Routing

What you'll learn

  • Configure connectivity to Google Cloud VPC networks.

  • Configure private connection options to provide access to external resources and services from internal networks.

  • Identify the best Network Service Tier for your needs.

  • Configure monitoring and logging to troubleshoot networks problems.

Skills you'll gain

Network Routing, Google Cloud Platform, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Firewall, General Networking, Intranet, Network Security, and Network Protocols

What you'll learn

  • Implement hybrid load balancing.

  • Manage traffic to the load balancers.

  • Use Google Cloud Armor with your load balancers.

Skills you'll gain

Load Balancing, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Security, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Network Performance Management, Cloud Computing, Scalability, and TCP/IP

What you'll learn

  • Deploy Cloud IDS and configure its settings according to specific security needs.

  • Identify methods Google Cloud uses to mitigate the risk of DDoS for its customers.

  • Define packet mirroring and explain its role in network analysis and troubleshooting.

Skills you'll gain

Network Security, Google Cloud Platform, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Cloud Security, Identity and Access Management, Firewall, Proxy Servers, Network Monitoring, and Threat Detection

What you'll learn

  • Analyze the key considerations for designing a scalable, secure, performant, and cost-efficient Google Cloud network architecture.

  • Implement a hub and spoke network topology

  • Visualize, troubleshoot, and optimize Google Cloud networks.

  • Apply best practices for designing and managing Google Cloud networks in cloud-only, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments.

Skills you'll gain

Network Architecture, Network Planning And Design, Network Security, Cloud Computing Architecture, Network Troubleshooting, Scalability, Network Analysis, Network Performance Management, Load Balancing, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Firewall, General Networking, Google Cloud Platform, Network Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, and Network Routing

What you'll learn

  • Explain the different connectivity options available to extend your on-premises and other cloud networks to Google Cloud.

  • Analyze the suitability of different Google Cloud hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity services for specific use cases.

  • Implement a hybrid or multi-cloud network using Google Cloud services.

Skills you'll gain

Google Cloud Platform, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Wide Area Networks, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Network Security, Network Infrastructure, Cloud Computing Architecture, Network Administration, Network Planning And Design, Multi-Cloud, and General Networking

What you'll learn

  • Describe how a NGFW solution will help provide security to your network implementation.

  • Explain the differences between VPC Firewall Rules and Cloud NGFW.

Skills you'll gain

Cloud Security, Firewall, Network Security, Threat Modeling, Cloud Management, and Network Monitoring

What you'll learn

  • Inspect traffic that enters your VPC networks

  • Categorize workloads with similar security needs in order to design an effective firewall implementation plan.

Skills you'll gain

Firewall, Cloud Security, Network Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Network Security, and Threat Detection

What you'll learn

  • Explain the purpose and capabilities of Google Cloud Observability.

  • Implement monitoring for multiple cloud projects.

  • Create effective monitoring dashboards and alerts.Create alerting policies, uptime checks and alerts.

  • Explain how to collect logs using Cloud Logging and export for further analysis

Skills you'll gain

Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Applications, System Monitoring, Identity and Access Management, Continuous Monitoring, Service Level, Event Monitoring, Cloud Management, Application Performance Management, Cloud Security, Performance Tuning, Query Languages, and Network Monitoring

What you'll learn

  • Install and manage Ops Agent to collect logs for Compute Engine.

  • Explain Cloud Operations for GKE.

  • Analyze VPC Flow Logs and firewall rules logs.

  • Analyze resource utilization cost for monitoring related components within Google Cloud.

Skills you'll gain

Google Cloud Platform, Application Performance Management, Virtual Machines, Network Monitoring, Network Analysis, Query Languages, Prometheus (Software), System Monitoring, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Applications, Debugging, Kubernetes, Network Performance Management, and Network Troubleshooting

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