Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Training

Master DevOps practices on Google Cloud with this comprehensive 5-day training. Learn to implement CI/CD processes, apply SRE principles, monitor services, and optimize performance.

Training Details

Duration	5 days (40 hours)
Level	Advanced
Delivery	In-person, Live online, Hybrid
Certification	Google Cloud Certified: Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

Who Is This For?

• DevOps engineers working with GCP
• Site reliability engineers
• Platform engineers
• Anyone preparing for Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification

Learning Outcomes

After completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Apply SRE principles to services
• Build and implement CI/CD pipelines
• Implement service monitoring strategies
• Optimize service performance
• Manage incidents and postmortems
• Implement security and compliance in DevOps

Detailed Agenda

Day 1: SRE Principles and CI/CD

Module 1: Site Reliability Engineering

• SRE principles and practices
• SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
• Toil reduction strategies
• Hands-on: Define SLOs

Module 2: CI/CD with Cloud Build

• Cloud Build configuration
• Build triggers and automation
• Container image building
• Hands-on: Create CI/CD pipeline

Module 3: Deployment Strategies

• Blue/green deployments
• Canary releases
• Rolling updates
• Hands-on: Implement deployment strategies

Day 2: Infrastructure as Code and Configuration

Module 4: Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform on GCP
• Deployment Manager
• GitOps practices
• Hands-on: Deploy infrastructure with Terraform

Module 5: Configuration Management

• Cloud Deployment Manager
• Ansible on GCP
• Config Connector for Kubernetes
• Hands-on: Manage configuration

Module 6: Kubernetes Operations

• GKE cluster management
• Workload identity
• Cluster upgrades and maintenance
• Hands-on: Operate GKE cluster

Day 3: Monitoring and Logging

Module 7: Cloud Monitoring

• Metrics and dashboards
• Uptime checks
• Alerting policies
• Hands-on: Configure monitoring

Module 8: Cloud Logging

• Log collection and analysis
• Log-based metrics
• Log sinks and exports
• Hands-on: Implement logging

Module 9: Distributed Tracing

• Cloud Trace for latency analysis
• Service mesh observability
• APM integration
• Hands-on: Implement tracing

Day 4: Incident Management and Security

Module 10: Incident Response

• Incident management procedures
• On-call practices
• Postmortem culture
• Hands-on: Conduct incident drill

Module 11: Performance Optimization

• Application profiling
• Cloud Profiler
• Database optimization
• Hands-on: Optimize performance

Module 12: Security and Compliance

• DevSecOps practices
• Binary Authorization
• Vulnerability scanning
• Hands-on: Implement security in pipelines

Day 5: Cost Optimization and Exam Prep

Module 13: Cost Management

• Cloud Billing reports
• Budget alerts
• Cost optimization strategies
• Hands-on: Optimize GCP costs

Module 14: Reliability Engineering

• Chaos engineering
• Disaster recovery testing
• Capacity planning
• Hands-on: Test reliability

Module 15: Exam Preparation

• Exam format and scenarios
• DevOps case studies
• Practice questions

Prerequisites

• 2+ years DevOps or SRE experience
• GCP fundamentals knowledge
• Understanding of Kubernetes and containers
• Scripting experience

Delivery Formats

Format	Description
In-Person	On-site at your company's location, hands-on with direct interaction
Live Online	Interactive virtual sessions with screen sharing and real-time labs
Hybrid	Combination of on-site and remote sessions, flexible scheduling

All formats include hands-on labs, course materials, practice exams, and post-training support.