Specialise in a cloud
Google Cloud Course
Google Cloud is the third platform hiring managers ask about. This is our longest single-vendor course: enough time to set up access properly, build a network and deploy a service you can demonstrate.
Why this course
Why Google Cloud at Simply2Cloud?
Knowing a second or third cloud makes you more useful on teams that run more than one. The concepts you learn on AWS or Azure carry over, and this course shows where Google Cloud does things differently.
- More lab hours than our shorter vendor courses.
- IAM and networking taught before the managed services, so the console makes sense.
- A practical companion to AWS rather than a replacement.
Cloud learners adding a second platform, and developers deploying to Google Cloud.
Basic networking; Linux familiarity helps.
Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer. Exam registration and fees are separate and handled with Google.
Cloud engineer (Google Cloud) · Cloud support associate
How the course runs
The plan, in the order we teach it.
- Part 1
Projects, billing, IAM roles, service accounts, the console and Cloud Shell.
- Part 2
Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage and VPC firewall rules.
- Part 3
Logging, monitoring, cost controls and the project.
Your project
Deploy a containerised service on Google Cloud
Run a small web service on Cloud Run with its files in Cloud Storage, a service account with least privilege, logging and a budget alert.
From course project to real projectsWhat you hand in
- A live service URL
- An IAM design with least privilege
- Monitoring and a budget alert
- A comparison note: how you would build it on AWS
Syllabus
Curriculum designed by working engineers.
Tools covered
UKIQ certificate. Professional batches include a UKIQ certificate alongside the project you can show in an interview.
01Account and access
- Projects, folders, and billing
- Cloud IAM roles and service accounts
- The console and Cloud Shell
02Compute and containers
- Compute Engine
- Cloud Run for a small service
- A first look at GKE
03Data and network
- Cloud Storage classes
- VPC networks and firewall rules
- Connecting a private service to the internet safely
04Operate
- Logging and monitoring
- Cost controls
- A project you can talk through in an interview
FAQ
Questions before you enrol.
Is this an official Google course?
It is a Simply2Cloud course covering Google Cloud skills. Official exam registration, if you choose it, is separate.
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