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Google Cloud credentials
Google Cloud certification roadmap
A full Google Cloud certification path with source checks, labs, mock readiness, and portfolio evidence.
Use this roadmap to choose the next Google Cloud credential by role, then connect it to Daskerel lessons, hands-on lab evidence, mock-test remediation, and official provider pages.
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roadmap stages
1
associate paths
7
advanced paths
Google Cloud exam booking tracker
Track target dates, booking status, badge proof, and renewals.
Saved Google Cloud exam plan
No Google Cloud exam booking records yet.
Quarterly Google Cloud source review workflow
Keep every Google Cloud claim current on a 90-day cadence.
Review
Open each official Google Cloud certification page and exam guide, then confirm status, level, and objective coverage.
Update
Refresh source dates, roadmap notes, readiness gates, lab focus, and retirement or rename notes.
Validate
Run curriculum checks, tests, build, and browser checks for Google Cloud roadmap, track cards, lab filters, and mock dashboard.
Record
Store reviewer, date, URLs, changes, and next review date in the content-quality audit queue.
Foundational
Foundational Google Cloud certification paths
2 credentials
Google Cloud foundations, cloud literacy, business transformation, support, and pre-sales
Readiness domain weighting
Digital transformation and cloud value25%
Google Cloud core infrastructure and data services30%
Security, operations, sustainability, and cost25%
Business decision-making and stakeholder tradeoffs20%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- Resource hierarchy
- Service-family mapping
- Billing and IAM
- Business value and risk notes
Readiness gates
- Foundation lessons complete
- Google Cloud service map complete
- Business value note approved
- CDL mock domains passed
AI literacy, product leadership, business analysis, and AI-aware cloud decision-making
Readiness domain weighting
Generative AI concepts and business use cases28%
Model selection, prompting, grounding, and evaluation27%
Responsible AI, security, and governance25%
Implementation planning and operational readiness20%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- AI use-case framing
- Prompt and grounding notes
- Evaluation and risk
- Human review and governance
Readiness gates
- GenAI concepts complete
- Responsible AI checklist complete
- Use-case decision note approved
- GenAI mock domains passed
Associate
Associate Google Cloud certification paths
1 credentials
Cloud engineer, operations engineer, platform engineer, and support engineer
Recommended after: Cloud Digital Leader
Readiness domain weighting
Cloud projects, IAM, billing, and resource hierarchy25%
Compute, storage, networking, and managed services30%
Deployment, monitoring, logging, and operations25%
Security, troubleshooting, and cost controls20%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- Projects and IAM
- Cloud Run or Compute Engine
- Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL
- Logging, Monitoring, and billing labels
Readiness gates
- Engineer labs complete
- IAM and project evidence captured
- Operations evidence exported
- ACE mock domains passed
Professional
Professional Google Cloud certification paths
7 credentials
Senior cloud architect, enterprise architect, migration architect, and technical leader
Recommended after: Associate Cloud Engineer
Readiness domain weighting
Business requirements, case studies, and solution design25%
Resource hierarchy, IAM, networking, and security25%
Data, application, reliability, and migration design30%
Operations, cost, governance, and executive tradeoffs20%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 75 questions
- Organization and folders
- Shared VPC and IAM
- Data and app architecture
- Reliability, migration, and cost
Readiness gates
- Professional architecture lab complete
- Executive decision record complete
- Failure-mode review complete
- PCA mock domains passed
Cloud developer, backend engineer, API engineer, and application engineer
Recommended after: Associate Cloud Engineer
Readiness domain weighting
Application design, APIs, and service integration28%
Cloud Run, Functions, containers, and managed services27%
Security, service accounts, secrets, and IAM25%
Observability, performance, deployment, and rollback20%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- Cloud Run and Functions
- Pub/Sub and APIs
- Secret Manager and service accounts
- Deployment and rollback
Readiness gates
- Cloud app lab complete
- Service account evidence captured
- Logs and health checks captured
- Developer mock domains passed
Data engineer, analytics engineer, data platform engineer, and data architect
Readiness domain weighting
Data ingestion, storage, and transformation30%
BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, and analytics serving25%
Security, governance, quality, and lineage20%
Monitoring, optimization, and operational support25%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- Cloud Storage data layout
- BigQuery and Dataflow
- Governance and quality
- Lineage, monitoring, and cost
Readiness gates
- Data pipeline lab complete
- Quality and lineage evidence captured
- Access and cost notes complete
- Data mock domains passed
DevOps engineer, SRE, platform engineer, release engineer, and operations lead
Recommended after: Associate Cloud Engineer
Readiness domain weighting
SLOs, observability, reliability, and incident response30%
CI/CD, release engineering, and deployment automation25%
Infrastructure, policy, security, and change control25%
Optimization, feedback loops, and continuous improvement20%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- Cloud Build
- Monitoring and Logging
- SLOs and alerts
- Rollback, incident response, and postmortems
Readiness gates
- Pipeline evidence complete
- SLO and alert proof captured
- Incident action record complete
- DevOps mock domains passed
Cloud security engineer, DevSecOps engineer, security architect, and incident response lead
Recommended after: Associate Cloud Engineer
Readiness domain weighting
IAM, organization policy, and privileged access25%
Network, workload, data, and key protection25%
Detection, logging, audit, and response25%
Governance, compliance, and secure operations25%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- IAM and service accounts
- Cloud KMS and secrets
- Security Command Center-style findings
- Audit logs and response notes
Readiness gates
- Security baseline lab complete
- Detection and audit evidence captured
- Incident response note complete
- Security mock domains passed
Cloud network engineer, hybrid networking specialist, infrastructure architect, and senior network engineer
Recommended after: Associate Cloud Engineer
Readiness domain weighting
VPC design, routing, DNS, and connectivity30%
Hybrid connectivity, shared VPC, and private access25%
Load balancing, edge, and application delivery20%
Network security, observability, and operations25%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- VPC routing
- Shared VPC
- Cloud DNS
- Load balancing, firewall rules, VPN, and Interconnect patterns
Readiness gates
- Advanced networking lab complete
- Topology and route evidence captured
- Failover evidence complete
- Network mock domains passed
ML engineer, MLOps engineer, data scientist, backend developer, and AI platform engineer
Recommended after: Generative AI Leader, Professional Data Engineer
Readiness domain weighting
Data preparation, feature work, and model development28%
Vertex AI training, evaluation, and deployment27%
MLOps, monitoring, drift, and rollback25%
Responsible AI, security, privacy, and governance20%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- Data preparation
- Training and evaluation
- Model deployment
- Monitoring, drift, rollback, and responsible AI
Readiness gates
- ML workflow lab complete
- Evaluation metrics captured
- Drift and rollback plan complete
- ML mock domains passed