Preparing for Your Professional Google Cloud Network Engineer Journey

Module 00

PCNE certification

• Role of a Professional Cloud Network Engineer
• Introduction to a sample infrastructure scenario that is used throughout the course
• Certification process

Module 01

Designing, planning, and prototyping a Google Cloud Network

• Describe how Load Balancing will be used for general users accessing resources from the internet as well as internal users accessing from private connected networks.
• Describe how Cloud CDN, Armor and NAT will be configured and the benefits
• they will provide, and used and how Cloud DNS will be integrated with an on-premise DNS system.
• Describe how packet mirroring will be used for periodic network forensic audit.

Module 02

Implementing a VPC

• Assuming Kubernetes clusters will be used in all the networks, describe how IP addresses will be distributed among them.
• Describe the sort of interconnections will be added between Google Cloud and external environments and how the routing will be configured for them.
• Describe how the network will be secured with firewall rules and VPC Service Controls

Module 03

Configuring network services

• Describe how Load Balancing will be used for general users accessing resources from the internet as well as internal users accessing from private connected networks.
• Describe how Cloud CDN, Armor and NAT will be configured and the benefits
• they will provide, and used and how Cloud DNS will be integrated with an on-premise DNS system.
• Describe how packet mirroring will be used for periodic network forensic audit

Module 04

Implementing hybrid connectivity

• Within the context of the sample scenario: describe the details of the VPN and Interconnect links between Google Cloud VPCs and on-premise or other cloud networks

Module 05

Managing, monitoring, and optimizing network operations

• Describe the network troubleshooting and debugging process.
• Describe the troubleshooting process using Cloud Logging and Monitoring and Network Intelligence Center.

Module 06

Your next steps

• Based on domain knowledge deficiencies noted after answering the diagnostic questions, construct a weekly study plan.