Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

Published weight ~25%. Designing infrastructure that meets business and technical requirements (Well-Architected Framework, HA/failover, scalability, cost, security, observability), designing network/storage/compute resources, and creating migration plans.

• Design infrastructure for business requirements (use cases, BCP, cost, integration, trade-offs, KPIs)
• Design infrastructure for technical requirements (Well-Architected, HA/failover, scalability, performance, backup)
• Design network, storage, and compute resources (VPC, storage types, GKE/Cloud Run, hybrid/multicloud, AI/ML)
• Create a migration plan and envision future solution improvements

Published weight ~17.5%. Configuring network topologies (hybrid/multicloud, VPC, load balancing), configuring storage and compute systems (provisioning, spot vs standard, orchestration, serverless, containers), and leveraging Vertex AI / Agent Platform and prebuilt AI APIs.

• Configure network topologies (hybrid, multicloud, VPC design, load balancing, security protection)
• Configure storage and compute systems (provisioning, spot vs standard, orchestration, serverless, containers)
• Leverage Vertex AI / Agent Platform and prebuilt AI APIs (Pipelines, Model Garden, AI Hypercomputer, AI APIs)

Published weight ~17.5%. Designing for security (IAM, resource hierarchy, KMS/encryption, VPC Service Controls, IAP, Workload Identity Federation, securing AI) and designing for compliance (regulations, PII, industry certifications, audits/logs).

• Design for security (IAM, resource hierarchy, Cloud KMS, VPC Service Controls, IAP, Workload Identity, securing AI)
• Design for compliance (legislation, PII/sensitive data, industry certifications, audits and logs)

Published weight ~15%. Analyzing and defining technical processes (SDLC, CI/CD, RCA, testing, DR) and business processes (stakeholder/change management, cost/resource optimization, business continuity).

• Analyze and define technical processes (SDLC, CI/CD, RCA, testing, disaster recovery)
• Analyze and define business processes (stakeholder/change management, cost/resource optimization, business continuity)

Published weight ~12.5%. Advising development/operations teams for successful deployment (Apigee API management, testing frameworks, migration tooling) and interacting with Google Cloud programmatically (Cloud SDK, IaC/Terraform, emulators, client libraries).

• Advise teams to ensure successful deployment (deployment, Apigee API management, testing frameworks, migration tooling)
• Interact with Google Cloud programmatically (Cloud SDK gcloud/gsutil/bq, IaC/Terraform, emulators, client libraries)

Published weight ~12.5%. Applying the operational excellence pillar of the Well-Architected Framework, Google Cloud Observability (monitoring, logging, alerting), deployment/release management, and ensuring production reliability (chaos, penetration, load testing).

• Apply operational excellence and Google Cloud Observability (monitoring, logging, alerting strategies)
• Manage deployment/release, quality control, and production reliability (chaos, penetration, load testing)