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Google Cloud Professional Cloud Database Engineer

We do not teach just for the test.Worked examples and real discussion, not a question bank. The exam is then delivered in the classroom — 98% pass it first time.
$2,595catalog price — your starting point
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Next date
  • 4 Jan 2027Atlanta, GA
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50% labs50% lecture
24 monthsfree retakes

Course overview

Download the course datasheetThe full outline for Google Cloud Professional Cloud Database Engineer, as a PDF.
thinQtank® Learning is offering a unique four-day training camp comprised of four days of instructor-led learning that gives students the knowledge and skills needed to design scalable and highly available cloud database solutions, manage solutions that span multiple database technologies, migrate data solutions to Google Cloud, and deploy databases such as Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Spanner, Bigtable and Firestore.

The camp follows the four sections of the current Google Cloud Professional Cloud Database Engineer exam guide, with hands-on labs and design case studies on live Google Cloud projects throughout.

Google Cloud, Google Workspace, BigQuery, Gemini and related marks are trademarks of Google LLC.

This course prepares students to take the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Database Engineer certification exam.

What's included

13 items
thinQtank® Learning Accelerated Custom Exam Study Guide for Professional Cloud Database Engineer
Hands-on labs and design case studies on live Google Cloud projects
Custom and focused exam preparation software and materials
Course specific thinQtank® Learning publications to promote a fun and exciting learning
Membership to the thinQtank® Learning University Online
WE DO NOT "TEACH THE TEST" - Students will receive valuable examples and discussion
All courses taught by Google Cloud-certified practitioners
Additional hours of remote lab access
Custom video recordings with even more in-depth learning of course topics
Customized practice exam software
Digital courseware
Retake any or all portions of the course as many times as you like in person or live on-line for 24 months
Six months mentoring access to our engineers after completing the course

What you'll be able to do

19 objectives
  • Perform database capacity and usage planning
  • Evaluate high availability and disaster recovery options
  • Determine how applications connect to databases and select the right Google Cloud database
  • Manage connectivity, access, monitoring and troubleshooting across database technologies
  • Design backup and recovery and optimize database cost and performance
  • Automate common database tasks
  • Design and implement data migration and replication
  • Implement scalable, highly available databases in Google Cloud
  • Google Cloud Database Portfolio
  • Capacity and Usage Planning
  • High Availability and Disaster Recovery Design
  • Application Connectivity
  • Connectivity and Access Management
  • Monitoring and Troubleshooting
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Cost and Performance Optimization
  • Automating Database Tasks
  • Data Migration and Replication
  • Deploying Scalable, Highly Available Databases

The exam

120minutes to complete
  • Four sections: design innovative, scalable, and highly available cloud database solutions (32%); manage a solution that can span multiple database technologies (25%); migrate data solutions (23%); deploy scalable and highly available databases in Google Cloud (20%)
  • Delivered online proctored or at a Pearson VUE test center
  • Exam fee: $200 (set by Google Cloud)
  • Valid 2 years; renew with Google Cloud's recertification options before it expires

Who it's for, and what you need first

Target Audience

  • Database engineers
  • Database administrators
  • Data architects
  • Cloud engineers supporting database workloads
  • Service members, veterans and military spouses using AF COOL, Army Credentialing Assistance, MyCAA or VET TEC 2.0

Prerequisites

  • No certification is required
  • 5+ years of overall database and IT experience, including 2 years of hands-on experience working with Google Cloud database solutions (Google's recommendation)
  • Associate Cloud Engineer, or equivalent hands-on Google Cloud experience, is a strong foundation

How it's delivered

Instructor-Led Training
Immersive Live-Online Training
On-Site and Custom Delivery

Dates and locations

20 scheduled
Guaranteed to run means the class goes ahead whatever the enrollment.
Prices shown are MSRP. Qualified military personnel funding through Air Force COOL, Army Credentialing Assistance, MyCAA or VET TEC 2.0 pay a flat $1,500 per class, whatever the listed price. Everyone else — call 855-868-4467 about group pricing, discounts and current promotions.