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Google Cloud Professional Data 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
  • 7 Dec 2026Sterling, VA
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50% labs50% lecture
24 monthsfree retakes

Course overview

Download the course datasheetThe full outline for Google Cloud Professional Data 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 data processing systems, ingest and process batch and streaming data, choose and manage storage, prepare data for analysis, and maintain and automate data workloads with BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub and Dataproc.

The camp follows the five sections of the current Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer exam guide, with hands-on labs in BigQuery, data pipelines and Google's AI platform 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 Data Engineer certification exam.

What's included

13 items
thinQtank® Learning Accelerated Custom Exam Study Guide for Professional Data Engineer
Hands-on labs in BigQuery, data pipelines and Google's AI platform
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
  • Design data processing systems for security, compliance, reliability and portability
  • Design data migrations
  • Plan, build, deploy and operationalize data pipelines
  • Select storage systems and plan data warehouses, data lakes and data platforms
  • Prepare and share data for visualization, AI and ML
  • Optimize resources and design automation and repeatability
  • Monitor, troubleshoot and mitigate failures in data workloads
  • Introduction to Data Engineering on Google Cloud
  • Designing for Security and Compliance
  • Reliability, Flexibility and Portability
  • Designing Data Migrations
  • Planning and Building Data Pipelines
  • Batch and Streaming Processing
  • Selecting Storage Systems
  • Data Warehouses with BigQuery
  • Data Lakes and Data Platforms
  • Preparing Data for Analysis, AI and ML
  • Optimizing and Automating Data Workloads
  • Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Failure Mitigation

The exam

120minutes to complete
  • Five sections: designing data processing systems (22%); ingesting and processing the data (25%); storing the data (20%); preparing and using data for analysis (15%); maintaining and automating data workloads (18%)
  • 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

  • Data engineers
  • Data architects
  • Analytics / BI engineers
  • ML data pipeline engineers
  • Service members, veterans and military spouses using AF COOL, Army Credentialing Assistance, MyCAA or VET TEC 2.0

Prerequisites

  • No certification is required
  • 3+ years of industry experience including 1+ years designing and managing solutions using Google Cloud (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

21 scheduled
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.