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Google Cloud Professional Security Operations 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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  • 7 Dec 2026Atlanta, GA
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50% labs50% lecture
24 monthsfree retakes

Course overview

Download the course datasheetThe full outline for Google Cloud Professional Security Operations 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 run security platform operations, manage security data, hunt for threats, engineer detections, respond to incidents and build observability with Google Security Operations tooling.

The camp follows the six sections of the current Google Cloud Professional Security Operations Engineer exam guide, with hands-on labs in Google Cloud security and security operations tooling throughout.

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

What's included

13 items
thinQtank® Learning Accelerated Custom Exam Study Guide for Professional Security Operations Engineer
Hands-on labs in Google Cloud security and security operations tooling
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

18 objectives
  • Configure security operations platforms and access to enhance detection and response
  • Ingest logs and establish a baseline of user, asset and entity context
  • Perform threat hunting across environments using threat intelligence
  • Develop and implement detection rules and leverage threat intelligence for detection
  • Contain and investigate security incidents
  • Build and use response playbooks and manage the case lifecycle
  • Build dashboards and reports and configure health monitoring and alerting
  • Modern Security Operations on Google Cloud
  • Platform Operations and Access
  • Log Ingestion for Security Tooling
  • Entity and Asset Context Baselines
  • Threat Hunting Across Environments
  • Threat Intelligence for Hunting and Detection
  • Detection Engineering and Rule Writing
  • Containing and Investigating Incidents
  • Response Playbooks and SOAR Automation
  • Case Management Lifecycle
  • Dashboards, Reports and Health Monitoring

The exam

120minutes to complete
  • Six sections: platform operations (14%); data management (14%); threat hunting (19%); detection engineering (22%); incident response (21%); observability (10%)
  • 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

  • SOC analysts
  • Detection engineers
  • Incident responders
  • Threat hunters / threat intelligence analysts
  • 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 security industry experience including 1+ years using Google Cloud security tooling (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.