The foundational level certification validates broad knowledge of cloud concepts and Google Cloud products, services, tools, features, benefits, and use cases, specifically understanding the capabilities of Google Cloud.

The foundational level certification is focused on the fundamental skills of deploying, monitoring, and maintaining projects on Google Cloud.

This certification is a good starting point for those new to cloud and can be used as a path to professional level certifications.

Core Topics
Cloud Computing Fundamental Concepts
Google Cloud Products and Services
SaaS | PaaS | IaaS

Public vs Private vs Hybrid Cloud Services
Cloud Service Models

Virtual Machines or Instances

Virtual Switches

Virtual Storage
Google Cloud Compute Services

Google Cloud Networking Services

Google Cloud Storage Services

Google Cloud Security Services

Google Cloud Identity Access Management

Managing Billing Configuration

Planning and Configuring a Cloud solution

An Associate Cloud Engineer deploys and secures applications and infrastructure, monitors operations of multiple projects, and maintains enterprise solutions to ensure that they meet target performance metrics. This individual has experience working with public clouds and on-premises solutions. They are able to use Google Cloud Console and the command-line interface to perform common platform-based tasks to maintain and scale one or more deployed solutions that leverage Google-managed or self-managed services on Google Cloud.The foundational level certification validates broad knowledge of cloud concepts and Google Cloud products, services, tools, features, benefits, and use cases, specifically understanding the capabilities of Google Cloud.

The foundational level certification is focused on the fundamental skills of deploying, monitoring, and maintaining projects on Google Cloud.

This certification is a good starting point for those new to cloud and can be used as a path to professional level certifications.

Core Topics
Cloud Computing Fundamental Concepts
Google Cloud Products and Services
SaaS | PaaS | IaaS

Public vs Private vs Hybrid Cloud Services
Cloud Service Models

Virtual Machines or Instances

Virtual Switches

Virtual Storage
Google Cloud Compute Services

Google Cloud Networking Services

Google Cloud Storage Services

Google Cloud Security Services

Google Cloud Identity Access Management

Deploying and implementing networking resources

Deploying and implementing Storage resources

Deploying and implementing Compute resources

Deploying and implementing Security resources

Managing Billing Configuration

Planning and Configuring a Cloud solution

An Associate Cloud Engineer deploys and secures applications and infrastructure, monitors operations of multiple projects, and maintains enterprise solutions to ensure that they meet target performance metrics. This individual has experience working with public clouds and on-premises solutions. They are able to use Google Cloud Console and the command-line interface to perform common platform-based tasks to maintain and scale one or more deployed solutions that leverage Google-managed or self-managed services on Google Cloud.