Lecture Notes: Associate Cloud Engineer Certification

Introduction to Associate Cloud Engineer

• Role Overview
  • Deploys and secures applications and infrastructure
  • Monitors operations of multiple projects
  • Maintains enterprise solutions to meet performance metrics
  • Experience with public clouds and on-premises solutions
  • Uses Google Cloud Console and command line interface
  • Maintains and scales solutions leveraging Google-managed or self-managed services on Google Cloud

Course Context

• Scenario:
  • The course uses a fictional company, Cymbal Superstore, to understand the role of an Associate Cloud Engineer.
  • Cymbal Superstore is migrating on-premises applications to Google Cloud.

Challenges Faced by Cymbal Superstore

• Seamless online-offline customer experience

  • Critical for e-commerce applications

• Logistics and Transportation

  • Efficient data usage for managing transportation

• Operations and Supply Chain

  • Updating supply chain strategies to meet customer demand efficiently

Role of Associate Cloud Engineer at Cymbal Superstore

• Responsibilities

  • Setting up the cloud environment
  • Planning, configuring, and managing cloud solutions

• Necessary Skills and Knowledge

  • Familiarity with compute, storage, and networking resources in Google Cloud
  • Understanding of Google-recommended practices for configuring access to cloud resources

Course Progression

• The course will guide through the migration of Cymbal Superstore applications to Google Cloud.
• This scenario will illustrate configurations and tasks related to each section of the exam guide.
• Context for diagnostic questions will be provided through Cymbal Superstore’s cloud solutions.