Google Cloud / Professional / PCD
Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
Connect secure delivery pipelines, SRE decisions and actionable telemetry across Google Cloud.
THE REVISION PATH
Your topics, in order.
Read. Recall. Explain the alternative.
Projects, Organizations, Billing and CLI
Project contains; billing pays; IAM permits.
IAM, Service Accounts and Data Security
Grant the action to the actual caller at the narrowest scope.
State, Backends and Drift
One binding, one writer, protected history.
GKE and Container Operations
Google runs the control plane; choose who manages the nodes.
Cloud Run, Functions and Event Delivery
Revision receives; identity authorizes; retries repeat.
SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence
Measure reliability from the user’s side.
Secure Build, Release and Platform Automation
Build once; attest it; promote the same artifact.
Telemetry, Incident Diagnosis and FinOps
Metrics point; logs explain; traces connect; profiles locate cost.
How this guide is organised
Original revision notes arranged around practical decisions. The linked official objectives define the mapped scope; primary documentation supports the explanations. Read each topic, answer without looking, then explain why another option would fail.
- Official exam guide ↗ Scope authority
Revision material supports preparation; it does not guarantee every possible exam question. Check the exam version and official objectives before booking.