Architecting with Google Cloud Platform: Design and Process

Overview

This two-day instructor-led class equips students to build highly reliable and efficient solutions on Google Cloud Platform. It is a continuation of the Architecting with Google Cloud Platform: Infrastructure course and assumes hands-on experience with the technologies covered in that course.

This class is intended for the following participants:

• Cloud Solutions Architects, Systems Operations professionals, DevOps Engineers, IT managers.
• Individuals using Google Cloud Platform to create new solutions or to integrate existing systems, application environments, and infrastructure with the Google Cloud Platform.

Objectives

• Design for high availability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Assess tradeoffs and make sound choices among Google Cloud Platform products..
• Integrate on-premises and cloud resources.
• Identify ways to optimize resources and minimize cost.
• Implement processes that minimize downtime, such as monitoring and alarming, unit and integration testing, production resilience testing, and incident post-mortem analysis.
• Implement policies that minimize security risks, such as auditing, separation of duties and least privilege.
• Implement technologies and processes that assure business continuity in the event of a disaster.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course, participants should have:

• Completed Architecting with Google Cloud Platform: Infrastructure or have equivalent experience
• Basic proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments
• Systems Operations experience including deploying and managing applications, either on-premises or in a public cloud environment