Topics

• Role of a Professional Cloud Network Engineer
• Introduction to a sample infrastructure scenario that is used throughout the course
• Certification process

Objectives

• Describe the purpose and benefits of the PCNE certification.
• Explain the certification process.
• Create a study plan for designing, planning, and prototyping a Google Cloud network.

Activities

• Lecture

Topics

Within the context of the sample scenario:

• Describe how Load Balancing will be used for general users accessing
  resources from the internet as well as internal users accessing from private
  connected networks.
• Describe how Cloud CDN, Armor and NAT will be configured and the benefits they will provide, and used and how Cloud DNS will be integrated with an on-premise DNS system.
• Describe how packet mirroring will be used for periodic network forensic audit.

Objectives

• Explain the considerations involved in designing an overall network architecture.
• Identify considerations for designing a VPC, a hybrid or multi-cloud network,
  or an IP addressing plan for GKE.

• Determine the skills you need to develop to effectively design, plan, and prototype a Google Cloud network.

Activities

• Lecture
• Diagnostic quiz (ungraded)
• Review diagnostic questions
• Knowledge check quiz (graded)
• Workbook exercise – creating your study plan

Topics

Within the context of the sample scenario:

• Assuming Kubernetes clusters will be used in all the networks, describe how IP addresses will be distributed among them.
• Describe the sort of interconnections will be added between Google Cloud and external environments and how the routing will be configured for them.
• Describe how the network will be secured with firewall rules and VPC Service Controls

Objectives

• Identify the tasks involved in configuring VPCs, configuring routing, and configuring and maintaining GKE clusters.
• Describe considerations for configuring firewalls and implementing VPC Service Controls
• Determine the skills you need to develop related to implementing a VPC.

Activities

• Lecture
• Diagnostic quiz (ungraded)
• Review diagnostic questions
• Knowledge check quiz (graded)
• Workbook exercise – creating your study plan

Topics

Within the context of the sample scenario:

• Describe how Load Balancing will be used for general users accessing
  resources from the internet as well as internal users accessing from private connected networks.
• Describe how Cloud CDN, Armor and NAT will be configured and the benefits they will provide, and used and how Cloud DNS will be integrated with an on-premise
  DNS system.
• Describe how packet mirroring will be used for periodic network forensic audit

Objectives

• Identify considerations involved in configuring load balancing.
• Describe the scope of tasks to configure Cloud Armor policies, Cloud CDN,
  Cloud DNS, Cloud NAT, and network packet inspection.

Activities

• Lecture
• Diagnostic quiz (ungraded)
• Review diagnostic questions
• Knowledge check quiz (graded)
• Workbook exercise – creating your study plan

Topics

• Within the context of the sample scenario: describe the details of the VPN
  and Interconnect links between Google Cloud VPCs and on-premise or other
  cloud networks.

Objectives

• Describe how to configure Google Cloud Interconnect, a site-to-site IPsec VPN,
  and Cloud Router.
• Determine the skills you need to develop to ensure successful implementation
  of hybrid interconnectivity.

Activities

• Lecture
• Diagnostic quiz (ungraded)
• Review diagnostic questions
• Knowledge check quiz (graded)
• Workbook exercise – creating your study plan

Topics

Within the context of the sample scenario:

• Describe the network troubleshooting and debugging process.
• Describe the troubleshooting process using Cloud Logging and Monitoring and
  Network Intelligence Center.

Objectives

• Describe options for logging and monitoring with Google Cloud’s operations suite.
• Explain tasks involved in managing and maintaining security.
• Identify considerations for maintaining and troubleshooting connectivity issues,
  latency, and traffic flow.
• Determine the skills you need to develop to manage and optimize network operations
  with Google Cloud.

Activities

• Lecture
• Diagnostic quiz (ungraded)
• Review diagnostic questions
• Knowledge check quiz (graded)
• Workbook exercise – creating your study plan

Topics

• Based on domain knowledge deficiencies noted after answering the diagnostic
  questions, construct a weekly study plan.

Objectives

• Create a weekly study plan.
• Set weekly study goals.
• Register for the Professional Cloud Network Engineer exam.

Activities

• Lecture

Objectives

• Understand how Cloud Source Repositories, Cloud Functions, and Deployment Manager support development in the cloud
• Understand the purpose of integrated monitoring, alerting, and debugging
  
  

Activities

• Lab: Getting Started with Deployment Manager and Cloud Monitoring.

Objectives

• Understand the purpose of and use cases for the products and services in the Google Cloud big data and machine learning platforms

Activities

• Lab: Getting Started with BigQuery.

Objectives

• Summary and Review.
• What’s Next?