Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer

A Professional Data Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and managing solutions on Google Cloud Platform. A Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer is expertise in designing, developing, monitoring, and securing data processing systems on the GCP platform.

Following are the roles and responsibilities of a Professional Data Engineer on the Google Cloud Platform:

• Adapting existing methods and procedures to create possible alternative solutions to moderately complex problems
• Understanding the strategic direction created by senior management to achieve the team goals
• Determining solutions and providing guidance on complex problems
• Interaction with peers, management, and clients for better implementation of data processing systems.
• Designing and developing data pipeline in GCP; creating new Data APIs for downstream consumption
• Preparing various data sets for the big query for advanced analytics and for the marketing campaigns

Big Query is the serverless, cost-effective, and highly scalable cloud data warehouse that is designed to enable users to make informed decisions quickly and transform the business data with ease. The significance of using Big Query in GCP are:

• To run analytics at scale efficiently than cloud data warehouse alternatives 
• To analyze gigabytes to petabytes of data quickly using ANSI SQL at the fastest speeds 
• To democratize insights seamlessly with a trusted and more secure platform to scale your needs 

BigTable is a high performance, compressed, proprietary data storage system that is built on the Google File System, SSTable, Chubby Lock Service, and some other Google technologies. It also underlines the Google Cloud Datastore that is available as a part of the GCP platform. The significance of BigTable on the Google Cloud Platform are:

• Incredible scalability
• Cluster resizing without downtime
• Simple administration

Yes, even if you are a non-technical person, you can become a Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer. The recommended requirement to take up the Google Data Engineer certification exam is to have significant knowledge of cloud services and Google Cloud Platform with considerable experience. It is good if the candidate has a minimum of 12 months of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform. But, even if you are a fresher or have a non-technical background, you can take some training to get familiar with Google Cloud Platform. 

Also, you can get hands-on with the Google Cloud Platform by using Google Cloud free tier account. After gaining some experience of working with the GCP platform, you can validate your skills with the GCP Data Engineer certification exam to become a Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer.

Yes, you will receive the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certificate on passing the GCP Data Engineer certification exam. To become a Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer, you only need to pass this exam and on passing it, you will receive the title of Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer.

The skills that are validated in the Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer Exam are:

• Designing data processing systems
• Building and operationalizing data processing systems
• Operationalizing machine learning models
• Ensuring solution quality

Google Cloud certifications are among the top-paying IT certifications in the world. The Google Cloud Certified Data Engineer exam measures and validates your technical skills for designing, developing, and managing solutions on the GCP platform. The top benefits of  taking up the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification are as follows:

• Validates your technical knowledge of Google Cloud Platform services and technologies; also provides you a global recognition for your data processing systems development and management skills
• It’s a proven credential to validate your continuous learning and commitment
• Adds a credential to your resume and thus makes you stand out of the crowd
• Demonstrates your comprehensive hands-on experience with databases on Google Cloud Platform
• Helps you to get a number of opportunities to enhance your career as a Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer
• Gets you more chances of being promoted in your current job or get a new job with a higher paycheck

According to the report by Paysa.com, the average Google Data Engineer salary is $152,428, ranging from $112,280 to $181,807 with the top earners earning more than $226,200. 

As Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer is a professional-level certification, the next step could be targeting another professional-level Google Cloud certification to broaden the spectrum of your skills. Data Engineers can advance their careers in different roles.  So, as per the expertise and experience, one can choose to go for one of the following professional level Google Cloud certifications after getting the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification:

• Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Developer
• Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
• Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Security Engineer
• Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
• Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Network Engineer
• Google Cloud Certified Professional Collaboration Engineer

Being a professional-level certification exam, it’s a bit hard to pass the Google Data Engineer Certification exam. All you need is the self-determination and concentration to prepare for the exam. You will need 15-20 hours to take the Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer training course and practice tests. As hands-on experience is the key to pass the Google Cloud certification, you can spend as much time as you want on practice labs to get hands-on with the Google Cloud Platform.

So, overall get an aggregate of 25-35 hours for the exam preparation and you will be fully prepared for the Google Cloud Certified Data Engineer exam.

Note: the time period required for an exam preparation depends on many factors such as prior knowledge and experience, level of the exam, the concentration of the candidate, and how much time one takes to grasp a new concept. So, the exam preparation duration mentioned above will vary from individual to individual.

Yes. We frequently write about certification preparation guides and tips on our blog. Here’s How to Prepare for the Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer Exam.

• The candidate needs to wait 14 days before taking the exam second time, if fails in the first attempt.
• The candidate must wait at least 60 days before taking the exam third time, if fails in the 2nd attempt.
• The candidate also has to wait for 1 year before taking the exam fourth time.
• Thus, the candidate can take a maximum of 3 retakes in a year by paying the fee repeatedly for every attempt.

Follow the steps below to register for the Google Cloud certification exam

• Visit the official Google Cloud Webassessor website
• Log into your Webassessor account (you will have to create one if you don’t have, in order to register for the exam)
• Check the catalog, select the exam, and register
• Choose the exam center i.e. Kryterion Testing Centre 
• Schedule exam date and exam time

Note that you can reschedule your exam until 72 hours before the exam, without paying any extra charges. After this, an extra fee may apply.

You can expect the following types of questions in the Google Cloud certification exam, these are:

• Multiple-choice questions
• Multiple-response questions

Hands-on experience is the best way to prepare for a Google Cloud certification. If you want to get more real-time experience, play with the Google Cloud hands-on labs available on Qwiklabs as well as GCP free tier to level up your skills and knowledge.

Yes, you will get full support for any query related to the certification while preparing through our mock exams/video courses. Your query will be handled by the certified SME (Subject Matter Expert) & response will be provided in due course.

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