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Professional Data Engineer

Google Cloud

Certification

Become a contributor for free to openly demonstrate student outcomes, industry alignment & eligibility criteria.

A Professional Data Engineer empowers data-driven decisions by collecting, transforming, storing, and delivering data for diverse applications. A Professional Data Engineer designs and builds robust data infrastructure, optimizing for performance and security. This individual evaluates and selects solutions to meet business and regulatory needs, and administers data platforms effectively.

Cost

$200Show moreShow less

Format

Hybrid

Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Collect, transform, store, and deliver data for diverse applications in Google Cloud environments
  • Design and build robust data infrastructure optimized for performance and security
  • Evaluate and select data solutions to meet business and regulatory requirements
  • Administer data platforms in cloud environments
  • Leverage technologies for data processing, cleaning, enrichment, and query generation and translation
  • Design, build, deploy, monitor, maintain, optimize, and secure data processing workloads
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Computer Systems Engineers/Architects15-1299.08
Program Pathways

Credentials this program stacks toward

No program pathways.

Program Details

Detailed information about this program

If this is your first time getting certified, or your certification has expired, you must take the standard exam. Standard exam information Length: 2 hours Exam Content: Standard exam guide Registration fee: $200 (plus tax where applicable) Languages: English, Japanese Exam format: 40 - 50 multiple choice and multiple select questions Exam Delivery Method: Online-proctored or onsite-proctored Validity period: 2 years Prerequisites: None Recommended experience: 3+ years of industry experience including 1+ years designing and managing data solutions using Google Cloud. If you are renewing your certification, you can choose to take the shorter renewal exam or the standard exam starting 60 days before your expiration date. Once you have chosen either the standard or renewal exam path, you will stay in that path until you pass or your certification expires. Renewal exam information Length: 1 hour Exam Content: Renewal exam guide Registration fee: $100 (plus tax where applicable) Languages: English, Japanese Exam format: 20 multiple choice and multiple select questions Exam Delivery Method: Online-proctored or onsite-proctored Validity period: 2 years Eligibility: Candidates must have an active certification and be within the renewal eligibility period.

Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

No requirements listed.

Financial Aid

Eligible funding programs

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Scholarships

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Locations

Where this program is offered

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Student Outcomes

Performance metrics for this program

Completion Rate
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Related Programs

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