Preparing for Your Professional Cloud Network Engineer Journey (GO9088)

Module 00 : PCNE certification

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

Module 01 Designing, planning, and prototyping a Google Cloud Network

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

Module 02 Implementing a VPC

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

Module 03 Configuring network services

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

Module 04 Implementing hybrid connectivity

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 

Module 05 Managing, monitoring, and optimizing network operations

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

Module 06 Your next steps

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