Google Cloud Architecture
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
Case-style prompts with emphasis on reliability engineering and data processing choices.
- Duration
- 9 weeks
- Format
- Blended · async + live
- Mentor access
- Group + 1× 1:1
- Tuition reference
- ₩1,980,000
Overview
Case prompts mirror the professional cloud architect style: you read a brief, sketch an approach, then compare against a reference rationale. We stress reliability, security, and operational tooling rather than memorizing SKUs.
What is included
- Case library with graded sample answers
- Dataflow vs. Dataproc decision drills
- IAM condition exercises
- Multi-region failover tabletop
- SRE-style error budget discussion prompts
- Cost estimation worksheets without ticker-style dashboards
- Final capstone presentation to mentors
Outcomes you can describe
- Defend a multi-region design in under fifteen minutes
- Select data services using latency and consistency needs
- Identify where managed services reduce toil for a given brief
FAQ
GCP credits?
We include a modest shared credit pool for labs; heavy personal experimentation is self-funded.
Prerequisite skills?
Comfortable with one scripting language and basic networking vocabulary.
What is out of scope?
Machine learning model tuning and data science pipelines beyond architect-level discussion.
Experience notes
“Case grading comments were blunt—in a good way.”
“Error budget week connected the exam to how we run services.”