GCP Data Engineer Course introduces the architecture and services used to collect, transform, store, and analyze data on Google Cloud. You will learn how to design data solutions that support analytics, operational workloads, and business intelligence while following Google Cloud data engineering best practices.
Prerequisites for Google Cloud and Data Engineering Course
- Basic knowledge of cloud computing
- Familiarity with programming (Python or Java)
- Understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Experience with SQL and relational databases
- Knowledge of data engineering concepts (ETL, data pipelines)
- Basic understanding of networking concepts
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems
- Experience with version control (Git)
- Understanding of machine learning basics (recommended but not mandatory)
What Will You Learn
- Google Cloud Platform core services and architecture
- Data engineer roles and responsibilities on GCP
- GCP resource hierarchy, regions, and zones
- Cloud Storage and data lake design on GCP
- Data ingestion techniques and file formats
- BigQuery architecture, datasets, and tables
- Writing and optimizing SQL queries in BigQuery
- BigQuery cost management and optimization
- Batch data processing using Dataflow and Dataproc
- Apache Beam fundamentals
- Real-time data processing with Pub/Sub
- Streaming data pipelines with Dataflow
- Data orchestration using Cloud Composer (Airflow)
- Visual ETL with Cloud Data Fusion
- End-to-end data pipeline design on GCP
- Operational databases using Cloud SQL and Spanner
- Wide-column storage with Cloud Bigtable
- Change Data Capture (CDC) patterns
- BigQuery ML and SQL-based machine learning
- Vertex AI basics for ML workflows
- Data security and IAM on Google Cloud
- Data governance with Data Catalog and DLP
- Monitoring and logging data pipelines
- Designing reliable and fault-tolerant data architectures
- Cost optimization and best practices for GCP data services
Who Should Do This Training
- Aspiring data engineers
- Data analysts transitioning to data engineering
- Software engineers working with data pipelines
- Cloud engineers using Google Cloud Platform
- Big data professionals
- ETL and data warehouse developers
- Analytics engineers
- Database administrators
- Machine learning engineers working with data pipelines
- IT professionals involved in data and cloud projects