Pass the Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam on your first attempt — and prove you can build and operate reliable services on Google Cloud.

The Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer (PCDE) is the gold-standard credential for DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering on Google Cloud. It validates that you can bootstrap a Google Cloud organization, build CI/CD pipelines, apply SRE principles, implement observability, and optimize services for performance and cost — the exact capabilities that keep modern production systems fast, reliable, and efficient. As organizations adopt SRE and DevOps at scale, certified engineers who can bridge development and operations are in serious demand and command premium salaries.

But the PCDE is genuinely challenging, and it rewards experience over memorization. You'll face 50–60 scenario-based questions in 120 minutes that ask what you'd actually do in production: how to structure a CI/CD pipeline, set an error budget policy, define SLOs, respond to an incident, or cut observability costs. Reading documentation isn't enough — you have to think like an SRE. The most reliable way to build that instinct is realistic, scenario-driven practice, which is exactly what this course delivers.

Why this certification matters

DevOps and SRE are where reliability, velocity, and cost meet, and Google Cloud's tooling — Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, GKE, and the Operations Suite — sits at the center of it. Earning the PCDE signals that you can deliver software quickly and keep it reliable, applying error budgets, SLOs, and automated incident response. It opens doors to DevOps engineer, SRE, and platform engineering roles, complements the Professional Cloud Architect path, and stays valid for three years.

What makes this course different

This is not a recycled, outdated question dump. Every question reflects the current PCDE blueprint and the real exam's "what would you do in production?" style, with realistic distractors grounded in genuine SRE trade-offs. You don't just learn the right answer — you learn the reasoning behind it: why an error budget policy beats a release freeze, when to use a canary, or how to design alerting that doesn't drown your team.

What's included

A deep bank of realistic, scenario-based practice questions across multiple full-length timed tests
Detailed, reference-backed explanations for every question, right and wrong options alike
Full coverage of all five PCDE domains, weighted to match the real blueprint
SRE- and CI/CD-focused questions that mirror real production decisions
Updated for the current 2026 blueprint and Google Cloud tooling
Performance feedback that pinpoints your weak domains before exam day

Topics covered

Bootstrapping and maintaining a Google Cloud organization — organizational structure, IAM, policies, and foundational networking and security for DevOps
Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines — Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, Artifact Registry, Terraform and infrastructure as code, automated testing, and release strategies (blue/green, canary)
Applying site reliability engineering (SRE) practices — SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, error budget policies, toil reduction, and incident response roles
Implementing service monitoring strategies — Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Cloud Trace, dashboards, and effective alerting
Optimizing service performance and cost — troubleshooting, capacity planning, and cost-aware operations

How the practice tests simulate the real exam

Each test is a full-length, timed set built to match the real 120-minute exam, so you train pacing and production-style decision-making together. Take a test, study every explanation, identify your weak domains, and retake until you're consistently scoring 85%+. For a scenario-heavy professional exam, that benchmark is your green light to book with confidence.

Benefits for learners

Walk in with proven, measured readiness instead of hope
Save the $200 fee and weeks of re-study by passing on your first attempt
Train the SRE and CI/CD reasoning the exam actually tests
Turn weak spots into strengths with explanations that actually teach
Earn a credential that opens DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering roles

Enroll today and take your first timed PCDE practice test now. Find out exactly where you stand, close your gaps, and pass the Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam on your first try.