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| Topic 1 | - Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture: This section evaluates the skills of cloud architects in designing infrastructures that align with both business and technical requirements. It encompasses understanding business use cases, cost optimization, application support, external system integration, data movement, and making informed design decisions. Additionally, it involves creating migration plans, integrating solutions with existing systems, and anticipating future improvements based on evolving business needs and technological advancements.
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| Topic 2 | - Managing implementation: This section assesses project managers' abilities to oversee the successful deployment of cloud solutions. It involves advising development and operations teams, understanding application development, adhering to API best practices, utilizing testing frameworks, managing data and system migrations, and interacting with Google Cloud programmatically using tools like Cloud Shell and Cloud SDK.
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| Topic 3 | - Managing and provisioning a solution infrastructure: Targeting system administrators, this section assesses the ability to configure network topologies, storage systems, and compute resources. It includes extending networks to on-premises or multi-cloud environments, ensuring security measures, managing data storage allocation, provisioning compute resources, and orchestrating infrastructure effectively.
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| Topic 4 | - Designing for security and compliance: This section focuses on security engineers' expertise in designing secure and compliant cloud solutions. It covers identity and access management, resource hierarchy structuring, data security practices like encryption and key management, separation of duties, and implementing security controls. Additionally, it addresses designing for compliance with various legislative, commercial, and industry standards, ensuring that solutions meet necessary certifications and audit requirements.
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| Topic 5 | - Ensuring solution and operations reliability: Focusing on site reliability engineers, this section evaluates the implementation of monitoring, logging, profiling, and alerting solutions to maintain operational reliability. It includes managing deployment and release processes, supporting deployed solutions, and evaluating quality control measures to ensure the robustness and reliability of cloud operations.
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