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GCP-PDE

Professional Data Engineer

Google Cloud's Professional Data Engineer certification validates the ability to collect, transform, store, and deliver data for data-driven decisions; design and build robust data infrastructure optimized for performance and security; and evaluate and administer data platforms that meet business and regulatory needs.

Professional40 hoursVirtual & On-site

Learning path options

Self Study

Self-paced online study, at your own pace

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In-Person Training

On-site delivery across Qatar and the GCC

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Live Online Training

Instructor-led and delivered live online

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Why attend

  • Validates end-to-end data engineering capability, from ingestion and processing through storage and delivery
  • Confirms the ability to design data infrastructure that meets business and regulatory needs
  • Google Cloud's professional-level benchmark for data platform teams

Who should attend

  • Data engineers with 3+ years of industry experience, including 1+ year designing and managing data solutions on Google Cloud, per Google's recommendation
  • Data architects and analytics engineers building on BigQuery, Dataflow, and the wider Google data stack
  • Teams operationalizing data platforms with security and governance requirements

What you'll learn

  • Design data processing systems
  • Ingest and process the data
  • Store the data
  • Prepare and use data for analysis
  • Maintain and automate data workloads

Prerequisites

None. Google recommends 3+ years of industry experience, including 1+ year designing and managing solutions on Google Cloud.

Examination

2 hours, 40 to 50 multiple-choice and multiple-select questions, delivered online-proctored or onsite-proctored. Offered in English and Japanese.

Certification

  • Valid for 2 years; renewal eligibility opens 60 days before the expiry date
  • The certification and exam are issued by Google Cloud; DAI provides the training

Build this capability across your teams.

DAI Consultancy delivers Professional Data Engineer as a corporate cohort — in-person, virtual, or hybrid — structured around your organization's objectives.