This course equips students to build highly reliable and efficient solutions on Google Cloud using proven design patterns. It is a continuation of the Architecting with Google Compute Engine or Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine courses and assumes hands-on experience with the technologies covered in either of those courses. Through a combination of presentations, design activities, and hands-on labs, participants learn to define and balance business and technical requirements to design Google Cloud deployments that are highly reliable, highly available, secure, and cost-effective. This course teaches participants the following skills: ? Apply a tool set of questions, techniques, and design considerations ? Define application requirements and express them objectively as KPIs, SLOs and SLIs ? Decompose application requirements to find the right microservice boundaries ? Leverage Google Cloud developer tools to set up modern, automated deployment pipelines ? Choose the appropriate Cloud Storage services based on application requirements ? Architect cloud and hybrid networks ? Implement reliable, scalable, resilient applications balancing key performance metrics with cost ? Choose the right Google Cloud deployment services for your applications ? Secure cloud applications, data, and infrastructure ? Monitor service level objectives and costs using Google Cloud tools Prerequisites ? Completion of prior courses in the Architecting with Google Cloud Platform Specialization, Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine or have equivalent experience ? Basic proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments ? Systems Operations experience including deploying and managing applications, either on-premises or in a public cloud environment New! CERTIFICATE COMPLETION CHALLENGE to unlock benefits from Coursera and Google Cloud Enroll and complete Cloud Engineering with Google Cloud or Cloud Architecture with Google Cloud Professional Certificate or Data Engineering with Google Cloud Professional Certificate before November 8, 2020 to receive the following benefits; => Google Cloud t-shirt, for the first 1,000 eligible learners to complete. While supplies last. > Exclusive access to Big => Interview ($950 value) and career coaching => 30 days free access to Qwiklabs ($50 value) to earn Google Cloud recognized skill badges by completing challenge quests