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Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

PCDE
Google Cloudprofessional

Quick Answer

Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer is a professional certification from Google Cloud that costs $200 and takes 120–180 hours to prepare for. The Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer validates the ability to build and implement DevOps practices on Google Cloud — CI/CD pipelines, SRE principles, service monitoring, incident management, and infrastructure automation using Cloud Build, Terraform, and Google Cloud operations tools.

Exam Cost
$200
Questions
60
Duration
120 min
Passing Score
Pass/Fail
Valid
2 years

Exam details are sourced from official vendor documentation. Some vendors do not publish passing scores publicly. Always verify current requirements at the official exam page before registering.

Last verified: April 2026

About This Certification

The Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer validates the ability to build and implement DevOps practices on Google Cloud — CI/CD pipelines, SRE principles, service monitoring, incident management, and infrastructure automation using Cloud Build, Terraform, and Google Cloud operations tools.

Who It's For

DevOps engineers, SREs, and platform engineers with GCP experience who are implementing reliability and delivery practices at scale. Requires Associate Cloud Engineer and DevOps domain experience.

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