Professional Data Engineer

Build and operate the data processing systems behind analytics and ML on Google Cloud, including BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub, and track your readiness for the Professional Data Engineer exam.

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud feature

ALTS

Topic in 2 exam domains

An authentication and transport security library integrated into RPC libraries that provides service credentials for authenticating workloads.

Where this appears on the exam

2 objectives in 2 of 5 domains

Domain 2
Ingesting and processing the data
~25% of exam
1. 2.1Planning the data pipelines
  - Data encryption
Domain 3
Storing the data
~20% of exam
1. 3.2Planning for using a data warehouse
  - Mapping business requirements

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 15, 2026

Professional Data Engineer

Build and operate the data processing systems behind analytics and ML on Google Cloud, including BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub, and track your readiness for the Professional Data Engineer exam.

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud feature

ALTS

Topic in 2 exam domains

An authentication and transport security library integrated into RPC libraries that provides service credentials for authenticating workloads.

Where this appears on the exam

2 objectives in 2 of 5 domains

Domain 2
Ingesting and processing the data
~25% of exam
1. 2.1Planning the data pipelines
  - Data encryption
Domain 3
Storing the data
~20% of exam
1. 3.2Planning for using a data warehouse
  - Mapping business requirements

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 15, 2026