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.

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Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud service

Cloud NGFW

Topic in 1 exam domain

Google Cloud's Next-Generation Firewall service that allows configuring firewall rules with geolocation objects.

Where this appears on the exam

1 objective in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 2
Ingesting and processing the data
~25% of exam
1. 2.1Planning the data pipelines
  - Networking fundamentals

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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 service

Cloud NGFW

Topic in 1 exam domain

Google Cloud's Next-Generation Firewall service that allows configuring firewall rules with geolocation objects.

Where this appears on the exam

1 objective in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 2
Ingesting and processing the data
~25% of exam
1. 2.1Planning the data pipelines
  - Networking fundamentals

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 15, 2026

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