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

Concept

continuous integration and continuous deployment

Topic in 2 exam domains

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Also called: CI/CD

A pipeline mechanism used to automate the application build and deployment process.

Where this appears on the exam

2 subdomains in 2 of 5 domains

Domain 1
Designing data processing systems
~22% of exam
1. 1.1Designing for security and compliance
  - Multi-environment use cases (development vs. production)
Domain 4
Preparing and using data for analysis
~15% of exam
1. 4.3Sharing data
  - Publishing reports and visualizations

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 24, 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

Concept

continuous integration and continuous deployment

Topic in 2 exam domains

X LinkedIn Facebook Reddit

Also called: CI/CD

A pipeline mechanism used to automate the application build and deployment process.

Where this appears on the exam

2 subdomains in 2 of 5 domains

Domain 1
Designing data processing systems
~22% of exam
1. 1.1Designing for security and compliance
  - Multi-environment use cases (development vs. production)
Domain 4
Preparing and using data for analysis
~15% of exam
1. 4.3Sharing data
  - Publishing reports and visualizations

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 24, 2026