Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

Run reliable services on Google Cloud with CI/CD, site reliability engineering, and observability, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam.

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Concept

software dependency

Topic in 1 exam domain

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Also called: dependencies

A piece of software that an application requires to function, such as a library or plugin.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 2
Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and machine learning workloads
~25% of exam
1. 2.4Securing the deployment pipeline
  - Software supply chain security (e.g., Binary Authorization, Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts [SLSA] framework)

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Last updated November 2, 2026

Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

Run reliable services on Google Cloud with CI/CD, site reliability engineering, and observability, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam.

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Concept

software dependency

Topic in 1 exam domain

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Also called: dependencies

A piece of software that an application requires to function, such as a library or plugin.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 2
Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and machine learning workloads
~25% of exam
1. 2.4Securing the deployment pipeline
  - Software supply chain security (e.g., Binary Authorization, Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts [SLSA] framework)

How learners score on this topic

Last updated November 2, 2026