Cloud SQL Infrastructure, Security, and Reliability

You'll gain the expertise to architect, secure, and optimize enterprise-grade cloud data warehouses that perform reliably at scale. This comprehensive course integrates critical infrastructure management skills—from automated resource provisioning to disaster recovery planning—preparing you for senior data engineering and platform engineering roles. You'll apply Infrastructure as Code to build production systems, implement role-based access controls to protect sensitive data, and conduct root cause analysis to prevent costly system failures. What makes this course unique is its focus on real-world operational challenges: you'll diagnose performance bottlenecks, forecast capacity requirements, and design cross-region backup strategies that meet stringent business continuity standards. By combining hands-on technical skills with strategic planning capabilities, you'll be equipped to drive both system reliability and cost optimization—competencies that are increasingly valuable as organizations scale their data operations in the cloud

• Build automated cloud data warehouses using Infrastructure as Code with role-based access controls
• Diagnose and resolve database performance issues via lock contention analysis and root cause investigations
• Design cross-region disaster recovery architectures with automated failover capabilities
• Analyze performance benchmarks and forecast capacity needs to optimize infrastructure costs

• Prior hands-on experience with core concepts covered
• Comfort applying main tools or methods independently