Skill Profile

Google Cloud Platform

GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Spanner, Cloud Storage, IAM

Cloud & Infrastructure Cloud Providers

Roles

where this skill appears

Levels

structured growth path

Mandatory requirements

the other 0 optional

Cloud & Infrastructure

Cloud Providers

3/17/2026

Choose your current level and compare expectations. The items below show what to cover to advance to the next level.

What is Expected at Each Level

The table shows how skill depth grows from Junior to Principal. Click a row to see details.

Role	Required	Description
Cloud Engineer	Required	Understands core GCP services: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC, and IAM. Uses gcloud CLI for basic resource provisioning. Follows project structure and labeling conventions.
Platform Engineer	Required	Understands GCP platform services: GKE, Cloud Run, and Cloud Build. Configures basic infrastructure using Terraform with GCP provider. Works with Artifact Registry and Cloud Logging.

Role	Required	Description
Cloud Engineer	Required	Independently configures and manages Google Cloud Platform. Writes IaC for common tasks. Understands networking and security basics.
Platform Engineer	Required	Independently configures and manages Google Cloud Platform. Writes IaC for typical tasks. Understands networking and security basics.

Role	Required	Description
Cloud Engineer	Required	Designs infrastructure solutions with Google Cloud Platform. Optimizes cost and performance. Introduces best practices and security hardening.
Platform Engineer	Required	Designs infrastructure solutions with Google Cloud Platform. Optimizes cost and performance. Implements best practices and security hardening.

Role	Required	Description
Cloud Engineer	Required	Defines infrastructure strategy with Google Cloud Platform. Establishes IaC standards. Conducts architecture review. Optimizes FinOps.
Platform Engineer	Required	Defines infrastructure strategy with Google Cloud Platform. Establishes IaC standards. Conducts architecture reviews. Optimizes FinOps.

Role	Required	Description
Cloud Engineer	Required	Defines GCP strategy in multi-cloud architecture: BigQuery for analytics, GKE Autopilot for Kubernetes, Anthos for hybrid cloud. Designs GCP integration with AWS/Azure, evaluates GCP advantages for ML/AI workloads and data-intensive applications.
Platform Engineer	Required	Defines GCP usage strategy in multi-cloud platform: GKE Autopilot, BigQuery for analytics, Cloud Run for serverless. Designs inter-cloud connectivity and workload portability. Evaluates GCP-specific capabilities (Anthos, Config Connector) for extending IDP capabilities.

Junior 2 requirements

Cloud Engineer
Required

Understands core GCP services: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC, and IAM. Uses gcloud CLI for basic resource provisioning. Follows project structure and labeling conventions.
Platform Engineer
Required

Understands GCP platform services: GKE, Cloud Run, and Cloud Build. Configures basic infrastructure using Terraform with GCP provider. Works with Artifact Registry and Cloud Logging.

Middle 2 requirements

Cloud Engineer
Required

Independently configures and manages Google Cloud Platform. Writes IaC for common tasks. Understands networking and security basics.
Platform Engineer
Required

Independently configures and manages Google Cloud Platform. Writes IaC for typical tasks. Understands networking and security basics.

Senior 2 requirements

Cloud Engineer
Required

Designs infrastructure solutions with Google Cloud Platform. Optimizes cost and performance. Introduces best practices and security hardening.
Platform Engineer
Required

Designs infrastructure solutions with Google Cloud Platform. Optimizes cost and performance. Implements best practices and security hardening.

Lead / Staff 2 requirements

Cloud Engineer
Required

Defines infrastructure strategy with Google Cloud Platform. Establishes IaC standards. Conducts architecture review. Optimizes FinOps.
Platform Engineer
Required

Defines infrastructure strategy with Google Cloud Platform. Establishes IaC standards. Conducts architecture reviews. Optimizes FinOps.

Principal 2 requirements

Cloud Engineer
Required

Defines GCP strategy in multi-cloud architecture: BigQuery for analytics, GKE Autopilot for Kubernetes, Anthos for hybrid cloud. Designs GCP integration with AWS/Azure, evaluates GCP advantages for ML/AI workloads and data-intensive applications.
Platform Engineer
Required

Defines GCP usage strategy in multi-cloud platform: GKE Autopilot, BigQuery for analytics, Cloud Run for serverless. Designs inter-cloud connectivity and workload portability. Evaluates GCP-specific capabilities (Anthos, Config Connector) for extending IDP capabilities.

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