It just got easier to prove your expertise in building production-ready agents. Today, Google Cloud is introducing the Professional Agentic Architect certificationas the latest milestone in our Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) initiative. Nearly one million developers are using GEAR to skill up on agents, but what makes this particular certification so special is its adoption within Google’s walls.
Over the past four months, Google Cloud has trained thousands of forward deployed engineers and strategic partners on our own advanced curriculum. Originally built as an internal training initiative, we are now opening it up to the entire developer community and partner ecosystem through this new certification.
As the VP who manages our forward-deployed engineers here at Google Cloud (Ravi) and the managing director of Google Cloud learning (Gary), we’ve seen just how effective this program has been inside Google at helping our teams rethink the way they build, deploy, and use AI in everyday in almost every way. We’re equally about what this new certification can bring to everyone — developers, engineers, and anyone else ready to demonstrate their agentic leadership.
A new hybrid format to validate your real-world skills
This is not a traditional multiple choice exam. Google has introduced a new hybrid format that requires you to prove both conceptual know-how and hands-on execution.
- Part 1 (The multiple choice proctored exam): Evaluates your system design choices, architectural standards, cost optimization, and security governance.
Part 1 (The multiple choice proctored exam): Evaluates your system design choices, architectural standards, cost optimization, and security governance.
- Part 2 (Hands-on labs on Google Skills): Puts you in an active cloud environment to build, test, and debug live agentic workflows.
Part 2 (Hands-on labs on Google Skills): Puts you in an active cloud environment to build, test, and debug live agentic workflows.
Why earning this certification can help advance your career
As enterprises look to find top AI talent, this certification immediately signals that you have the advanced skills necessary to design secure, governed, and high-performance multi-agent systems.
Our research with Ipsos on AI skill building shows that certifications drive more recruiter outreach: 82% of learners using Google Skills say that mentioning Google Cloud certifications on their resume drives more recruiter responses.
And it’s not just about getting the call — it’s about being able to answer it. That same research showed that 90% of cloud professionals say credentials like Google Cloud certifications give them the verified know-how needed to fill in-demand roles.
What’s covered on the exam
The certification validates your proficiency across five key domains:
- Build agents using low-code tools (democratizing rapid agent prototyping).
Build agents using low-code tools (democratizing rapid agent prototyping).
- Use coding agents for application development (supercharging your coding productivity).
Use coding agents for application development (supercharging your coding productivity).
- Develop custom agents on the Gemini platform with open source frameworks.
Develop custom agents on the Gemini platform with open source frameworks.
- Evaluate and deploy agentic workflows (monitoring, optimizing, and ensuring performance).
Evaluate and deploy agentic workflows (monitoring, optimizing, and ensuring performance).
- Secure and govern agentic workflows (protecting sensitive enterprise data and ensuring model safety).
Secure and govern agentic workflows (protecting sensitive enterprise data and ensuring model safety).
Battle-tested by thousands of Google Cloud engineers and partners — now available to you
Enterprise demand for agentic workloads has skyrocketed. As our customers move past AI prompting and run their most business critical workloads on Google Cloud, we’ve built our own team that delivers the agentic future with them — at scale. Google Cloud partners and Google’s forward deployed engineers are embedded directly with customers around the world and are prepared to solve deep technical challenges because of this rigorous curriculum and certification.
While building our forward-deployed engineering program, we wanted to standardize training and upskilling for customers, Google Cloud partners, and our own engineers with the Professional Agentic Architect certification. This ensures our own teams are using the same world-class standards that we recommend to our customers and partners, allowing us to learn from each other and sharpen our skills together.
Skill up for your certification at no cost today
- Register for Gemini Agent Ready to get access to 35 free monthly learning credits on Google Skills. For Google Cloud customers, Get Certified provides a cohort-based, guided certification journey at no cost.
Register for Gemini Agent Ready to get access to 35 free monthly learning credits on Google Skills. For Google Cloud customers, Get Certified provides a cohort-based, guided certification journey at no cost.
- For Google Cloud partners, register for Partner Certification Kickstart and review the partner learning path.
For Google Cloud partners, register for Partner Certification Kickstart and review the partner learning path.
- Review the exam guide, learning path and sample questions.
Review the exam guide, learning path and sample questions.
- Get hands-on with Google Skills labs and preparation modules to get comfortable developing custom agents on Gemini platform with open source frameworks.
Get hands-on with Google Skills labs and preparation modules to get comfortable developing custom agents on Gemini platform with open source frameworks.
- Register for the multiple-choice exam, complete the hands-on lab requirements, and claim your digital badge to showcase your expertise to the world.
Register for the multiple-choice exam, complete the hands-on lab requirements, and claim your digital badge to showcase your expertise to the world.
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