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Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate
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Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate

Learn in-demand skills like Python, Git, and IT automation to advance your career

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4.8

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Advanced level
Designed for those already in the industry
6 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Automate tasks by writing Python scripts

  • Use Git and GitHub for version control

  • Manage IT resources at scale, both for physical machines and virtual machines in the cloud

  • Analyze real-world IT problems and implement the appropriate strategies to solve those problems

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May 2025

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Professional Certificate - 7 course series

Crash Course on Python

Crash Course on Python

Course 120 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand what Python is and why Python is relevant to automation

  • Write short Python scripts to perform automated actions

  • Understand how to use the basic Python structures: strings, lists, and dictionaries

  • Create your own Python objects

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: Data Structures
Category: Algorithms
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Problem Management
Category: Debugging
Category: Development Environment
Category: Integrated Development Environments

What you'll learn

  • Setup, configure, and use your own developer environment in Python

  • Manipulate files and processes running on the Operating System using Python

  • Understand and use regular expressions (regex), a powerful tool for processing text files

  • Know when to choose Bash or Python, and create small scripts using Bash

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: Operating Systems
Category: File Management
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Linux Commands
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Scripting
Category: Automation
Category: Bash (Scripting Language)
Category: Unix
Category: Shell Script
Category: Unix Commands
Category: OS Process Management
Category: Unix Shell
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Debugging
Category: Scripting Languages
Category: Development Environment

What you'll learn

  • Understand why version control is a fundamental tool for coding and collaboration

  • Install and run Git on your local machine

  • Use and interact with GitHub

  • Collaborate with others through remote repositories

Skills you'll gain

Category: GitHub
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Code Review
Category: Issue Tracking
Category: Debugging
Category: Software Versioning
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Version Control
Category: Software Engineering Tools
Category: Software Development Tools

What you'll learn

  • Analyze real-world IT problems and implement the appropriate strategies to solve those problems

  • Demonstrate techniques to quickly find and solve the root cause of problems in IT infrastructure

  • Understand the root cause for problems related to speed, crashes, or exhausted resources in your computer

  • Identify the most common pitfalls of your code and how to fix them

Skills you'll gain

Category: Debugging
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Technical Documentation
Category: System Support
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Problem Management
Category: Incident Management
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Scripting
Category: Technical Communication
Category: Technical Support
Category: Application Performance Management

What you'll learn

  • Understand the benefits of configuration management and infrastructure as code

  • Create and maintain containers with Docker and Kubernetes to create efficient and safe application deployment

  • Automatically deploy new virtual machines running in the Cloud

  • Deploy changes in a safe manner following CICD principles

Skills you'll gain

Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Puppet (Configuration Management Tool)
Category: Debugging
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Scalability
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Configuration Management
Category: CI/CD
Category: Containerization
Category: Kubernetes
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Docker (Software)
Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: DevOps
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Automation

What you'll learn

  • Use Python external libraries to create and modify documents, images, and messages

  • Understand and use Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to interact with web services

  • Understand and use data serialization to send messages between running programs

  • Build a solution using the skills you have learned

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: Scripting
Category: Automation
Category: Restful API
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Debugging
Category: Web Services
Category: JSON
Category: Maintainability
Category: Image Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Uncover your skills and explore new career possibilities, with support from tools like Career Dreamer.

  • Keep your applications organized with Google Sheets.

  • Build a stand out resume and a step-by-step job search plan—with help from Gemini.

  • Prepare for interviews and practice responding to questions using NotebookLM and Gemini Live.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Applicant Tracking Systems
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Communication
Category: Interviewing Skills
Category: Personal Attributes
Category: Professional Development
Category: Problem Solving
Category: Generative AI

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