Registration for the new Professional Agentic Architect beta certification will open on September 3! Review the exam guide.

Professional Agentic Architect

A Google Cloud Certified Professional Agentic Architect is a technical practitioner who designs and manages autonomous, AI-driven agentic workflows in Google Cloud. This individual is an experienced developer or architect who builds agentic solutions while considering reliability, performance, cost, security, and scalability. This individual has deep experience utilizing large language models (LLMs), applying agent design patterns, writing code, and integrating data sources in Google Cloud.

The Professional Agentic Architect certification assesses your ability to:

  • Build agents using low-code tools
  • Use coding agents for application development
  • Develop custom agents
  • Evaluate and deploy agentic workflows
  • Secure and govern agentic workflows

To validate these real-world capabilities, the certification will consist of two parts:

  • A proctored multiple-choice exam to assess conceptual knowledge, system design choices, and architectural standards delivered by Pearson

  • Hands-on labs to validate hands-on execution and coding ability taken in Google Skills


About this beta certification

Beta certification exams are newly developed assessments. We gather performance statistics on the questions and use these statistics to create the certification standards for the final certification. Beta participants will be notified of their results 4-6 weeks after both the exam window and lab window are closed. You can pass the beta or GA certification to become a Google Cloud Certified - Professional Agentic Architect.

Why beta?

  • Take the first step towards becoming Google Cloud Certified - Professional Agentic Architect
  • Save 40% on the cost of certification
  • Vouchers are accepted for beta exam attempts
  • Beta exam attempts do not count toward the total number of allowable exam attempts
  • Refer to our FAQs for more details.

Beta exam details

Length: 3 hours

Registration fee: $120 (40% discount on retail price of $200 USD) (plus tax where applicable)

Language: English

Exam format: ~80 multiple choice questions

Exam delivery method: Online-proctored or onsite-proctored

Validity period: 1 year

Prerequisites: None

Recommended experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience building, testing, deploying, and managing cloud solutions including 1+ years building agentic solutions using Google Cloud

Preparing for your exam

Step 1: Get real world experience

Before attempting the Agentic Architect exam, we recommend that you have 3+ years of hands-on experience building, testing, deploying, and managing cloud solutions including 1+ years building agentic solutions using Google Cloud

Get started with free usage of over 20 products, including BigQuery and Compute Engine, up to monthly limits. Plus, new Google Cloud customers get $300 in free credits on signup.

Step 2: Understand what's on the exam

The Professional Agentic Architect exam guide contains a complete list of topics that may be included on the certification. Review the exam guide to determine if your skills align with the topics on the certification.

Step 3: Round out your skills with training

Prepare for the exam by exploring online training, in-person classes, hands-on labs, and other resources from Google Cloud.

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Step 4: Schedule an exam

Register and select the option to take the exam remotely or at a nearby testing center.

Step 5: Complete labs in Google Skills

Information about completing labs in Google Skills will be shared with all beta participants. You must complete both the exam and labs to earn the certification.