First-everThe 2027 State of DOAP Survey is open.Take the survey

Hyperscaler with its own certification program.

Collecting interestOwn certification · Google Cloud Certification
The DOAP Score

How well Google Cloud supports the role

AI-generated estimate44/100 · Building6 points to Scaling
  1. Protect45
  2. Change52
  3. Observe50
  4. Govern40
  5. Documentation36
  6. Data34
  7. Integrate50
  8. Support50
  9. Agents51
  10. Security33

The synopsis

AI-generated draft
  • ProtectBuilding45

    Google Cloud offers the basics of backup and restore, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • ChangeScaling52

    Solid native support for code management, staging and rollback; the practice is repeatable on Google Cloud.

  • ObserveScaling50

    Solid native support for schema monitoring and change visibility; the practice is repeatable on Google Cloud.

  • GovernBuilding40

    Google Cloud offers the basics of users, authentication and access control, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • DocumentationBuilding36

    Google Cloud offers the basics of documentation in the platform and across teams, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • DataBuilding34

    Google Cloud offers the basics of data cleansing, hygiene and integrity, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • IntegrateScaling50

    Solid native support for integrations and how they are secured; the practice is repeatable on Google Cloud.

  • SupportScaling50

    Solid native support for support from the platform and to end users; the practice is repeatable on Google Cloud.

  • AgentsScaling51

    Solid native support for using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform; the practice is repeatable on Google Cloud.

  • SecurityBuilding33

    Google Cloud offers the basics of access, secrets, audit and compliance, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for Google Cloud, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.

Steering committee and working groups

Three bodies, seats open.

The people who run Google Cloud’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.

  • Platform Steering Committee3 per platform

    Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.

    Seats open
  • Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform

    The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.

    Seats open
  • Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped

    Content and moderation within the platform’s community.

    Seats open
Express interest in a seatThe join form asks where you would serve.

Supported by its practitioners. Google Cloud has not joined as a participating platform member.

Launching 2027

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Every name on the join form counts toward Google Cloud’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.

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  1. Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join

    Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.

  2. Q1 2027Survey’s open

    The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.

  3. Summer 2027The Alliance forms

    Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.

  4. AfterCertification opens

    The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.

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