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Agentic Infrastructure for the Autonomous Enterprise on Google Cloud
This course provides a technical guide to enable Solution Architects to shift from building isolated chatbots to deploying persistent, Gemini Enterprise-enabled AI workers on Google Cloud....
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$900USD
Duration
3 hours
Course Code
GCP-AIAEGC-CS
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Overview
Course Description
This course provides a technical guide to enable Solution Architects to shift from building isolated chatbots to deploying persistent, Gemini Enterprise-enabled AI workers on Google Cloud. Participants will master agentic memory design, API-driven tool orchestration, and infrastructure governance using the Google Cloud Agent Platform—including the Vertex AI Reasoning Engine for persistent state management and Agent Extensions for departmental integration. Learners will move beyond "Instructional Hope" to technical enforcement, building the "Paved Road" required to orchestrate multi-agent fleets and secure non-human identities.
Skills Gained
- Diagnose Agency Gaps: Strip out "Track A" conversational habits and map structural frictions.
- Architect the Engine: Deploy persistent, context-aware reasoning loops inside the Build Tier.
- Secure the Perimeter: Enforce Zero Trust patterns and runtime protections via the Govern Tier.
- Scale the Fleet: Mitigate reasoning drift and measure ROI using the Optimize & Scale Tiers.
Who Can Benefit
- Enterprise Architects: Who need to build a scalable, secure backbone for persistent, Gemini Enterprise-enabled AI workers.
- Systems Integrators: Tasked with connecting AI to legacy ERP/CRM data via secure, cross-departmental tool orchestration using the Google Cloud Agent Platform.
- IT Directors: Who need to move from "Project Thinking" to "Platform Thinking" to manage a global fleet of autonomous agents while maintaining governance and scalability.
Prerequisites
- Completion of Organizing for AI Success.
- Foundational knowledge of Google Cloud (VPC, IAM, Cloud Run).
- Helpful to be familiar with: Python basics, REST API structures, and RAG concepts
Course Details
Course Details
The Shift to Agency
- Analyze the "Agency Gap" by diagnosing the functional intersection of Reasoning, Memory, and Tools with Data Governance to move from Track A (Chat) to Track B (Workers).
- Diagnose the four technical frictions (Integration, Statelessness, Latency, and Governance) that prevent AI pilots from scaling into production.
- Evaluate infrastructure readiness using the L1–L5 Maturity Scale to prioritize "Paved Road" investments for Level 4+ autonomy.
Building the "Paved Road"
- Apply the Vertex AI SDK and Vertex AI Reasoning Engine to standardize agent deployment and manage persistent conversation state.
- Evaluate the trade-offs between AlloyDB and Vertex AI Vector Search to select the optimal storage layer for metadata-heavy vs. high-scale agents.
- Apply specific orchestration patterns (Hub-and-Spoke, Linear Relay, or Parallel Critic) to manage complex, multi-departmental goals.
- Design an agentic deployment arc from Sandbox to Certified production to ensure infrastructure precedes autonomous action.
The Autonomous Perimeter
- Apply agentic threat modeling to identify and mitigate risks like Indirect Prompt Injection and Tool-Chaining exploits.
- Apply a three-layer identity model using Workload Identity Federation to ensure "Least Privilege" for autonomous workers.
- Apply Model Armor as a real-time security proxy to filter malicious inputs and redact sensitive output data.
- Analyze Responsible AI production requirements to embed accountability, traceability, and "Human-in-the-Loop" checkpoints within the Autonomous Perimeter.
Sustaining Autonomy
- Analyze platform ROI by shifting from vanity metrics to Infrastructure Leverage Ratios and Component Reusability to prove the value of the "Paved Road."
- Apply a continuous feedback loop using Golden Datasets and reasoning traces to detect and remediate "Reasoning Drift."
- Apply the "Innovation Harvest" methodology to scale successful siloed tools into global, certified Gemini Enterprise assets.
Summary and Quiz
Review of Core Concepts
- Evaluate understanding of core course concepts through scenario-based questions.
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