Professional Collaboration Engineer

A Professional Collaboration Engineer transforms business objectives into tangible configurations, policies, and security practices as they relate to users, content, and integrations. Collaboration Engineers leverage their understanding of their organization’s mail routing and identity management infrastructure to enable efficient and secure communication and data access. Operating with an engineering and solutions mindset, they use tools, programming languages, and APIs to automate workflows. They look for opportunities to educate end users and increase operational efficiency while advocating for G Suite and the Google toolset.

The Professional Collaboration Engineer exam assesses your ability to:

  • Plan and implement G Suite authorization and access
  • Manage user, resource, and Team Drive lifecycles
  • Manage mail
  • Control and configure G Suite services
  • Configure and manage endpoint access
  • Monitor organizational operations
  • Advance G Suite adoption and collaboration

    Related job roles: IT systems administrator, cloud solutions engineer, enterprise collaboration engineer, systems engineer

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    About this certification exam

  • Length: 2 hours
  • Registration fee: $200 (plus tax where applicable)
  • Languages: English, Japanese
  • Exam format: Multiple choice and multiple select, taken in person at a test center. Locate a test center near you.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Recommended experience: 3+ years of industry experience including 1+ year G Suite administration experience.

    • 1. Review the exam guide

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

    2. Training

    3. Hands-on practice

      This exam is designed to test technical skills related to the job role. In addition to being familiar with the day-to-day tasks carried out by the G Suite administrator, use the hands-on labs available on Qwiklabs to learn about G Suite integrations to level up your knowledge and skills.

      4. Additional resources

      5. Assess your knowledge

        Familiarize yourself with the types of questions that will be on the exam. Check your readiness to take this exam.

      6. Schedule your exam