March in the Google Skills Arcade brings a fresh set of challenges across security, AI, automation, and cloud operations. Whether you’re exploring new tools or sharpening the basics, this month’s games give you a chance to build hands-on skills while earning Arcade points.
Arcade Adventure: Security, Data, and Cloud Operations
This adventure focuses on building secure and reliable cloud environments. You’ll explore the Security Command Center, create IAM custom roles, and learn how Confidential Space helps protect sensitive workloads. Along the way, you’ll work with Datastore, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage APIs, use Terraform to manage infrastructure, and set up CI/CD pipelines on Kubernetes Engine.
Arcade Voyage: AI and Cloud Deployment
Here, the focus shifts to preparing data and deploying modern applications. You’ll clean and prepare data with Dataprep, protect sensitive information using the DLP API, and scan for vulnerabilities. The voyage also includes deploying applications with Cloud Build, GKE, App Engine Flexible, and Artifact Registry, while experimenting with AI tools like Vertex AI, Gemini, and Speech-to-Text.
Arcade Trail: Automation and Analytics
This trail highlights automation, observability, and analytics. You’ll deploy infrastructure with Terraform, explore how Cloud Logging helps monitor systems, and customize analytics experiences in Looker using Liquid. You’ll also find role-based Arcade quizzes along the way to test what you’ve learned.
Jump in, try a few challenges, and keep building new skills!
