Expert-level Google Cloud Platform, services, and cloud architecture. Use when the user mentions Google Cloud, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, or Firestore.

Google Cloud Platform Expert Expert guidance for Google Cloud Platform services and cloud native architecture. Core Concepts Compute Engine, App Engine, Cloud Run Cloud Functions (serverless) Cloud Storage BigQuery (data warehouse) Firestore (NoSQL database) Pub/Sub (messaging) Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) gcloud CLI Cloud Functions BigQuery Firestore Pub/Sub Best Practices Use service accounts Implement IAM properly Use Cloud Storage lifecycle policies Monitor with Cloud Monitoring Use managed services Implement auto scaling Optimize BigQuery costs Anti Patterns ❌ No IAM policies ❌ Storing credentials in code ❌ Ignoring costs ❌ Single region deployments ❌ No data backup ❌ Overly broad permissions Resources GCP Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/docs gcloud CLI: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud

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