Staff Network Engineer, Google Distributed Cloud

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with network routing protocols, design and troubleshooting, with network equipment providers.
• Experience with planning and designing networks (e.g., multiple sites, multiple products, etc.).
• Experience in configuring data center and service provider routers, switches, and firewalls.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in one or more programming languages such as C , Go, or Python.
• Experience in high-volume, high-availability network technologies.
• Experience with metrics, forecasting, planning, and developing organizational roadmaps and direction.
• Knowledge of networking technologies and protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, Multicast, ISIS/OSPF, DNS, DHCP, RADIUS, 802.1x).
• Ability to work collaboratively with individuals locally and globally across multiple disciplines.

About the job

Google is proud to boast a network that provides service to millions of Internet users around the world. The Network Engineering team is responsible for operating that network reliably and at scale. As a member of the team, you have a direct impact on design and feature enhancements to keep our systems running smoothly. You also ensure that network operations are safe and efficient by monitoring network performance, coordinating planned maintenance, adjusting hardware components and responding to network connectivity issues. Google's complex network generates a constant stream of challenges which require you to continually be innovative with an evolving set of technologies. Keeping the network reliable ensures that our users stay connected with our suite of applications, products and services.

The Google Distributed Cloud Platform Network Engineering team consists of Network Engineers and architects designing the private network fabric using underlay and overlay network technologies that connects every GDC service together in air-gapped deployments. This involves collaboration with Network Automation Engineers and Network Engineers seeing their designs from start-to-finish, ensuring that designs arrive fully supported, validated, and observable. The team is composed of experts in physical and virtual networking that work in delivering network designs that connect private kubernetes clusters to the data center.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $168,000-$252,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for projects to increase stability of the network, enhance scalability, efficiency and quality of network deployments.
• Produce analysis, efficiency and stability improvements, help in building roadmaps, scoping and planning at regional and global level.
• Assist the team in consulting with customer options available from the service catalog as well as provide feedback into Network, Engineering, Automation, and Operations organizations for future service enhancements.
• Ensure delivery of multi-vendor networks across various platforms and technologies, collaborate with other engineers and project managers to design, build, and turnover deployments to operations.
• Drive the engineering design, solution development, and functional/requirement analysis related to planning, design, installation, and implementation of GDC infrastructure.