Senior Network Engineer, Sovereign Operations, Public Sector

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.

As a Senior Network Engineer on the Sovereign Operations team, you will design, deploy, and operate the WAN connecting Google air-gapped cloud regions and government customers. This team is driven to consistently deliver the most resilient and performant network to host critical customer workloads. As the network continues to scale, operational efficiencies are maintained by embracing the use of automation and proactive monitoring and prediction. This team's responsibility extends to the support of virtual networking services to include DNS, load balancers, and firewalls. Team members have numerous opportunities for technical growth working with advanced networking protocols, container orchestration technologies, configuration management at scale, and incident triage and resolution. Your deliverables are essential to the success of Google Public Sector and government customer missions.

Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $150000 - $217000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Engage and improve the whole life cycle of classified networks from inception and design, to qualification and validation, through deployment, operation and optimization. • Scale networks sustainably and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity. • Collaborate with other team members and groups to analyze requirements and proactively develop solutions and policy recommendations. • Partner with Google’s internal application groups and design network infrastructure which meets their networking requirements. • Lead requirements analysis, engineering design, and solution development of Google’s production network infrastructure.