Network Operations Engineer, University Graduate

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering or Telecom Engineering, a related

technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

* Experience working with field operation technicians, engineers, contractors,

or vendors in a telecommunications environment.

* Experience performing local area network (LAN) switching and executing the

standard method of procedures (MOPs) for fault isolation and diagnostics.

* Experience working directly within a network operations environment

performing incident response and working with networking technologies

(TCP/IP) and core routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, or ISIS).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Experience with advanced network virtualization and overlay technologies,

including MPLS VPN and Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN).

* Experience in one or more of the following disciplines: layer 1 optical

transmissions systems, layer 3 routing TCP/IP, wireless networking, network

design, or operations.

* Experience in the configuration and troubleshooting of enterprise-grade Wi-Fi

standards and infrastructure, with coordinating alongside internet service

providers (ISPs).

* Knowledge of core network services and security protocols, including IPSec,

GRE, DHCP, DNS, and RADIUS.

* Familiarity with major network vendor platforms (e.g., Cisco, Juniper,

Arista, Palo Alto) and basic network automation or scripting capabilities.

ABOUT THE JOB:

As a Network Implementation Engineer, you will be the initial point of our

efforts to execute deployment, maintenance, and operations of private data

networks worldwide. You will work with Technical Program Managers, Network

Engineers, Design and Infrastructure Engineers, Field Engineers within Google,

as well as construction and telecommunications vendors and contractors, all to

position your team and organization for success.

You will facilitate faster, better, and more efficient, positive outcomes for

the business and our customers. Your objective will be to build the world’s most

reliable, cost-effective and scalable network to support all of our current and

future customers and users globally.

Google's network provides services to millions of Internet users around the

world. Our metros are on the edge of our network where Google connects to its

users. The Network Team is responsible for operating that network reliably and

at scale. Our team owns the full life cycle of all space, power, and network

assets in all of Google’s data centers and metro points of presence globally.

From the foundation, we are involved from site acquisition to construction and

are accountable for what space and power is delivered. We're involved in every

facet of network delivery from architecture and design to installation,

configuration, activation, and commissioning.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $104000 - $149000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Monitor network dashboards and alerting systems (e.g., incident response

management (IRM) for anomalies, perform initial triage to classify severity,

and act on alerts within defined service level objective (SLOs).

* Troubleshoot and resolve low to moderate complexity network incidents

affecting wired/wireless networks, routing, switching, and firewalls by

following standard operating procedures (SOPs).

* Implement routine network changes, such as port configurations, virtual local

area network (VLAN) assignments, and software updates, following approved

change requests (CRs) and performing pre- and post-change verifications.

* Maintain network diagrams, manage user-reported tickets, coordinate with

vendors/internet service provider (ISPs), and escalate high-impact issues to

executive engineers with detailed diagnostic information.