Staff Network Engineer, Global Network Operations

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.).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* 5 years of experience in a networking environment, serving in an engineering

or operations capacity.

* Experience in planning and designing networks across multiple sites and for

various products.

* Experience in driving projects related to network scaling, network build and

optimization, routing protocol design and optimization, optical networking,

incident management, and data analysis.

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.

Global Network Operations is the team responsible for the reliability,

availability, and optimization of the Google Global Network Underlay. Team

members solve problems that drive the performance Google needs under our

explosive growth. We operate one of the largest planetary networks to ever

exist, which presents reliability challenges that must evolve as our customer

base evolves.

This role will focus on network health and performance, as well as the expansion

and optimization of telemetry signal processing and automated workflow design.

You will work to increase productivity in our incident management and repair

processes, identify AI and automation opportunities to increase productivity in

network health optimization, and design robust solutions to network scaling

challenges. You will work in a heavily matrixed environment across operations,

engineering, dev and SRE to solve critical network scaling issues and drive

reliability SLO to and above customer requirements across the global footprint.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google

customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and

Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our

customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users

worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering

the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing

power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable

developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping

the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the

development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking,

Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $176000 - $257000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

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

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Define network health standards and policies, measures, and optimization

opportunities to drive high reliability.

* Collaborate with a wide variety of internal teams to represent and advocate

operational network needs as well as successfully implement plans.

* Coordinate between various cross-functional teams, set clear expectations

about responsibilities, communicate with stakeholders, and measure success.

* Identify problems and drive cross-functional solutions at scale across our

wider operations organization, increasing operational efficiency. Identify

design optimization opportunities and specify requirements into development

organizations for improved network performance and resiliency.

* Lead network health results delivery and reviews. Drive efficient process

improvement on how Google Networking manages network risk. Drive

cross-functional collaboration on risk mitigation.