Senior Network Engineer, Google Global Networking
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 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 with Network Operations, Network Infrastructure, IP Network, IP Peering, Cloud Networking, IP Routing and MPLS VPN.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in one or more programming languages such as C++, Go, or Python.
- Experience with Optical Networking and Go or Python.
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 Global Network Technologies (GNT) team develops the systems, technologies and tools to support Google's global network connecting data centers and cloud regions to each other and to the users as part of Google’s Global Networking and Infrastructure organization.
The team owns relationships with external vendors for network devices in terms of the hardware and software roadmaps. The team also makes sure that these building blocks integrate seamlessly with the Google control plane, management plane, and monitoring ecosystems.
Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $156,000-$229,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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
- Drive the quantifiable analysis of measurements, or data and capacity forecast models for making networks more scalable, efficient, and deliver predictable user experience.
- Evaluate the current inefficiencies, complexities, and flaws in network systems, and propose designs, software, and processes to improve them.
- Provide a point of contact for having technical discussions on networking features with vendors and communicating decisions on prioritization to vendors.
- Review defects related to both hardware and software to understand their impact on the network, and escalate and prioritize fixes to vendors appropriately.
- Co-develop and communicate vendor roadmap to wider organization, and drive understanding and evaluation of vendor platform roadmaps in the context of Google requirements and long-term direction.
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