Senior Control Systems Networking Engineer, Data Center Technology Systems

Google; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Ireland, Dublin, is seeking an experienced Data Center Control Engineer to lead OT networking and infrastructure projects across global data centers. You will design, test, and implement secure networking solutions for industrial control systems, contributing to reliable, scalable, and energy-efficient facilities.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, review new infrastructure initiatives, and drive lifecycle from design through deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS or related field.
• 5 years of experience managing the technical design and implementation of OT infrastructure and networking.
• Experience in industrial control system architecture for network segmentation, and standard protocols (e.g., BACnet, Modbus, OPC, IEC 61850).

Responsibilities

• Develop scope and requirements for networking initiatives to drive design, implementation, testing of secure OT solutions.
• Review new control system infrastructure initiatives, embedding networking requirements into lifecycle from design to deployment.
• Serve as technical liaison between cross-functional teams to resolve complex design and deployment challenges.
• Perform sustaining and lifecycle activities for networking solutions and OT components.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement to mature the OT environment and reduce risk.

Skills

OT networking

industrial control systems

network segmentation

SCADA/HMI

systems administration

electrical knowledge

mechanical knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

PLC

Modbus

BACnet

IEC 61850

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: London, UK; Dublin, Ireland; Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience managing the technical design and implementation of OT infrastructure and networking.
• Experience in industrial control system architecture as it pertains to network segmentation, standard protocols (e.g., BACnet, Modbus, OPC, IEC 61850), and system administration.
• Experience in industrial control system hardware (e.g., PLCs, relays, IEDs, IO modules) and networking layer integration.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of, or experience in electrical and mechanical systems.
• Knowledge of, or experience in data center infrastructure/critical infrastructure.
• Ability to generate technical product specifications/requirements, conceptual schematics, and system architecture drawings to drive control networking system projects.

About The Job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).

To support delivering AI and Infrastructure at an unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity, the Data Center Control Engineering team takes the control/networking design of our data centers into the future. Our team mirrors a research and product development department where cutting-edge designs/strategies are incubated, developed and productized for construction.

In this role, you will take on complex OT networking and infrastructure challenges to develop new technologies, and optimize processes to further increase our networking posture and networking infrastructure across products.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Ireland: €110000 - €112000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Netherlands: €114000 - €116000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Develop scope, requirements for networking initiatives to drive the design, implementation, testing of secure, and resilient operational technology (OT) security solutions. Perform design document development, implementation and lab and on-site testing of networking solutions.
• Perform technical review of new control system infrastructure initiatives, embedding networking requirements into the lifecycle from initial design, testing to deployment.
• Serve as a technical liaison and collaborate between cross-functional teams to resolve complex design, integration, and deployment challenges in mission-critical environments.
• Perform sustaining and life cycling activities during pre and post deployment, and operations for networking solutions and OT infrastructure components (e.g., SCADA/HMI servers, clients, software).
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and maturation of the OT environment to drive risk reduction.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .