Cloud Engineer II, Networking, Professional Services, Google Cloud

Google; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services is seeking a Cloud Engineer, Networking to guide customers through design, migration, and optimization of cloud networking on Google Cloud Platform. You will help architect secure, scalable solutions and work with product teams to share best practices.

The role is customer-facing, involves working with specialists, and requires travel up to 30%. Multiple location options include Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, and Boulder, CO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in networking, compute infrastructure (e.g., servers, databases, firewalls, load balancers) and architecting, developing, or maintaining cloud solutions in virtualized environments.
• 6 years of experience in project management and technical solution delivery.
• Experience in solution engineering, stakeholder management, professional services, or technical consulting.
• Experience writing code in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java).

Responsibilities

• Work with customers to design and implement Cloud based technical architectures, migration approaches, and application optimizations that enable business objectives.
• Propose solution architectures and manage the deployment of cloud networking solutions according to customer requirements and implementation best practices.
• Work with internal specialists, product, and engineering teams to package approaches, best practices, and lessons learned into thought leadership, methodologies, and published assets.
• Interact with sales, partners, and customer technical stakeholders to manage project scope, priorities, deliverables, risks and issues, and timelines for successful client outcomes.
• Travel up to 30% for in‑region for meetings, technical reviews, and onsite delivery activities.

Skills

Networking

Cloud infrastructure

Project management

Stakeholder management

Programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM or equivalent

Master’s degree in Engineering/CS/Business

Tools

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Job description

The application window will be open until at least July 29, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Chicago, IL, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Boulder, CO, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in networking, compute infrastructure (e.g., servers, databases, firewalls, load balancers) and architecting, developing, or maintaining cloud solutions in virtualized environments.
• 6 years of experience in project management and technical solution delivery.
• Experience in solution engineering, stakeholder management, professional services, or technical consulting.
• Experience writing code in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java).

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• Experience in scalable networking design, including high availability, redundancy, failover, and load balancing.
• Knowledge of containerization and container orchestration technologies such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Experience troubleshooting networking protocols such as TCP/IP, HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTP/S), and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
• Experience in customer-facing migration, including service discovery, assessment, planning, execution, and operations.
• Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as identity and access management, data protection, encryption, certificate and key management.

About The Job

The Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services team guides customers through the moments that matter most in their cloud journey to help businesses thrive. We help customers transform and evolve their business through the use of Google’s global network, web‑scale data centers, and software infrastructure. As part of an innovative team in this rapidly growing business, you will help shape the future of businesses of all sizes and use technology to connect with customers, employees, and partners.

As a Cloud Engineer, Networking, you will provide exceptional technical guidance to customers adopting Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. This includes providing best practices on secure foundational cloud implementations, automated provisioning of infrastructure and applications, cloud‑ready application architectures, and more. You will also provide prescriptive guidance in ensuring that customers receive the best of what GCP can offer and have the best experience in migrating, building, modernizing, and maintaining applications in GCP. Additionally, you will work closely with Product Management and Product Engineering to drive excellence in Google Cloud products and features.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise‑grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting‑edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

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

US: $152,000 - $222,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers to design and implement Cloud based technical architectures, migration approaches, and application optimizations that enable business objectives.
• Propose solution architectures and manage the deployment of cloud networking solutions according to customer requirements and implementation best practices.
• Work with internal specialists, product, and engineering teams to package approaches, best practices, and lessons learned into thought leadership, methodologies, and published assets.
• Interact with sales, partners, and customer technical stakeholders to manage project scope, priorities, deliverables, risks and issues, and timelines for successful client outcomes.
• Travel up to 30% for in‑region for meetings, technical reviews, and onsite delivery activities.

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.