Cloud Engineer II, Networking, Professional Services, Google Cloud

Google; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% bonus target

Equity

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Google is seeking a Cloud Engineer II for its Professional Services team to help customers optimize their cloud solutions. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing technical architectures and providing exceptional guidance to ensure customers have the best experience on Google Cloud Platform.

The ideal candidate will have at least 6 years of experience in networking and cloud solutions, a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, and the ability to work closely with clients and internal teams.

Qualifications

• 6 years of experience in networking, compute infrastructure, and cloud solutions.
• Experience in stakeholder management and technical consulting.
• Experience writing code in one or more programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud‑based technical architectures.
• Propose solution architectures and manage cloud networking deployments.
• Interact with customers to ensure successful project outcomes.

Skills

Networking

Cloud solutions

Project management

Programming (Python, Java)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Job description

Cloud Engineer II, Networking, Professional Services, Google Cloud

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.

US: $152000 - $222000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + 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 meetings, technical reviews, and onsite delivery activities.

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.

Equal Opportunity & Accommodation

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents‑to‑be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. We encourage you to visit Google’s EEO policy resources and let us know if you need accommodations.