Emulation Lab Automation Engineer

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Systems Development Engineer to manage and scale our emulation lab IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, and security systems. You will automate operations, develop tools, and contribute to observability to reduce toil and improve reliability.

The role emphasizes building next-generation solutions, maintaining services at Google-scale, and collaborating across teams. Strong Linux and scripting skills, plus cloud design experience, are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT-related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience with IT operations, Linux administration, and scripting.
• 5 years of experience with Linux operating systems internals and administration.
• 5 years of experience in IT infrastructure management in an emulation lab or high-performance computing environment.
• 5 years of experience with one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash).
• 5 years of experience with Cloud systems design.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain the emulation lab's IT infrastructure and manage vendor relationships for hardware, software, and support agreements.
• Explore, gather team feedback on, and implement new emulation workflows and methodologies.
• Automate systems management with code to streamline operations, propose process improvements, and reduce support toil.
• Monitor production distributed infrastructure, participate in on-call rotations, and troubleshoot advanced technical issues within a large-scale Linux environment.

Skills

IT operations

Linux administration

Scripting

Python

Bash

Cloud design

Emulation lab

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google is seeking a Systems Development Engineer to manage and scale our emulation lab IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, and security systems. You will automate operations, develop tools, and contribute to observability to reduce toil and improve reliability.

The role emphasizes building next-generation solutions, maintaining services at Google-scale, and collaborating across teams. Strong Linux and scripting skills, plus cloud design experience, are essential.