Network Design Engineer - Automation & Capacity Planning

Google; Addison (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 218,000; Full time

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Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to plan and design the global production network, coordinating capacity augments, migrations, and new technology introductions. You will partner with software teams to drive automation roadmaps and improve network reliability across multiple sites and product areas.

The role focuses on scalable network design, performance monitoring, and capacity planning, with opportunities to influence tooling and processes that support Google’s vast infrastructure.

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.).

Responsibilities

• Produce plans and designs to meet network infrastructure and capacity plans for the global production network in line with established standards and product service level objectives (SLO), and help establish a proper balance of capital expenditures (CapEx) and operational expenditures (OpEx).
• Communicate with internal business partners to collect drivers and deadlines for delivering network capacity.
• Design solutions for high‑bandwidth network delivery, creating project plans that identify resource needs and key paths, while incorporating New Product Introduction (NPI) solutions and ensuring toolset and process readiness.
• Contribute to the automation roadmap to reduce cycle time and improve quality and consistency.
• Evolve business processes governing the design generation lifecycle (including input gathering, validation, publication, and handoff), specifically defining the governing policies.

Skills

Networking design

Routing protocols

Network troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Python

Go

C++

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to plan and design the global production network, coordinating capacity augments, migrations, and new technology introductions. You will partner with software teams to drive automation roadmaps and improve network reliability across multiple sites and product areas.

The role focuses on scalable network design, performance monitoring, and capacity planning, with opportunities to influence tooling and processes that support Google’s vast infrastructure.