Remote Commissioning Network Engineer I

Google Fiber; United States; Remote; USD 72,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Google Fiber is seeking a Commissioning Network Engineer I for remote work in the United States. You will translate network designs into live environments, provisioning routers, switches, firewalls, and optical gear across data centers and subscriber sites.

You will perform pre-flight loads, post-deployment testing, troubleshoot turn-up issues, and ensure clean handoffs to the 24/7 NOC, coordinating with field technicians and project teams while following change control processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 2 years of network ops, deployment, field engineering, or technical support (NOC/SOC).
• Experience with IPv4/IPv6 addressing, VLANs, LACP, Static Routing, and OSPF.
• Experience staging and configuring enterprise or service-provider gear (NX-OS, Juniper Junos, Nokia SR-OS/OLT, Arista EOS).
• Experience with network utilities (Ping, Traceroute, MTR).
• Experience running Ansible playbooks or Jinja2 templates for bulk provisioning and health checks.

Responsibilities

• Device provisioning: apply baseline configurations and initialize new network elements across data centers and sites.
• Circuit and physical layer validation: perform link checks, fiber power/OTDR reviews, and throughput tests for new circuits.
• Handover documentation: complete site acceptance forms and update asset management tools.
• Integration diagnostics: resolve Level-2 commissioning failures such as misconfigured optics or VLAN issues.
• Field tech guidance: direct on-site cabling checks and equipment replacements.
• Escalation management: document and escalate issues as needed.

Skills

IPv4/IPv6 addressing

VLANs

LACP

Static Routing

OSPF

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

NX-OS

Juniper Junos

Nokia SR-OS/OLT

Arista EOS

Job description

Google Fiber is seeking a Commissioning Network Engineer I for remote work in the United States. You will translate network designs into live environments, provisioning routers, switches, firewalls, and optical gear across data centers and subscriber sites.

You will perform pre-flight loads, post-deployment testing, troubleshoot turn-up issues, and ensure clean handoffs to the 24/7 NOC, coordinating with field technicians and project teams while following change control processes.