Senior Network Engineer

Google; Thornton (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join the Network Engineering team in Thornton, CO, responsible for global production networks, capacity planning, and multi-site design. You will design high-bandwidth solutions, coordinate with partners, and help drive automation across platforms.

The role emphasizes problem solving, data analysis, and collaboration with software teams to improve reliability and efficiency of Google’s networking landscape at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/Engineering.
• 6 years of experience with network routing protocols, design and troubleshooting.
• Experience planning and designing networks across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Produce plans and designs to meet network infrastructure and capacity plans for the global production network.
• Communicate with internal business partners to collect drivers and deadlines for delivering network capacity.
• Design solutions for high-bandwidth delivery and create project plans with resource needs.
• Contribute to the automation roadmap to reduce cycle time and improve quality.
• Evolve governance policies for design generation lifecycle and handoff.

Skills

Python

Go

C++

Network routing protocols

Network design

Capacity planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Senior Network Engineer

Job Locations

Thornton, CO, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Addison, TX, USA; Reston, VA, USA.

Minimum 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.).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in one or more programming languages (Python, Go, or C++) to drive automation roadmaps and automate complex workflows.
• Experience with managing scaled capacity augment/migration projects in a computer networking environment, including data center or colocation environments.
• Experience with network system design, network architecture and technology and network infrastructure.
• Experience with forecasting, planning and design tools, workflow automation tooling and improvement.
• Experience with defining system or process requirements, building, integrating, or delivering large-scale layer 1, layer 2 or layer 3 network systems.
• Excellent problem solving, cost-benefit analysis, and data analysis skills.

About the job

Google is proud to boast a network that provides service to millions of Internet users around the world. The Network Engineering team is responsible for operating that network reliably and at scale. As a member of the team, you have a direct impact on design and feature enhancements to keep our systems running smoothly. You also ensure that network operations are safe and efficient by monitoring network performance, coordinating planned maintenance, adjusting hardware components and responding to network connectivity issues. Google's complex network generates a constant stream of challenges which require you to continually be innovative with an evolving set of technologies. Keeping the network reliable ensures that our users stay connected with our suite of applications, products and services.

As part of this team, you will help plan and design a global production network. In this role, you will be involved in capacity augments, migrations, and new technology introductions globally. You will help ensure that the network is built on time while meeting reliability and policy requirements. You will also develop network planning and design practices, processes, and tooling. Additionally, you will partner with software teams to guide the software automation roadmap, helping to improve quality and reduce cycle time for network planning and design.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what's possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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

US: $150000 - $218000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

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.

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