Top Secret/SCI Cleared Systems Engineer - Public Sector

Google

Reston (VA)

On-site

USD 138,000 - 197,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Google is seeking a Systems Development Engineer to manage services at scale, focusing on automation, observability, and secure, well‑architected cloud infrastructure. You will join a team supporting United States Government customers and participate in scheduled on‑call rotations for timely issue resolution.

The role emphasizes automating mundane tasks, instrumenting data for knowledge, and mentoring junior team members while traveling up to 50% as needed.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field or equivalent practical experience.
Minimum 3 years of systems automation, with design and implementation experience.
Experience in automation and scripting in Java, Python, JavaScript, C++, Perl and Bash.
Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with current polygraph.

Responsibilities

Scale systems sustainably through automation, scripts and deployment frameworks.
Architect observability solutions and telemetry pipelines with SLIs and dashboards.
Troubleshoot complex, multi‑domain issues and develop tooling to reduce toil.
Coordinate cross‑functionally with engineering teams and vendors to integrate compute/storage.
Implement configurations to satisfy security frameworks and protect infrastructure.

Skills

Systems automation

Systems design

Scripting

Java

Python

JavaScript

C++

Perl

Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT-related field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

The role emphasizes automating mundane tasks, instrumenting data for knowledge, and mentoring junior team members while traveling up to 50% as needed.

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