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Senior Network Engineer, Sovereign Operations, Public Sector

Google, Inc.

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Job Requirements

Reston, VA
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph
Career Level not specified
$150,000 - $218,000

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience with network routing protocols, design and troubleshooting, with network equipment providers, in classified environments.
  • Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience with network design, installation, and maintenance with service providers or for large enterprise networks.
  • Proficiency with one or more scripting languages.
  • Understanding of network theory, technologies, and the operation of routing protocols such as OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS.
  • Familiarity with networking equipment and data center infrastructure.
  • Ability to work in a network operations center environment.

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 a Senior Network Engineer on the Sovereign Operations team, you will design, deploy, and operate the WAN connecting Google air-gapped cloud regions and government customers. This team is driven to consistently deliver the most resilient and performant network to host critical customer workloads. As the network continues to scale, operational efficiencies are maintained by embracing the use of automation and proactive monitoring and prediction. This team's responsibility extends to the support of virtual networking services to include DNS, load balancers, and firewalls. Team members have numerous opportunities for technical growth working with advanced networking protocols, container orchestration technologies, configuration management at scale, and incident triage and resolution. Your deliverables are essential to the success of Google Public Sector and government customer missions.

Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $150,000-$218,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities
  • Engage and improve the whole life cycle of classified networks from inception and design, to qualification and validation, through deployment, operation and optimization.
  • Scale networks sustainably and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
  • Collaborate with other team members and groups to analyze requirements and proactively develop solutions and policy recommendations.
  • Partner with Google's internal application groups and design network infrastructure which meets their networking requirements.
  • Lead requirements analysis, engineering design, and solution development of Google's production network infrastructure.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have over a hundred thousand employees, and multiple divisions within the company all focused on our mission of organizing the world‘s information and making it universally accessible and useful. Google Public Sector, a Google division, plays a critical role in applying cloud technology to solve complex problems for our nation—across U.S. federal, state, and local governments, and educational institutions. We are proud to have served the U.S. public sector for many years, and are looking for cleared professionals to join our team to help us rapidly expand our services to the government, now and into the future.

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Job Category
IT - Hardware
Clearance Level
Top Secret/SCI
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Google, Inc.