Minimum qualifications:
- Experience troubleshooting, diagnosing, maintaining, and monitoring computers
- Experience with operating systems and networking protocols
- Experience working and partnering with teams
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in maintenance and monitoring of (server) systems.
- Experience working within a data center or networking operation center environment
- Ability to collaborate and partner with people and teams to overcome challenges
- Experience with SQL and PLX
- Experience with networking protocols
- Experience with light coding (e.g., Golang, Python, etc.) or scripting (e.g., Bash, etc.)
About the job
Google isn’t just a software company. The Hardware Operations team is responsible for monitoring the state-of-the-art physical infrastructure behind Google’s powerful search technology. As an Operations Technician, you’ll install, configure, test, troubleshoot and maintain hardware (like servers and its components) and server software (like Google’s Linux cluster). You’ll also take on the configuration of more complex components such as networks, routers, hubs, bridges, switches and networking protocols. You’ll participate in or lead small project teams on larger installations and develop project contingency plans. A typical day involves manual movement and installation of racks, and while it can sometimes be physically demanding, you are excited to work with infrastructure that is at the cutting-edge of computer technology.
The Server Operations team is responsible for monitoring, maintaining, and deploying the physical infrastructure behind Google’s search technology. In this role, you’ll deploy and maintain Google’s Data Center Server and Network Infrastructure. You’ll also participate in or lead local project teams on larger installations and develop project contingency plans.
In this role, duties range from the physical deployment of data center-related technology to working closely with stakeholders. You will ensure that our goals, missions, and projects are successfully delivered, and that they are repeatable across our global array of data centers.
The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are a diverse, upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.
Responsibilities
- Deploy and maintain Google’s advanced Data Center Server and Network Infrastructure.
- Contribute to and lead efforts/projects in the deployment, maintenance, and support of data center servers and network infrastructure.
- Lead complex troubleshooting and resolve critical or escalated technical issues over a significant population of affected equipment.
- Help test and troubleshoot complex server hardware components and designs.
- Configure and troubleshoot OS-related issues on servers.
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.