Google Hiring for Production Network Engineer at Sunnyvale, CA Full Time
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location for this position from the following: Reston, VA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Minimum qualifications:
- IP networking experience in a production environment.
- Experience in network routing protocol design and troubleshooting in BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, and MPLS.
- Experience in one or more of the following: C, C++, Go, or Python.
- Experience with major network equipment providers (Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Nokia, etc.).
Preferred qualifications:
- 3 years of experience with a service provider or hyperscale network in engineering or design roles.
- Experience developing networking products, technologies, software, and protocols.
- Substantial operational experience with carrier-class routers and switches.
- Ability to debug and optimize code and automate routine tasks.
- Interest in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
- Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
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.
Core and Compute Edge Network Engineering provides comprehensive long-term development, automation, and engineering of Google’s backbone and attachment points at the Compute Edge. New Product Introduction is a development function responsible for introducing new hardware, topology, and network designs to the network. Specifically, the New Product Introduction team’s mission is to provide technology continuity which allows the network to continuously scale, constantly increase efficiency and satisfy new use cases demanded by the business. In this position, you will focus on the attachment point(s) between the Core network and the compute equipment in Google’s data centers.
Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google’s product portfolio possible. We’re proud to be our engineers’ engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
Responsibilities
- Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of networks from inception and design, to qualification and validation, through deployment, operation, and optimization.
- Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
- Work with other team members and groups to analyze requirements or potential problems and proactively develop solutions and policy recommendations.
- Partner with Google’s internal application groups and design network infrastructure which meets their networking requirements.
- Lead development of Google’s production network infrastructure through published engineering design documents and specifications, lead the requirement 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.