Senior Staff Network Engineer, Global Submarine Networks

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 15 years of experience with one or more optical technologies such as client transceivers, optical metro, DWDM systems, or submarine systems.
• Experience with Network Architecture, Network Configuration, Network Operations, Optical Engineering and Operations, Network Design, Telecommunications, Collaboration, and Decision Making.
• Experience with planning and designing networks (e.g., multiple sites, multiple products, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in one or more programming languages such as C++, Go, or Python.
  
• Experience with network equipment manufacturer or network operator in engineering or design role.
  
• Experience with Team Building, Organizational Skills, Articulate Presenter, and Network Diagnostics.

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.

In this role, you will translate the theoretical tactical goal of the Open Network Initiative (ONI). ONI Architecture into clearly defined build and operating plan, provide third-level operational support and oversees product and network design solutions. You will be supporting tier 3 assurance resolution within the Global Submarine Networks (GSN) operations team, resolving network solution issues, performance, and quality concerns collaborating with cross-functional teams, developing new processes and interfaces within a new product area ensuring best practices, quality, performance reporting, assurance, and product offering, defining network and product catalog with business teams, performance improvements and standards, strategic planning, staying updated on technology trends to develop the GSN Operate Roadmap.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $227,000-$320,000 + 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

• Drive the quantifiable analysis of measurements, or data and capacity forecast models for making networks more scalable, efficient, and deliver predictable user experience.
• Evaluate the current inefficiencies, complexities, and flaws in ONI network systems, and propose designs, software, and processes to improve them.
  
• Develop software that improves the performance, safety, transparency, and manageability of network systems.
  
• Interface between Network, Google Engineering, and Supplier teams, establish a transition support role for building and operating the Global Submarine Optical network, defining and managing the technical requirements and expectations of GSN with stakeholders.
• Create and implement acceptance standards, Methods of Procedure (MoP) in quality improvements for operational move add change (MACD), network SLAs, and key metrics to measure network quality across the GSN Network.