Senior Staff Network Engineering Manager, Planning and Design

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 15 years of experience with network routing protocols, design and troubleshooting, with network equipment providers.
  
• 3 years of experience managing and building teams.
• Experience with planning and designing networks (e.g., multiple sites, multiple products, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

• 15 years of experience in Network Planning.
• 10 years of experience managing and building teams.
• Experience defining, planning and designing networks (Layer 1-3) across multiple sites and products.

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 be a leader of a Network Planning and Design organization, responsible for the North America and South America (NASA) region. You will be responsible to publish plans and deliver designs across the NASA region to meet customer demand requests.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Manage team of Network Planner, Network Engineers and Network Designers. Foster team empowerment, well-being, and development through coaching, feedback, and career conversations.
• Establish direction, strategy, and goals for the team, aligned with partners and stakeholders.
• Drive execution, mitigate risks, develop contingencies etc.
• Responsible for managing planning queues, running simulations, publishing plans.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across various disciplines for plan publications. Drive requirements and automation for Plan Publication and verification.