Minimum qualifications:
- CCIE/CCDE/JNCIE network certifications or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience in networking technologies.
- Experience working in a multi-vendor environment.
- Experience with enterprise network design and operations in a global environment.
Preferred qualifications:
- VMware network certifications (VCP-NV/VCIX-NV/VCDX-NV).
- Knowledge of the IS-IS, VXLAN, BGP, EVPN, and Network Virtualization technologies/protocols.
- Knowledge of Linux networking functionalities.
- Knowledge of VPN technologies (Palo Alto, VyOS, pfSense, Cisco ASR).
- Knowledge of Python or Go.
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.
The Google Cloud VMware Solution enables customers running on-premises VMware workloads to seamlessly migrate to Google Cloud without having to re-architect or refactor their applications. As a Network Engineer, you will assist in launching and on-going supporting the Google VMware Engine service and infrastructure.
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
- Scale systems sustainably through tools and automation, and evolve systems by driving change that improves reliability and velocity.
- Work with other teams to analyze requirements or potential problems and proactively develop solutions and policy recommendations.
- Participate in rotating on call schedules with other members of the team, including during weekends.
- Work to resolve internal network service issues in VMware Engine.