Systems Development Engineer III

7 Hours ago • 3-5 Years • DevOps • $132,000 PA - $189,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

This Systems Development Engineer III role at Google Public Sector involves managing large-scale services and systems, automating tasks, and developing solutions to complex problems. Responsibilities include troubleshooting infrastructure issues, responding to tickets, collaborating with internal teams, contributing to documentation, and participating in a 24/7 on-call rotation. The position requires experience with systems automation, technical infrastructure, and ideally Kubernetes. The work focuses on building and maintaining the infrastructure that supports Google-scale services for government and educational clients. The role demands strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a team.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
  • 3+ years systems automation experience
  • 3+ years technical infrastructure experience
  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Troubleshooting & issue resolution
  • Collaboration with internal teams
  • 24/7 on-call rotation
Good to have:
  • 5+ years Kubernetes experience
  • Vendor/customer interaction experience
  • Site Reliability Engineering experience
  • Linux/Linux Kernel experience
  • Executive-level relationship building
  • Networking fundamentals knowledge
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT-related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of experience with systems automation, and with systems design and implementation.
  • 3 years of experience with technical infrastructure (e.g., deployment, maintenance, troubleshooting).
  • Active TS/SCI clearance required.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 5 years of experience in Kubernetes.
  • 3 years of experience working with vendors or customers.
  • Experience in Site Reliability Engineer or IT production systems engineering.
  • Experience with Linux/Linux Kernel and in building relationships at executive levels.
  • Knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, Routing, VLANs, Load Balancing, etc.).
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

About the job

Systems Development Engineering (SDE) at Google is a role where you manage services and systems at scale. SDEs creatively put their engineering discipline to use automating the mundane and reducing toil. We don’t just write code to fix bugs, but emphasize the development of tools and solutions that fix classes of problems. We know it’s hard to control what you can’t measure – so we focus on observability: instrumenting first, then turning data into knowledge, and finally knowledge into action. We know that the operational efficiency of Google systems, services, virtual compute environments and the operating systems that power them impact the environment, not just the bottom line. We know that working together we can do more, and that community matters.

Google brings together people with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We encourage them to collaborate, think big and take risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on meaningful projects, while we also strive to create an environment that provides the support and mentorship needed to learn and grow.

Together we engineer and build the infrastructure, tools, access and telemetry for systems that enable orchestration of Google-scale services. Come build things that matter. brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $132,000-$189,000 + 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 .

Responsibilities

  • Perform day to day troubleshooting and resolution of Infrastructure issues, respond to tickets/bugs within team-defined service-level objectives (SLOs), and contribute to systems and services in related domains through bug reports and consultation.
  • Interact with internal development organizations in order to accomplish shared goals successfully.
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  • Participate in the 24x7 on-call rotation to support escalations from client deployments as well as internal reference deployments.

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