Production Network Engineer

7 Hours ago • 3 Years + • Network Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

The Production Network Engineer at Google will engage in the entire network lifecycle, from design and implementation to operation and optimization. This role requires scaling systems through automation, improving reliability and velocity, and collaborating with various teams to analyze requirements and develop solutions. Responsibilities include developing Google's production network infrastructure, partnering with internal application groups, and leading requirement analysis, engineering design, and solution development. The ideal candidate possesses strong networking expertise, experience with routing protocols and troubleshooting, and proficiency in programming languages like C, C++, Go, or Python. The role demands a systematic problem-solving approach, excellent communication skills, and a proactive mindset to handle the complexities of Google's large-scale distributed systems.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent
  • 3+ years network routing experience
  • Experience with C, C++, Go, or Python
  • IP networking in production environment
  • Systemic problem-solving
  • Excellent communication skills
Good to have:
  • Experience developing networking products
  • Operational experience with carrier-class routers/switches
  • Code debugging and optimization
  • Automation of routine tasks
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of experience with network routing protocols, design and troubleshooting, with network equipment providers.
  • Experience in one or more of the following: C, C++, Go or Python.
  • Experience with IP networking in a production environment.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience developing networking products, technologies, software and protocols.
  • Operational experience with carrier-class routers and switches.
  • Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks.
  • Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with excellent communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
  • Interest in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.

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 Network Engineering provides comprehensive long-term development, automation, and engineering of Google’s attachment points at the edge. New Production Introduction is the development function responsible for introducing new hardware, topology, and network designs to the network.

In this role, you will help to provide technology continuity which allows the network to continuously scale, increase efficiency and reliability, and satisfy new use cases demanded by the business.

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.

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