Staff Network Engineer, Wide Area Network Platforms - Google

Atlanta, GA

About the Job

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
10 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 routed networks.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience with different tunneling and security protocols.
Experience with configuring network routers and switches.
Experience with troubleshooting networking devices.
Understanding of network device control plane and management plane.
Familiarity with one or more network device operating system.
Familiarity with OpenConfig standard for device configuration and monitoring.

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 Wide Area Network PlatForms (WANForms) organization is a part of Google Global Networking (GGN). When we access Google services (e.g., Search, Maps, Gmail etc.), and the requests travel through the GGN to reach the Google servers that provide those services.

WANForms is responsible for delivering the networking devices and the networking software that are the building blocks of GGN. Our deliverables span functional and operational readiness, meeting scalability, reliability, and availability requirements

We develop and own a rapidly evolving infrastructure that abstracts a select set of WAN devices to the base building blocks of the GGN, through functional abstractions and service-centric approach. We get to work with multiple networking vendors, get to know their leading products and features, and contribute towards GGN's growth, dependability, and resiliency.

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 $168,000-$252,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. 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

Work with executive technical leaders to develop and maintain a catalog of network platforms qualified for hyper scale global network spanning hundreds of locations and service providers.
Understand the underlay and overlay global networking design and their scale and performance limits in network devices.
Collaborate with WAN core and edge networking teams on launching new network platforms, new network designs, and network functions.
Design and develop software layer to abstract out device-specific behaviors and provide an implementation agnostic telemetry dataset in a timely and reliable manner.
Troubleshoot network device configuration, packet drops, connectivity issues, and security issues.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Source : Google