About the job

As a Network Implementation Engineer, you will be the initial point of our efforts to execute deployment, maintenance, and operations of private data networks worldwide. You will work with Technical Program Managers, Network Engineers, Design and Infrastructure Engineers, Field Engineers within Google, as well as construction and telecommunications vendors and contractors, all to position your team and organization for success.

You will facilitate faster, better, and more efficient, positive outcomes for the business and our customers. Your objective will be to build the world’s most reliable, cost-effective and scalable network to support all of our current and future customers and users globally.

The Network Teams are responsible for operating networks reliably and at scale. The team owns the full lifecycle of all space, power, and network assets in all of Google’s data centers and metro points of presence globally. The team is involved from site acquisition to construction and is accountable for what space and power is delivered. The team is involved in every facet of network delivery from architecture and design to installation, configuration, activation, and commissioning.

Google's network provides services to millions of Internet users around the world. Our metros are on the edge of our network where Google connects to its users. The Network Team is responsible for operating that network reliably and at scale. Our team owns the full life cycle of all space, power, and network assets in all of Google’s data centers and metro points of presence globally. From the foundation, we are involved from site acquisition to construction and are accountable for what space and power is delivered. We're involved in every facet of network delivery from architecture and design to installation, configuration, activation, and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate Google's network reliably and at scale.

• Execute deployment, maintenance, and operations of private data networks worldwide.

• Develop approaches and collaborate with cross-functional teams to keep operational costs low.

• Monitor the network and repair issues while anticipating needs and escalating issues.

• Own network documentation, update and maintain network designs and plans.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Network or Telecom Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 3 years of experience with optical transmissions systems (e.g., Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)) or Local Area Network (LAN)/Wireless Protocols or Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

• Experience with field operation technicians, engineers, contractors, or vendors in a telecommunications environment (e.g., installation, commissioning and network troubleshooting).

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in one or more of the following: layer 1 optical transmissions systems, layer 3 routing TCP/IP, wireless networking, network design, or operations.

• Experience in creating optical designs using vendor design tools, applying technical judgement to optical design, translating to bits on the wire, with the knowledge of optical design trade-offs and transaction Language 1 (TL1)/Command Line Interface (CLI) (TL1/CLI) automation.

• Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) and test plan documents in a lab or staging environment.