Network Deployment Engineer, Metro, Network Infrastructure Engineering

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Network Engineering or Telecom Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in DWDM or TCP/IP or system design operations methodology.
• 2 years of experience in network installation, network configuration, network infrastructure, network operations, optical engineering and operations, IP backbone, and project management.
• Experience working with field operation technicians, engineers, contractors, or vendors in a telecommunications environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in directing field operation technicians, engineers, contractors, or vendors in a telecommunications working environment.
• Knowledge of ISP/OSP network architecture, data center architecture.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time as needed.

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.

As a Network Deployment Engineer, you will deploy and maintain private data networks worldwide. You will work with network architects and engineers, design engineers, infrastructure engineers, field engineers, negotiators, and technical project managers within Google, as well as the construction and telecommunications extended workforce. You will build a reliable, cost-effective, and optical transport network to support users globally.

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

• Manage oversight and Quality Assurance (QA) of installation technicians for rack, stack and installation of networking equipment.
• Commission and test routers, optical transport equipment, and other network devices in new and existing network nodes across Google’s global network.
• Generate implementation plans and provide technical leadership and guidance during deployment activities.
• Work with project management, network engineering, and the rest of the engineering team to identify potential problems in network installations, including in the areas of facility power (AC/DC), cooling, security and access, rack layout, and cable management.
• Own network documentation, and update and maintain network drawings and plans. Contribute to developing work instructions or requirements documents for new or updated software based workflows.

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