Network Implementation Engineer, Edge Delivery

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering or Telecom Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in DWDM or TCP/IP or system design operations methodology.
• Experience working with field operation technicians, engineers, contractors, or vendors in a telecommunications environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with network infrastructure, rack and stack, device commissioning, and quality acceptance control.
• Experience planning/leading network deployments and creating deployment packages and MOPs.
• Experience planning and coordinating with field operation technicians, engineers, contractors, or vendors in a telecommunications working environment.
• Experience collaborating across multiple levels and functions, and in engaging and influencing tactical and strategic decision-making.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time as needed.

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.

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.

• Support and participate with design teams, deployment teams, peering negotiators, and planners as needed to deliver connectivity to the Google network.
• Update documentation and implementation plans while providing technical leadership and guidance during deployment activities, and updating and maintaining records as needed.
• Work with project management, network engineering, and partner teams to identify in advance potential problems in network installations.
• Execute and troubleshoot capacity workflows for edge network devices in new and existing network nodes across Google's global network.
• Work across all groups internal and external to Google to measure performance, drive continuous process improvement, and drive automation efforts that align with achieving industry network build, augment, and repair intervals and quality.