As a Senior Network Engineer on the Sovereign Operations team, you will design, deploy, and operate the WAN connecting Google air-gapped cloud regions and government customers. This role focuses on delivering a resilient and performant network to support critical customer workloads. You will engage in the entire life cycle of classified networks, ensuring operational efficiencies through automation and proactive monitoring. The position offers numerous opportunities for technical growth while working with advanced networking protocols and technologies.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience with network routing protocols, design and troubleshooting, with network equipment providers, in classified environments.
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.
• Experience with network design, installation, and maintenance with service providers or for large enterprise networks is preferred.
• Proficiency with one or more scripting languages is preferred.
• Understanding of network theory, technologies, and the operation of routing protocols such as OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS is preferred.

• Engage and improve the whole life cycle of classified networks from inception and design to qualification and validation, through deployment, operation, and optimization.
• Scale networks sustainably and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
• Collaborate with other team members and groups to analyze requirements and proactively develop solutions and policy recommendations.
• Partner with Google’s internal application groups and design network infrastructure that meets their networking requirements.
• Lead requirements analysis, engineering design, and solution development of Google’s production network infrastructure.

• Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.