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Director, Engineering, Sovereign Environments, SRE, Cloud

Google

Location

Sunnyvale, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/15/2026

Compensation

$307,000 - $427,000 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202698.4% approval-14% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The Director of Engineering for Sovereign Environments at Google will lead the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, focusing on building and maintaining large-scale, fault-tolerant systems. This role requires a blend of technical expertise and strategic vision to drive the transformation of internal operational processes and tools. The team is responsible for ensuring reliability and uptime of Google's services while fostering a culture of intellectual curiosity and problem-solving. The position emphasizes automation and self-service solutions to enhance operational efficiency.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15 years of experience with system design, algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and software design or with Unix/Linux systems.
  • Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes/GKE) operating outside of public cloud data centers.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the transformation of Google’s internal operational processes, tools, and practices to enable partners to operate the cloud autonomously.
  • Ensure that SRE principles are built directly into the shipped software for reliable external operation.
  • Redesign incident response, monitoring, and debugging paradigms for environments without ambient access.
  • Oversee support tiers, including extended workforce acting as Level 3 support.
  • Manage reliability for a globally distributed fleet, including lifecycle operations.

Benefits

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

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Google Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

908

FY2026

Approval rate

98.4%

FY2026

LCA certified

4,273

FY2026

Entry-level share

0.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-14%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-51%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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