Metro Network Deployment Engineer (Japanese, English)

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 3 years of experience in carrier-class environments, and experience with Layer 1 physical infrastructure (e.g., Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM), AC/DC power, Outside Plant/Inside Plant (OSP/ISP)) and Layer 2/3 networking (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), routing).

• Experience in interpreting and validating deployment packages including orders and construction specifications to verify design accuracy, and escalating discrepancies to engineering partners before installation.

• Ability to communicate in Japanese and English fluently to interact with internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications:

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

• Experience working with and directing field operation technicians, engineers, contractors, or vendors in a telecommunications environment.

• Experience in collaborating across multiple levels and functions.

• Proven ability to oversee and troubleshoot complex field deployments alongside third-party vendors and data technicians, ensuring installation quality and resolving on-site technical blockers.

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 AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities:

• Manage oversight and Quality Assurance (QA) of installation technicians for rack, stack and installation of networking equipment.

• Test and commission 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 closely with project management, network engineering, and rest of the Engineering team to identify in advance potential problems in network installations, including in the areas of facility power (e.g., Alternating Current/Direct Current (AC/DC)), cooling, security/access, rack layout, and fiber management.

• Own network documentation, updating, and maintaining network drawings and plans.