Metro Network Deployment Engineer
Google Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Software Development · 10,001+ employees
About the role
Manage the oversight and quality assurance of network equipment installation, including rack and stack procedures. Test and commission routers and optical transport equipment while maintaining network documentation and implementation plans.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in Network or Telecom Engineering and at least 2 years of experience in DWDM, TCP/IP, or system design. Candidates must have experience working with field technicians, contractors, and vendors in a telecommunications environment.
Full description
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.
- Experience working with field operation technicians, engineers, contractors, or vendors in a telecommunications environment.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in collaborating across multiple levels and functions.
- Experience in directing field operation technicians, engineers, contractors, or vendors in a telecommunications working environment.
- Ability to engage/influence tactical and strategic decision-making.
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.
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.
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 (AC/DC), cooling, security/access, rack layout, and cable management.
- Own network documentation, updating, and maintaining network drawings and plans. Contribute to developing work instructions or requirements documents for new or updated software-based workflows.
