Optical Network Design Engineer

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience with technical and process challenges associated with network planning.
• Experience in managing and designing in the optical networking space.

Nice to haves:

• Knowledge of forecasting, planning, and design tools.
• Knowledge of networking technologies, and an understanding of related areas within a large-scale network provider.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in an ambiguous and busy operations environment, and deliver outstanding results in a timely manner.
• Ability to collaborate with a diverse range of people and job functions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

What you'll be doing:

• Produce designs to meet all optical infrastructure and capacity plans for Google’s global core production network.
• Provide subject matter expertise throughout the NPI lifecycle. Incorporate newly NPI’d solutions into plans and designs, and ensure plan and design toolsets and business processes are ready for intaking NPIs.
• Drive the automation roadmap of all automatable tasks performed by the team, substantially reducing cycle time and improving quality and consistency.
• Evolve the business processes governing the generation of designs, throughout their lifecycle (input gathering, generation, validation, publication, handoff), specifically including the definition of the business policies that govern them (architectural/topology, hardware lifecycle, capacity/utilization target).

Perks and benefits:

• Google is proud to boast a network that provides service to millions of Internet users around the world.
• Get a direct impact on design and feature enhancements to keep systems running smoothly.
• Ensure that network operations are safe and efficient by monitoring network performance, coordinating planned maintenance, adjusting hardware components, and responding to network connectivity issues.
• Continuous innovation with an evolving set of technologies.