GCP Network Engineer

Pleasanton, CA

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21 days ago

Job Description

Role summary
An L3 GCP Network Engineer is a senior engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing complex network architectures on GCP, and acting as the final escalation point for critical issues.
Key responsibilities

Design and architect secure, highly available, and scalable GCP network topologies including multi VPC, hub and spoke, Shared VPC, hybrid and multi cloud connectivity.
Lead implementation of advanced networking: Cloud Interconnect, Cloud VPN topologies, global and regional load balancing, Cloud Armor policies, Private Service Connect, VPC peering, custom route designs.
Own end to end network security posture in GCP in partnership with security teams: firewall strategies, segmentation, zero trust patterns, DDoS protection, perimeter and egress controls.
Serve as L3 escalation for complex production incidents, doing deep packet, routing, and performance analysis, and driving root cause analysis and long term fixes.
Define standards, patterns, and best practices for GCP network designs, address planning, naming, tagging, and connectivity models.
Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code for networking (Terraform, Deployment Manager, CI/CD for network changes, policy as code).
Mentor L1/L2 engineers, review designs and changes, and provide training on GCP networking.
Work with architects and stakeholders to align network designs with business, security, and compliance requirements (e.g., data residency, regulatory constraints).
Evaluate new GCP networking features and third party solutions, build PoCs, and create adoption roadmaps.

Typical requirements

8+ years of network engineering with strong experience across routing, switching, firewalls, and large scale networks; substantial hands on GCP networking.
Deep knowledge of routing protocols and enterprise networking concepts (BGP, OSPF/IGP, VRFs, MPLS or SD WAN concepts, VPN, QoS, high availability).
Proven experience designing and operating production GCP networks (or equivalent cloud) at scale, including hybrid connectivity and multi region architectures.
Strong experience with automation and IaC (Terraform, Ansible, pipelines) for network deployments.
Certifications strongly preferred: Google Professional Cloud Network Engineer (and possibly Professional Cloud Architect), CCNP/CCIE or equivalent senior networking credentials

Numbers & Facts

Location	Pleasanton, CA
Industry	Other/Not Classified
Company Size	100 to 499 employees

Skills

Ansibleunmatched
Automationunmatched
BGPunmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Integrationunmatched
Denial of Service (DoS)unmatched
Firewallsunmatched
GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
High Availabilityunmatched
Hybrid Cloudunmatched
IGP (Interior Gateway Protocol)unmatched
Layer 3 Protocolsunmatched
Load Balancingunmatched
MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching)unmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Network Architecture/Engineeringunmatched
Network Designunmatched
Network Protocolsunmatched
Network Routingunmatched
Network Securityunmatched
Network Switchingunmatched
Network Topologyunmatched
Open Shortest Path First Protocol (OSPF)unmatched
Performance Analysisunmatched
QoS (Quality of Service)unmatched
Regulationsunmatched
Regulatory Complianceunmatched
Root Cause Analysisunmatched
Routing Protocolsunmatched
Standards Developmentunmatched
Topologyunmatched
Training/Teachingunmatched
VPN (Virtual Private Network)unmatched
Wide Area Network (WAN)unmatched

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