Senior Systems Development Engineer, Google Distributed Cloud Air-Gapped
Google· enterprise· Internet & Cloud Services· Aug 31, 2026 · 2mo ago
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Munich, Germany
In office
Full-time
Senior
$145K–$185K est.
5+ years exp
Job description
Systems Development Engineering (SDE) at Google is a role where you manage services and systems at scale. SDEs creatively put their engineering discipline to use automating the mundane and reducing toil. We don’t just write code to fix bugs, but emphasize the development of tools and solutions that fix classes of problems. We know it’s hard to control what you can’t measure – so we focus on observability: instrumenting first, then turning data into knowledge, and finally knowledge into action. We know that the operational efficiency of Google systems, services, virtual compute environments and the operating systems that power them impact the environment, not just the bottom line. We know that working together we can do more, and that community matters.
Google brings together people with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We encourage them to collaborate, think big and take risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on meaningful projects, while we also strive to create an environment that provides the support and mentorship needed to learn and grow.
Together we engineer and build the infrastructure, tools, access and telemetry for systems that enable orchestration of Google-scale services. Come build things that matter.
GDCH is a “turn key” private cloud offering. It includes everything you need to launch a cloud offering, including software, hardware, tools, operating process, runbooks, and training - customer/partner provides the facilities, networks, and staffing.
In this role, you will deploy GDCH solutions at customer sites and internal reference deployments. You will have deep expertise in deploying and operating Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDCH) solutions .
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Germany: €120000 - €123000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
US: $163000 - $236000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google .
• Perform complex day-to-day troubleshooting and resolution of infrastructure issues (Network, Storage, Servers,OS, Kubernetes, etc.).
• Participate in Customer, Partner, and Internal team deployments which will require international travel. International travel may be a core requirement of this position, with up to 25% of your time spent traveling.
• Own and personify the infrastructure operator (IO) persona experiences defined in (Google Distributed Cloud) GDC air-gapped product.
• Participate in the 24x7 on-call rotation to support escalations from client deployments as well as internal reference deployments
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with troubleshooting across Linux and networking.
Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with troubleshooting across Linux and networking.
Preferred qualifications:
• Experience in data center operations.
• Knowledge of cloud computing, including virtualization, hosted services, multi-tenant cloud infrastructures, storage systems, and content delivery networks.
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