Apply on Employer Site

Google · 9 hours ago

Senior Systems Development Engineer, Google Distributed Cloud

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$156K/yr - $229K/yr

5+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Senior Systems Development Engineer to focus on deploying and operating Google Distributed Cloud solutions. The role involves managing services and systems at scale, automating processes, and ensuring operational efficiency.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Perform complex day-to-day troubleshooting and resolution of infrastructure issues (e.g., Network, Storage, Servers, OS, Kubernetes, etc.)

Participate in customer, partner, and internal team deployments which will require international travel

Be able to personify and own the IO persona experiences defined in GDC air-gapped product

Participate in the 24x7 on-call rotation to support escalations from client deployments as well as internal reference deployments

Qualification

Systems automationKubernetesTCP/IP networkingTechnical infrastructureEnterprise-grade storage systemsPhysical data center operationsHypervisorsCustomer relationship managementCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT-related field, or equivalent practical experience

5 years of experience with systems automation, systems design, and implementation

5 years of experience with technical infrastructure (e.g., deployment, maintenance, troubleshooting) and with reliability of technical infrastructure

3 years of experience with Kubernetes or a similar container orchestration platform

3 years of experience with TCP/IP networking and with diagnosing and resolving network-related issues

Ability to travel internationally up to 25% of the time

Preferred

Experience designing, implementing, and managing enterprise-grade storage systems including SAN, NAS, or distributed file systems

Experience with physical data center operations including hardware installation, power and cooling management, and asset lifecycle management

Experience managing customer relationships and virtualized environments

Knowledge of hypervisors (e.g., KVM, vSphere, Hyper-V)

Ability to work directly with clients to understand their technical needs

Excellent communication skills and the ability to implement identity and access management (IAM) solutions, such as active directory

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

Glassdoor4.4

Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

Google has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (8763)

2024 (8872)

2023 (9682)

2022 (11626)

2021 (9109)

2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

Recent News

The Indian Express

Who is Ragini Das? Rejected by Google 12 years ago, she now leads its startup arm in India

2025-10-08

Tech.eu

Profits up at Google UK, but nearly 400 jobs cut

2025-10-04