Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 4 years of experience with network equipment and network protocols testing and debugging.
  
• Experience in test automation using Python or C++.
  
• Experience with test methodologies, writing test plans and creating test cases.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in automation frameworks for efficient and effective testing procedures.
• Experience in using traffic testing tools such as Ixia, Spirent Test Center, Wireshark, TRex, Scapy, etc.
  
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and their integration into network testing processes.
  
• Understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, GRPC, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), switches, and routers, especially Cisco, Juniper and Arista.
  
• Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to mentor and guide a team of network test engineers.
  
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate technical details.
  

About the job

Our computational challenges are so big and unique we can't just buy our hardware, we've got to make it ourselves. Our Platforms Team designs and builds the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google's services. As a Networking Test Engineer you make sure that our massive and growing network is operating at its peak potential. You have hands-on experience with complex networking equipment, a deep understanding of networking protocols, test design and implementation chops and a background in IP network design. It's your job to make sure Google's cutting-edge technology can perform at scale.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Identify and report bugs, including escalating complex issues to engineers or managers.
  
• Develop and execute test plans, including contributing to the hardening of device hardware and software by developing automated scripts and running regression on existing Google platforms.
  
• Manage testing and releases of networking products, including managing timelines and project plans.
  
• Write and review test plans with teams, including identifying and gathering requirements to test networking features of a moderate to high-complexity project. Participate in cross-functional reviews with related teams which cover test plans and test results.