Network Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.</p></div><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">The Digital Transformation team/Waymo Infrastructure and Networking services team - defines and builds the business IT architecture that supports the commercial operation of Waymo's autonomous fleet. The team stands at the intersection of finance, operations and IT; through creative architecture, expertise and attention to detail, it ensures that Waymo has world-class capabilities across all its business processes.</p> <p><em>In this hybrid role, you will report to a Lead Network Engineer</em></p> <p><strong>You will:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Design and Planning:</strong> Create and review Engineering Design Plans (EDPs) for specific sites, ensuring strict alignment with company design guidelines.</li> <li><strong>Procedure Management:</strong> Validate, implement, and maintain Method of Procedures (MOPs)<strong> </strong>to guide both internal teams and external implementation partners.</li> <li><strong>Network Deployment Configuration:</strong> Deploy and configure essential network devices, including firewalls, switches, access points, and UPS systems.</li> <li><strong>Architecture Strategy:</strong> Contribute to and collaborate on strategic enhancements and alternatives for the company’s network architecture.</li> <li><strong>Monitoring Issue Resolution:</strong> Proactively monitor network performance dashboards to triage and resolve issues, taking full ownership of network-related tickets to ensure timely resolution.</li> <li><strong>Advanced Support Troubleshooting:</strong> Provide Tier 2 expert support and efficiently resolve escalations from the NOC, focusing on diagnosing root causes for complex network events within distributed and cloud-native systems.</li> </ul> <p><strong>You have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>10+ years of working experience in information technology infrastructure management and service delivery</li> <li>5+ years of LAN, WAN, WLAN, Mobility wireless design and implementation.</li> <li>5+ Network capacity planning, security principles, and management best practices.</li> <li>Ability to work with cross functional teams in coordination with a technical project manager, overseeing vendors and network integrators.</li> <li>Working technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and Internet standards</li> <li>Experience installing and troubleshooting wireless and/or optical networks</li> </ul> <p><strong>We prefer:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.</li> <li>Able to conduct research into networking issues and products as required.</li> <li>Highly self motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.</li> <li>Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.</li> <li>Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.</li> <li>Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment using Google workspace tools.</li> <li>Familiarity with network automation tools in CI/CD environment; such as Terraform, Ansible, or Python</li> </ul> <p>Ability to travel to sites within operational responsibilities region and outside to new metro sites.</p> <p>((Remote jobs only - Please note that Waymo may not be able to employ remotely in all locations. Please speak with your r ... (truncated, view full listing at source)