Cloud Consultant II, Networking, Professional Services, Google Cloud

$142,000 - $211,000/Yr

Google - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Chicago, IL

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About the position

The Cloud Consultant II, Networking role at Google Cloud involves providing consulting, program management, and technical expertise to clients on cloud networking projects. The position focuses on transforming businesses through the deployment of cloud solutions on the Google Cloud Platform, working closely with customer technical leads and executives to ensure successful implementations. This role is part of the Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services team, which aims to guide customers through their cloud journey and help them leverage Google's technology for business growth.

Responsibilities

• Work with customer technical leads, client executives, and partners to manage and deliver successful implementations of cloud solutions.
• Propose solution architectures and manage the deployment of cloud networking solutions according to customer requirements and implementation best practices.
• Work with internal specialists, product, and engineering teams to package approaches, best practices, and lessons learned into thought leadership, methodologies, and published assets.
• Interact with sales, partners, and customer technical stakeholders to manage project scope, priorities, deliverables, risks and issues, and timelines for successful client outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in project management and technical solution delivery.
• Experience in networking, compute infrastructure (e.g. servers, databases, firewalls, load balancers) and architecting, developing, or maintaining cloud solutions in virtualized environments.
• Ability to travel 30% of the time, as needed, for client engagements.

Nice-to-haves

• Certification in Google Cloud.
• Experience with one or more third-party networking products (e.g., PANW, Fortinet, VMWare Cloud Foundation).
• Experience in scalable networking design, including high availability, redundancy, failover, and load balancing.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Experience troubleshooting networking protocols such as TCP/IP, HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTP/S), and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
• Customer-facing migration experience, including service discovery, assessment, planning, execution, and operations.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $142,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• Access to Google's global network and cutting-edge technology.