Technical Solutions Specialist, Infrastructure and Kubernetes, Google Cloud

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.

• 4 years of experience in customer-facing roles, troubleshooting with Linux/Unix or Windows systems, from the kernel to the shell, file systems, and client-server protocols and performance analysis of containerized systems (e.g. Kubernetes/Anthos).

• 4 years of experience reading code in a general purpose coding language (e.g., Java, C, C++, Python, Shell, Go or JavaScript, etc.) or in system design.

• 4 years of experience with two or more of the following: Web Tech, Data/Big Data, Systems Admin, Machine Learning, Networking, Kubernetes, Oracle, SAP.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience debugging complex workload issues across large-scale, multi-node environments.

• Experience in Computer Networking (e.g., TCP/IP, Routing, Load Balancing, etc.).

• Experience working with any public cloud (e.g., GCP, etc.) service and infrastructure.

• Understanding of basic web technologies (e.g., HTTP, HTML, DNS, TCP, etc.).

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business - all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers - developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies - see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

Our Technical Solutions Specialists own important customer issues in addition to providing support to our other support teams. You will be a part of a global team that provides 24x7 support to help customers seamlessly make the switch to Google Cloud. When customers cannot resolve issues themselves, your job is to ensure that we have the necessary tools and processes to swiftly resolve the issue.

You will troubleshoot technical problems for customers with a mix of debugging, networking, system administration, updating documentation, and when needed, coding/scripting. Our Technical Solutions team is focused on customer needs and you will help drive the success of Google Cloud by understanding and advocating for our customers' issues.

You will be required to work in a Shift Pattern or non-standard work hours as required. This may include weekend work.

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.

• Work with customers on their production Kubernetes/Anthos deployments to resolve issues and achieve product readiness, availability, and scale.

• Develop an in-depth understanding of Google Cloud's Kubernetes/Anthos product technology and underlying architectures by troubleshooting, reproducing, and determining the root cause for customer-reported issues, building tools, and faster diagnosis.

• Act as consultant and subject matter expert for internal stakeholders in Software Development, Sales, and customer organizations to resolve technical deployment obstacles and improve Google Cloud.

• Work as part of a team of specialists/consultants that globally ensure 24-hour customer support. This will include a need to sometimes work non-standard work hours/shifts, and may include weekend work.

• Understand customer issues, advocate for their needs with internal teams, including Product and Software Development teams, to find ways to improve the product, and drive production.

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