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Google · 1 week ago

Associate Systems Development Engineer, Public Sector

Reston, VA, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$113K/yr - $161K/yr

2+ years exp

Google is committed to advancing the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. As an Associate Systems Development Engineer, you will deploy and manage advanced cloud and AI technologies, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of platforms while supporting United States Government customers.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and maintain robust infrastructure and AI/ML systems on Google Distributed Cloud and similar technologies, ensuring adherence to security protocols

Manage containerized workloads (Kubernetes, Gemini) and implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to ensure system reliability and performance

Develop automation scripts (Python, Go) to streamline operations, reduce toil, and improve system scalability and life-cycle management

Collaborate with product engineering to diagnose, mitigate, and resolve complex technical issues, contributing to architectural improvements

Participate in an on-call rotation to support mission-critical services and ensure rapid resolution of customer-impacting issues

Qualification

Linux system administrationContainerization technologiesGoogle Cloud PlatformScripting languagesInfrastructure-as-code toolsAI/ML workloads managementTechnical infrastructure experienceKubernetes architectureSecurity clearanceProblem analysis

Required

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

2 years of experience with technical infrastructure (e.g., deployment, maintenance, troubleshooting)

2 years of experience with Linux system administration, shell scripting, or containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go) and networking concepts

Active US Government Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) security clearance with Polygraph

Preferred

Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), or similar edge/hosted products

Experience managing AI/ML workloads and infrastructure monitoring stacks like Prometheus/Grafana

Understanding of Kubernetes architecture, operations, and GitOps principles/tools

Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and security in air-gapped environments

Ability to design secure, well-architected systems based on customer requirements

Ability to analyze situations or problems at the system level or from a broader perspective

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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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

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

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