Systems Development Engineer, Sovereign Cloud Operations, Google Public Sector
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 1, 2026. Google scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the job
Systems Development Engineering (SDE) at Google is a role where you manage services and systems at scale. SDEs creatively put their engineering discipline to use automating the mundane and reducing toil. We don’t just write code to fix bugs, but emphasize the development of tools and solutions that fix classes of problems. We know it’s hard to control what you can’t measure - so we focus on observability: instrumenting first, then turning data into knowledge, and finally knowledge into action. We know that the operational efficiency of Google systems, services, virtual compute environments and the operating systems that power them impact the environment, not just the bottom line. We know that working together we can do more, and that community matters.
Google brings together people with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We encourage them to collaborate, think big and take risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on meaningful projects, while we also strive to create an environment that provides the support and mentorship needed to learn and grow.
Together we engineer and build the infrastructure, tools, access and telemetry for systems that enable orchestration of Google-scale services. Come build things that matter.
In this role, you will support United States Government customers by delivering cloud infrastructure and service-based solutions. You will mentor team members, participate in scheduled on-call rotations, and build reliable tools that bring Google Cloud's infrastructure closer to where mission-critical data is generated and consumed.
Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $163000 - $236000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Develop, configure, and maintain internal systems and customer portals.
- Support services before they go live through system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviews.
- Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.
- Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, evolving systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
- Perform complex day-to-day troubleshooting and resolution of infrastructure issues, collaborating with engineering teams to implement customer requirements.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT-related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with systems automation, and with systems design and implementation.
- Experience in automation and scripting in languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, C++, Perl, or Bash.
- Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.
Preferred qualifications:
- 5 years of experience working with vendors or customers.
- Experience administering cloud services or container-based applications or workloads.
- Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration products.
- Experience designing secure, well-architected systems based on customer requirements.
- Experience troubleshooting across Linux- and Kubernetes-based architectures.