Data Center Hardware Specialist I, Google Cloud (Fixed-Term Contract)

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in technical solution delivery and project management for enterprise infrastructure projects.
• 2 years of experience in technical architecture, systems administration, or infrastructure delivery in cloud or on-prem environments.
• Experience managing customer and executive-level relationships, and project stakeholders.
• Experience in hardware triage, diagnostics, and guiding repair workflows for server clusters and high-performance networks.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering.
• Experience with networking and system design of load balancers, firewalls, and VPN in architecting, developing and maintaining production-grade systems.
• Experience with end-to-end system architecture or accelerated computing hardware (e.g., Kubernetes, GKE, EKS, GPU workloads, or Linux-based distributed systems).
• Expertise in maintaining clusters of massive-scale model training using high-end hardware accelerators and AI/ML infrastructure frameworks such as JAX, PyTorch, or OpenXLA.

About the job

The Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services team guides customers through the moments that matter most in their cloud journey to help businesses thrive. We help customers transform and evolve their business through the use of Google’s global network, web-scale data centers, and software infrastructure. As part of an innovative team in this rapidly growing business, you will help shape the future of businesses of all sizes and use technology to connect with customers, employees, and partners.

As a Hardware Specialist, you will lead the technical delivery of confidential, large-scale compute projects for strategic customers. You will serve as the primary technical liaison between global clients, internal engineering teams, and internal operations. Your role involves maintaining complex on-prem and cloud-based environments, ensuring seamless integration of high-performance accelerators with enterprise-grade networking and storage to support the next generation of mission-critical, data-intensive workloads.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $126,000-$181,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and oversee the end-to-end deployment of large-scale accelerated compute clusters, acting as the lead technical advisor for confidential, enterprise infrastructure initiatives.
• Work with customer technical leads and client executives to manage and deliver successful implementations of technical solutions for high-density computing environments.
• Partner with internal specialists, product, and engineering teams to package technical playbooks, best practices, and reference architectures for high-performance computing, influencing the roadmap for next-generation hardware and software integration.
• Interact with Sales and partners to manage project scope, priorities, deliverables, risks and issues, and timelines for successful client outcomes.
• Travel approximately 30% of the time for client engagements.