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

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

Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services guides customers through critical moments in their cloud journey to foster business growth. We empower businesses by leveraging Google’s global network, data centers, and software infrastructure. As part of an innovative and rapidly expanding team, you will contribute to shaping the future of businesses across all sizes, utilizing technology to enhance connections with customers, employees, and partners.

About the Role

As a Hardware Specialist, you will spearhead the technical delivery of highly confidential, large-scale compute projects for key clients. You will act as the central technical point of contact between global customers, internal engineering departments, and operations teams. Your responsibilities will include managing sophisticated on-premise and cloud-based environments, ensuring the seamless integration of high-performance accelerators with enterprise-grade networking and storage. This role is crucial for supporting the next generation of mission-critical, data-intensive workloads.

This is a remarkable opportunity to join Google Cloud’s Go-To-Market team and lead the global AI revolution for businesses. You will leverage Google's strong brand reputation, built on inventing foundational technologies proven at scale. We offer access to the world's most advanced AI portfolio, including cutting-edge Gemini models and the comprehensive Vertex AI platform, to help solve complex business challenges. Our collaborative culture provides direct interaction with DeepMind’s engineering and research talent, enabling you to effectively address customer needs. Join us to be a driving force behind our mission, ensure customer success, and define the new era of cloud computing.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and oversee the end-to-end deployment of large-scale accelerated compute clusters, serving as the lead technical advisor for confidential, enterprise infrastructure initiatives.
• Collaborate with customer technical leads and client executives to manage and execute successful technical solution implementations for high-density computing environments.
• Partner with internal Specialists, Product, and Engineering teams to develop technical playbooks, best practices, and reference architectures for high-performance computing, influencing the roadmap for future hardware and software integration.
• Engage with Sales and partners to manage project scope, priorities, deliverables, risks, issues, and timelines to ensure successful client outcomes.
• Travel approximately 30% of the time for client engagements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in technical solution delivery and project management for enterprise infrastructure projects.
• 4 years of experience in technical architecture, systems administration, or infrastructure delivery in cloud or on-prem environments.
• 2 years of experience managing technical infrastructure within data center environments.
• 2 years of experience cultivating client partnerships and managing cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience in hardware triage, diagnostics, and guiding repair workflows for server clusters and networks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering, or a related field.
• 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).
• Experience managing strategic customer relationships and project stakeholders, including executive-level communication and influence on technical and operational decisions.
• 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.

Compensation

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $153,000-$222,000. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is influenced by work location and other factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can provide specific salary details for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that compensation details listed for US roles cover base salary only and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Google is an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. More information can be found in Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. Applicants requiring accommodation due to a disability or special need should complete our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Key skills/competency

• Data Center Hardware Specialist
• Technical Solution Delivery
• Project Management
• Enterprise Infrastructure
• Technical Architecture
• Systems Administration
• Cloud Environments
• Data Center Infrastructure
• Client Partnerships
• Hardware Triage