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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Customer Engineer, Google Cloud Platform - **Company:** Google LLC - **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $222,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Software System Penetration Testing, Cloud Engineering, Computer Networks, Software Debugging, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Routing, Cloud Services, Virtualization Technology, Google Cloud, Load Balancing, Firewalls (Computer Science), Containerization, SDN Network, Cloud Migration, Vulnerability Analysis, Programming Languages - **Published:** July 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/8B1848F71D6E4B868066C570A4765192/job/ ## About the Role Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain., * Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. * 10 years of experience with cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role. * Experience with cloud engineering, on-premise engineering, virtualization, or containerization platforms. * Experience in programming languages, debugging, systems design, prototyping, demos, or customer workshops. * Experience working with, or presenting to, technical stakeholders or executive leaders. Preferred qualifications: * Experience in migrating applications and services to cloud platforms. * Experience with security concepts such as encryption, identity management, access control, attack vectors, and pen testing. * Experience with networking concepts such as software-defined networking, routing, virtual private networks, load balancers, and firewalls. ## Description As a Platform Customer Engineer (CE), you will partner with technical Sales teams to differentiate Google Cloud to the customers. You will serve as the customer's primary technical partner and trusted advisor, engaging in technical-led conversations to understand their business issues. You will troubleshoot technical questions and roadblocks, engage in proofs-of-concepts and demos, and architect cross-pillar cloud solutions that solve these business issues. You will engage with technical and business leaders, and persuasively present practical and useful solutions on Google Cloud. You will focus on identifying, pursuing, and winning new business workloads., * Work with the team to identify and qualify business opportunities, understand key customer technical objections, and develop the strategy to resolve technical blockers. * Share enterprise infrastructure modernization expertise to support the technical relationship with customers, including technology advocacy, support bid responses, product and solution briefings, proof-of-concept work, and partner with product management to prioritize solutions impacting customer adoption to Google Cloud. * Work with Google Cloud products to demonstrate and prototype integrations in customer and partner environments. * Guide customers through assessments of existing legacy application environments and provide recommendations on a prioritization roadmap for infrastructure and application modernization. * Recommend integration strategies, enterprise architectures, platforms, and application infrastructure to implement a complete solution on Google Cloud. ## Related Videos - [The Cloud is Calling: Answer with In-Demand Skills](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/945-the-cloud-is-calling-answer-with-in-demand-skills) - [Creating a routing app with Google Maps API from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/831-creating-a-routing-app-with-google-maps-api-from-scratch) - [A Computer Is All You Need](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100142-a-computer-is-all-you-need) - [Cloud Run- the rise of serverless and containerization](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/106-cloud-run-the-rise-of-serverless-and-containerization) - [Embracing the Hybrid Cloud: Unlocking Success with Open Source Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/883-embracing-the-hybrid-cloud-unlocking-success-with-open-source-technologies) - [Embracing the Hybrid Cloud: Unlocking Success with Ansible](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/932-embracing-the-hybrid-cloud-unlocking-success-with-ansible) ## Related Articles - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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