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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Customer Engineer III, Application Modernization, Google Public Sector - **Company:** Google LLC - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $221,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Adobe Creative Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Bash Shell, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Image Management, Python (Programming Language), Enterprise Messaging Systems, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Configuration Management, Google Cloud, Software Security, HybridCloud, Kubernetes, Api Management, Serverless Computing, Golang, Microservices - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/657EA719141A464FB26D2149BBBEDD5B/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 in reading/debugging code written in a general purpose coding language (e.g., Java, C, C++, Python, Shell, Go or JavaScript, etc.) and in virtualization and orchestration frameworks. * 5 years of experience troubleshooting and advocating for customer needs, and triaging technical issues (e.g., hardware, software, application, operational, process). * Experience engaging with, presenting to, or influencing technical stakeholders or executive leaders., * Experience with architectural design patterns, platform engineering (e.g. Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, image management or repository management), virtualization deployments, container deployments, application security, or networking. * Experience with developing scalable architectures using API management, microservice frameworks, and PaaS. * Experience building cloud native, distributed applications such as microservices and messaging systems. * Experience working with serverless technologies, CI/CD pipelines, and building AI driven applications. * Experience with the software development life-cycle. * Ability to travel up to 30% of time to customer sites, conferences, and other related events as needed, acting as a public advocate for Google Cloud. ## Description When leading companies choose Google Cloud, it's a huge win for spreading the power of cloud computing globally. Once educational institutions, government agencies, and other businesses sign on to use Google Cloud products, you come in to facilitate making their work more productive, mobile, and collaborative. You listen and deliver what is most helpful for the customer. You assist fellow sales Googlers by problem-solving key technical issues for our customers. You liaise with the product marketing management and engineering teams to stay on top of industry trends and devise enhancements to Google Cloud products. As an Application Modernization Customer Engineering Specialist in Google Public Sector, you'll leverage your experience and thought leadership to empower sales teams in incubating, piloting, and deploying Google Cloud's industry-leading Application Modernization portfolio. You will partner with technical sales teams to differentiate Google Cloud to our customers. You will help prospective and existing customers and partners understand the power of Google Cloud, develop creative cloud solutions and architectures to solve their business challenges, engage in proofs of concepts, and troubleshoot any technical questions and roadblocks. You will use your expertise and presentation skills to engage with customers to understand their business and technical requirements, and persuasively present practical and useful solutions on Google Cloud. You will have excellent technical, communication and organizational skills.Google Public Sector (https://about.google/intl/ALL_us/public-sector/#:~:text=We) 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: $152000 - $221000 (USD) + 42.86% bonus target + equity + benefits, * Guide customers through assessments of their existing legacy application environments, provide recommendations on a prioritization roadmap for application modernization, and identify opportunities for migration to hybrid-cloud computing models. * Structure and execute prototyping workshops to prove out proposed architectures, developing best practices, and documenting blocking requirements for prioritization with engineering. * Travel to customer sites, conferences, and other related events as required, acting as a public advocate for Google Cloud. * Employ coding, debugging, or systems design to resolve technical blockers and accelerate deployment. ## 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) - [Old tools, new tricks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1916-old-tools-new-tricks) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [Retooling and refactoring - an investment in people.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/371-retooling-and-refactoring-an-investment-in-people) - [MCP doesn’t suck — your agent does](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100202-mcp-doesn-t-suck-your-agent-does) ## Related Articles - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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