Cloud Engineer II, Networking, Professional Services, Google Cloud at Google
Atlanta, GA
$152,000–$222,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A consulting-facing networking engineer role within Google Cloud's Professional Services team, focused on designing and deploying cloud networking architectures for enterprise customers migrating to or modernizing on GCP. Day-to-day work involves guiding clients on secure infrastructure design, automated provisioning, and application architecture, while coordinating with internal product and engineering teams. Suits someone with substantial hands-on networking and cloud infrastructure experience who is comfortable in a client-advisory capacity.
Senior level · 6+ years · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 260 people in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 200–340
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $137,335 (middle half $106,829–$171,337). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting is internally labeled 'Mid' (Cloud Engineer II) but the minimum qualifications demand 6 years of networking/cloud experience and 6 years of project management/solution delivery — scope and experience requirements align with Senior.
Multiple work locations are offered (Chicago IL, Atlanta GA, Austin TX, Boulder CO); Chicago is listed first and used as the primary CBSA. The role is not fully remote — up to 30% travel is required for onsite delivery.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's in STEM 'or equivalent practical experience'; because an explicit degree alternative is offered, the degree requirement is set to Bachelors as the stated minimum formal credential.
Python and Java are listed as examples of acceptable programming languages under Minimum qualifications; Python is named as primary with Java in alternatives.
GKE is listed separately from Kubernetes in the preferred qualifications as the specific Google-managed service; both are captured as preferred skills.
The compensation of $152,000–$222,000/year is stated for the US, plus a 15% bonus target and equity — bonus and equity cannot be represented in the compensation fields and are noted here.
The alternative occupation code 15-1244 is noted as a runner-up because the role is heavily networking-focused (design, troubleshooting protocols, cloud networking solutions), but the primary day-to-day work — architecting, deploying, and coding cloud solutions for customers — aligns more closely with Software Developers (15-1252).
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