Customer Engineer III, Platform, SLED, Mountain West, Google Public Sector
Company: Google
Location: Portland
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
info_outline X In accordance with Washington state law, we are
highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available
to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance Retirement
Benefits: 401(k) with company match Paid Time Off: 20 days of
vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period
for the first five years of employment Sick Time: 40 hours/year
(statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks Holidays: 13 paid days per year Note:
By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share
your preferred working location from the following: Portland, OR,
USA; Seattle, WA, USA . Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree
or equivalent practical experience. 10 years of experience with
cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role.
Experience engaging with, or presenting to, technical stakeholders
or executive leaders. Experience with cloud infrastructure
engineering, on-premise infrastructure engineering, virtualization,
or containerization platforms. Ability to travel up to 30% of the
time as required. Preferred qualifications: Experience with State
Local Public Sector clients including state, county, and local
municipal agencies. Experience in migrating applications and
services to cloud platforms. Experience with security concepts such
as encryption, identity management, access control, attack vectors,
and penetration testing. Experience with networking concepts such
as software-defined networking, routing, virtual private networks,
load balancers and firewalls. Experience creating demos and
solution creation using generative AI tools and services. Ability
to learn, understand, and work with emerging technologies,
methodologies, and solutions in the Google Cloud/IT technology
space. About the job As a Platform Customer Engineer (CE), you will
partner with technical Sales teams to differentiate Google Cloud to
our customers in Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. You will serve
as the customer’s primary technical partner and trusted advisor,
engaging in technical-led conversations to understand their
business challenges. You will troubleshoot technical questions and
roadblocks, engage in proofs of concepts and demos, and use your
expertise to architect cross-pillar cloud solutions that solve
these business challenges. You will drive the technical win and
define the delivery and consumption plans. You will use your
strategic acumen and presentation skills to engage with technical
and business leaders, and persuasively present practical and useful
solutions on Google Cloud. You will have excellent technical,
communication and organizational skills. You will focus on
identifying, pursuing, and winning new business workloads and
driving penetration within existing ones. You will have a breadth
of technical expertise, spanning infrastructure modernization,
application modernization, data analytics and more. You will blend
sales expertise, market knowledge and direct technical engagement
to prove the value of the Google Cloud portfolio. Google Public
Sector 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. The US
base salary range for this full-time position is $153,000-$222,000
bonus equity benefits. 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 Develop and own
the technical account plan and strategy, participating in planning
and supporting targeted sales motions. Combine sales, programming,
and solutions architecture expertise to prove the value of Google
Cloud Platform across the portfolio through complex demos, pilots
and in-depth workshops. Architect cross-pillar solutions, drive
technical wins, and define initial delivery plans for customers,
continue to lead the technical engagement in the solution phase.
Facilitate the post-sales transition by supporting pricing
activities and transitioning the final delivery plan to
implementation teams. Maintain awareness of progress against the
delivery plan, providing support to cross-functional teams during
ramp, delivery, migration or implementation phases.
Keywords: Google, Portland , Customer Engineer III, Platform, SLED, Mountain West, Google Public Sector, Sales , Portland, Oregon
