Staff Software Engineer, Sovereign Cloud

The Google Sovereign Cloud Australia team delivers software and solutions tailored to high-assurance government environments. The team includes cloud architects, delivery specialists, data center operations, network engineers, security specialists, commercial and program management groups. The team helps guide product evolution, and ensure robust, continuous compliance across all software and infrastructure components.

In this role, you will work with a range of cross-functional technical teams spanning design and architecture, operations, assurance, and engineering. You will have an active role in ensuring the systems we build are robust, and have appropriate security controls in place.Google Cloud accelerates organizations’ ability to digitally transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. Responsibilities

• Advise engineering teams on software deployment, containerization, build pipelines, and artifact verification tailored specifically for air-gapped, disconnected, and tactical edge environments.

• Provide authoritative design guidance across core domains including zero-trust architectures, highly availability/high reliability distributed system design, and reliable operation of core system services in challenging environments.

• Serve as a trusted engineering subject matter expert, bridging complex technical discussions between internal Google teams, delivery partners, and key external stakeholders.

• Translate designs to functioning API definitions, code, automation scripts, and infrastructure/security configuration files (e.g., Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD security validation pipelines) to directly build, test/validate, and enforce security controls.

• Work closely with the Security Assurance and Compliance teams to identify, map, implement, and maintain specific technical security controls aligned with the Information Security Manual (ISM) and Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF).

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or distributed systems within public sector or other regulated environments, with experience in building secure and reliable systems.

• Experience in software system architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in project management, owning and managing large projects, overseeing technical design and implementation, and collaborating cross-functionally.

• Experience in software development and technical leadership.

• Experience with working in a highly dynamic environment.

• Experience with containers, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform.

• Experience in software system architecture.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.