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Customer Engineer roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in a technical field and meets DOL prevailing-wage standards. Employers file PERM labor certification before sponsoring permanent residency, making this a direct path to a green card without lottery risk.
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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 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
Learn more about benefits at Google.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- 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.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 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.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
INTRODUCTION
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 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
Learn more about benefits at Google.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- 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.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 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.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Customer Engineer
Frame your credentials around specialty occupation
PERM requires your role to demand at minimum a bachelor's degree in a specific technical field. Document how your engineering or computer science degree directly maps to customer-facing technical implementation work, not general problem-solving skills.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search DOL OFLC disclosure data to identify companies that have filed PERM applications for Customer Engineer roles. Employers already familiar with the process move faster and are less likely to withdraw sponsorship mid-filing due to internal HR friction.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility before applying
Customer Engineer roles can qualify under EB-3 for degreed professionals or EB-2 if the position requires an advanced degree or specialized expertise. Ask hiring managers which category their legal team files under, since this affects your priority date and wait time.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers directly
Filtering by green card sponsorship history saves weeks of manual research. Migrate Mate surfaces Customer Engineer roles at employers with verified PERM and I-140 filing history, so you apply where sponsorship is already established practice.
Negotiate sponsorship start timing before accepting an offer
PERM cannot be filed until you've been employed and your employer can demonstrate recruitment efforts. Clarify in writing when your employer plans to begin the PERM process, since delays past the one-year mark at a role extend your total green card timeline significantly.
Verify prevailing wage requirements for your metro area
DOL sets prevailing wages for Customer Engineer roles by location and experience level using the OFLC Wage Search. If your offered salary falls below the applicable wage level, PERM certification will be denied, so confirm the wage tier before the offer is finalized.
Green Card Customer Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Customer Engineer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Customer Engineer positions typically qualify under EB-3 for degreed professionals when the role requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field. If the position requires an advanced degree or the candidate has specialized expertise that exceeds standard degree requirements, EB-2 may apply. Your employer's immigration counsel determines the category based on the actual job duties and minimum requirements posted during PERM recruitment.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for Customer Engineers?
Green card sponsorship through PERM targets permanent residency, not a temporary work period. Unlike the H-1B visa, EB-3 has no annual lottery and the cap of 40,000 visas affects wait times primarily for applicants from India and China rather than most other nationalities. The process takes longer, often two to four years from PERM filing to approval, but the outcome is lawful permanent residency rather than a status that must be renewed or extended.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for this role?
Your employer files a PERM application with DOL demonstrating that no qualified U.S. worker is available for the Customer Engineer position at the prevailing wage for your metro area. This requires a formal recruitment period with specific advertising steps. DOL reviews the recruitment results and, if satisfied, certifies the application. PERM certification then enables the employer to file the I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS on your behalf.
How can I find Customer Engineer jobs where employers already sponsor green cards?
Migrate Mate filters Customer Engineer roles specifically by employers with verified PERM and I-140 filing history, saving you from applying to companies with no sponsorship track record. Identifying employers who have completed the PERM process for similar roles before significantly reduces the risk that a company will hesitate or withdraw once you reach the sponsorship stage.
Can I switch employers after my green card process has started?
If your I-140 has been approved and your priority date is more than 180 days old, AC21 portability allows you to change employers and carry your priority date to a new sponsoring employer, provided the new role is in the same or similar occupational classification. For Customer Engineers, moving to a comparable technical implementation or solutions engineering role at a new company generally satisfies the same-or-similar standard, but your new employer must file a new PERM and I-140 to continue the process.