Join us as a Senior Google Workspace Deployment Engineer!
Your Mission
At SADA, an Insight company, we empower businesses to transform their operations through innovative cloud solutions. As a premier Workspace and Google Cloud partner, we guide our Customers through complex digital transformations, ensuring seamless adoption and maximizing ROI.
As a highly skilled, experienced, and customer-facing Senior Deployment Engineer specializing in Google Workspace, you will collaborate with a team of deployment engineers, change managers, and project managers. Your goal is to efficiently and successfully execute Google Workspace deployments for organizations of every size. This dual-role position will be primarily responsible for leading the technical planning, execution, and optimization of complex Google Workspace deployments for our enterprise Customers.
Crucially, a significant secondary responsibility will involve acting as a key technical resource during the sales cycle, providing expert insights, conducting technical deep-dives and workshops, defining the scope of work, removing barriers, and building confidence with prospective Customers.
The ideal candidate will combine strong hands-on technical expertise with excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of translating complex technical concepts into clear, concise business value. You will be known as an established contributor within the team and will develop a reputation with Customers for the quality of your work.
Expectations
Experience
Minimum of 7+ years of hands-on experience in IT infrastructure, system administration, or deployment engineering roles.
5+ years of dedicated experience leading and executing deployments of Google Workspace for enterprise-level Customers.
Soft Skills
Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Proven presentation and public speaking skills.
Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions
Can articulate an issue concisely, can weigh the pros and cons, and can advocate a position based on reasoned argument.
Travel
Up to 30% travel to Customer sites, conferences, and other related events.
Working Hours
While work will be primarily focused in the UK and EMEA, flexibility is required in this role to support North American collaboration and project work.
Job Requirements
Certificates
Associate Google Workspace Administrator
Responsibilities
Deployment & Technical Leadership:
Lead Deployment Projects: Own and lead the end-to-end technical delivery of Google Workspace deployments for enterprise Customers.
Solution Architecture & Design: Collaborate with Customer IT teams and internal solution architects to design optimal deployment strategies, including user provisioning, data migration, security configurations, and integrations.
Technical Execution: Perform hands-on configuration, migration, and integration tasks for Google Workspace, leveraging Google's native tools, APIs, scripting (e.g., Python, Google Apps Script), and third-party migration utilities.
Data Migration Expertise: Plan and execute complex data migrations from diverse source environments to Google Workspace.
Identity & Access Management (IAM): Configure and integrate Google Workspace/Cloud with Customer's Identity Providers for seamless Single Sign-On (SSO) and user lifecycle management.
Security & Compliance: Implement advanced security features (e.g., DLP, Context-Aware Access, security center configurations) and ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and regulations.
Troubleshooting & Escalation: Act as a senior point of contact for complex technical issues during deployment, performing root cause analysis and coordinating with Google support as needed.
Documentation: Create comprehensive technical documentation, deployment guides, runbooks, and handover materials for Customer IT teams.
PreSales Technical Engineer:
Pre-Sales Technical Engagement: Act as a technical subject matter expert (SME) during the sales process, working closely with sales teams to understand prospective Customers' technical environments and business challenges.
Technical Presentations & Demos: Conduct compelling technical presentations, live demonstrations, and architectural deep-dives for prospective Customers, showcasing the capabilities and benefits of Google solutions.
Solution Scoping & Estimation: Assist in scoping projects, estimating technical effort, and identifying potential technical risks for proposed solutions.
Trusted Advisor: Build trust and credibility with Customer technical stakeholders, addressing concerns and providing expert guidance on their journey to Google Workspace.
Useful Qualifications
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interface with and communicate complex technical concepts to a broad range of stakeholders
Able to take initiative, identify areas for improvement, and begin tasks without constant supervision
Experience producing technical assets or writing technical documentation
Inherent troubleshooting skillset
+ A natural curiosity and logical approach to identifying issues, analyzing symptoms, and working towards solutions.
Eagerness to learn and highly motivated to absorb new technologies, processes, and best practices quickly
Meticulous attention to detail is crucial for Google Workspace deployments. Precision is required, as overlooking minor aspects can cause major production issues.
Time management with the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
+ Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize, and keep track of various deployment action items and follow ups.
Ability to recommend cloud-native approaches to solve Customer business and technical challenges
Understanding of best practices, design patterns, and reference architectures with an uncanny ability to recommend these as needed
About SADA An Insight company
Values:
SADA stands for inclusion, fairness, and doing the right thing. From our very beginning, we've championed a diverse workplace where we support and learn from each other, amplifying the impact we make with our customers. We're proud that our teams are composed of contributors who represent a wide array of backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer. Our three core values are the foundation of everything we do:
Hunger
Heart
Harmony
Work with the Best
: SADA has been the largest Google Cloud partner in North America since 2016 and, for the eighth year in a row, has been named a Google Global Partner of the Year . This year, SADA was named a Google Cloud Global Partner of the year 2024. SADA has also been awarded Best Place to Work year after year by the Business Intelligence Group and Inc. Magazine, and was recognized as a Niche Player in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant(TM) for Public Cloud IT Transformation Services.
Benefits
: Unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, competitive and attractive compensation, performance-based bonuses, paid holidays, generous medical, dental, vision plans, life, short and long-term disability insurance, 401K/RRSP with match, as well as Google-certified training programs and a professional development stipend.
Business Performance:
SADA has been named to the INC 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list for the last 10+ years in a row, garnering Honoree status. CRN has also named SADA on the Top 500 Global Solutions Providers list for the past 5 years. The overall culture continues to evolve with engineering at its core:3200+ projects completed, 4000+ customers served, 10K+ workloads, and 30M+ users migrated to the cloud.
To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact careers@sada.com. SADA complies with federal and state/provincial disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and candidates with disabilities.
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