📍
Thornton, CO

Network Operations Residency Program, University Graduate, 2026 Start

Graduate Program
Engineering
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Google

Global internet search & technology leader
84.2
Palpable Score
Apply >view company >

Minimum qualifications:

Preferred qualifications:

About the job

Google is proud to boast a network that provides service to millions of Internet users around the world. The Network Engineering team is responsible for operating that network reliably and at scale. As a member of the team, you have a direct impact on design and feature enhancements to keep our systems running smoothly. You also ensure that network operations are safe and efficient by monitoring network performance, coordinating planned maintenance, adjusting hardware components and responding to network connectivity issues. Google's complex network generates a constant stream of challenges which require you to continually be innovative with an evolving set of technologies. Keeping the network reliable ensures that our users stay connected with our suite of applications, products and services.

The Network Operations Residency Program (NORP) is a two-year program for full-time employees designed to give new hires exposure to different projects. You will transfer to either Network Engineer or Technical Program Management roles after getting exposure to both of those areas in their rotations. You can take their careers in a variety of directions, into different engineering functions, from operations to architecture, to program and technical program management. NORP is designed to build future leaders and jumpstart your career in networking technology.

Google is an engineering company at heart. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to take on some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on users around the world. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, social to local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.

Responsibilities

About the company

Google

Company overview
Google is a technology company that builds consumer and enterprise products used worldwide, including Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, and Gmail. Google also operates Google Cloud, offering infrastructure and platform services for businesses and public sector organisations. The company earns a large share of revenue from advertising products tied to Search and YouTube, alongside growing cloud and subscription businesses. Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet.

Locations and presence

Google has major office hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, alongside a wide global office footprint. Google roles are commonly tied to specific office locations, with public reporting in 2025 describing tighter rules for remote arrangements and a stronger push toward hybrid attendance for employees who live near an office.

Palpable Score

84.2
/ 100
Google offers multiple well-known entry paths for students and graduates, and Google publishes unusually detailed hiring and interviewer-calibration practices that are designed to reduce bias. The main constraint on the score is early-career stability: public reporting about restructures, buyouts, and stricter location rules makes outcomes less predictable than the brand reputation alone would suggest.
view full company profile >

Related jobs

📍
United Kingdom
Cleo
Commercial Associate
January 22, 2026
view job >
📍
Warsaw, Poland
Cleo
Product Engineer - Ruby | Poland
January 22, 2026
view job >
📍
United Kingdom
Cleo
Graduate Machine Learning Engineer
January 22, 2026
view job >
📍
United Kingdom
Cleo
Data Analyst, Fraud
January 22, 2026
view job >