Telecom Infrastructure Network Engineer

CloudHQ LLC•Ashburn, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Based in Ashburn, Virginia, the Telecom Infrastructure Network Engineer at CloudHQ develops and maintains the physical-layer engineering for fiber-optic connectivity across inside-plant and outside-plant environments. The role manages routes, mapping, construction drawings, technical coordination, and utility interfaces from concept through as-built record completion.

Requirements

3+ years of technical infrastructure management experience
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications, network engineering, civil engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
Demonstrated experience designing or engineering physical fiber-optic infrastructure.
Ability to read and produce route plans, construction drawings, schematics, schedules, and as-built records.
Knowledge of fiber cable, pathways, splice closures, panels, termination hardware, testing concepts, and outside-plant construction methods.
Experience coordinating with utilities, civil construction teams, carriers, vendors, and field technicians.
Strong analytical, documentation, and technical communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with GIS, AutoCAD or similar drafting tools, and fiber-management or network-inventory platforms.
Experience integrating inside-plant and outside-plant records across multiple facilities, regions, or countries.
Familiarity with data center pathways, meet-me rooms, carrier entrances, diverse routing, and critical-environment change controls.

Responsibilities

Develop physical fiber route concepts and detailed designs for campus, metro, long-haul, building, and data center connectivity.
Prepare and review route maps, construction drawings, conduit and pathway plans, handhole and manhole details, rack elevations, cable schedules, splice plans, and labeling schemes.
Coordinate proposed routes with utilities, civil teams, property stakeholders, permitting authorities, carriers, and construction contractors.
Perform site surveys and field validation to confirm constructability, pathway availability, access constraints, hazards, and existing conditions.
Create engineering scopes, technical specifications, bills of material, design packages, and installation requirements.
Review contractor submittmits, requests for information, design changes, redlines, test plans, and as-built documentation.
Maintain accurate GIS, CAD, fiber-management, and asset records, including cable segments, strands, splices, terminations, pathways, and capacity assignments.
Support construction and commissioning by resolving field conflicts, evaluating proposed changes, and documenting approved deviations.
Define and review acceptance testing requirements, including applicable optical loss, continuity, and reflectometry records.