What are the responsibilities and job description for the Telecom Infrastructure Network Engineer position at CloudHQ, LLC?
Description
Who We Are
Our purpose at CloudHQ is to provide flexible, efficient and resilient data center solutions to businesses of all sizes. Our growing organization was founded by the pioneer of data center REITs. CloudHQ has state-of-the-art data center sites located on two Northern Virginia campuses, as well as London, Frankfurt, Paris, and São Paulo, and we anticipate exponential growth over the next several years both in the US and abroad.
What The Role Entails
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.
What You Will Get To Do
What you Bring to the Role
CloudHQ’s people and culture are the most enriching aspects that make us a great place to work. We are strengthened by industry experts who bring extensive knowledge, skill, and experience; leaders who bring vision, innovation and commitment to our people; and an expanding team of individuals who believe in that vision, and bring their best to support their customers and team.
Our employees enjoy competitive compensation and rewarding incentives, comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability), 401(k) with match, 12 paid holidays, generous PTO, development opportunities, and the ability to closely impact and contribute to the growth of an exceptional organization.
Equal Employment Opportunity
CloudHQ is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status.
Who We Are
Our purpose at CloudHQ is to provide flexible, efficient and resilient data center solutions to businesses of all sizes. Our growing organization was founded by the pioneer of data center REITs. CloudHQ has state-of-the-art data center sites located on two Northern Virginia campuses, as well as London, Frankfurt, Paris, and São Paulo, and we anticipate exponential growth over the next several years both in the US and abroad.
What The Role Entails
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.
What You Will Get To Do
- 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 submittals, 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.
- Design packages are accurate, buildable, coordinated, and issued on schedule.
- Field changes and engineering decisions are documented and reflected in final records.
- Fiber, pathway, splice, and termination records remain complete and traceable.
- Installed systems meet approved design and acceptance requirements.
What you Bring to the Role
- 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.
- 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.
CloudHQ’s people and culture are the most enriching aspects that make us a great place to work. We are strengthened by industry experts who bring extensive knowledge, skill, and experience; leaders who bring vision, innovation and commitment to our people; and an expanding team of individuals who believe in that vision, and bring their best to support their customers and team.
Our employees enjoy competitive compensation and rewarding incentives, comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability), 401(k) with match, 12 paid holidays, generous PTO, development opportunities, and the ability to closely impact and contribute to the growth of an exceptional organization.
Equal Employment Opportunity
CloudHQ is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status.