Principal Network Engineer
Principal Network Engineer
Fleet is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and technical strategy for network infrastructure across our hyperscale campuses. This role serves as Fleet's technical authority for fiber infrastructure, structured cabling, carrier connectivity, and Operational Technology (OT) networks including IoT, BMS, and EPMS.
- Design scalable network architectures supporting hyperscale campus operations
- Develop standards for fiber infrastructure, structured cabling, OT networks, and carrier connectivity
- Design inside-plant (ISP) and outside-plant (OSP) fiber systems with redundancy and future capacity in mind
- Serve as Fleet's technical SME for network and fiber infrastructure
- Establish engineering standards, documentation, and best practices across the organization
- Review engineering packages, vendor designs, and construction documents
- Support commissioning, testing, troubleshooting, and operational readiness
- Partner with customers to translate connectivity requirements into scalable design standards
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to reliability, performance, and scalability
- Lead technical evaluations, RFPs, vendor selection, and carrier relationships
- Support budgeting, lifecycle cost analysis, procurement, and project execution
About the Role
This is a highly technical, hands-on engineering role focused on building secure, resilient, and scalable network infrastructure for mission-critical data center environments.
Responsibilities
- Design scalable network architectures supporting hyperscale campus operations
- Develop standards for fiber infrastructure, structured cabling, OT networks, and carrier connectivity
- Design inside-plant (ISP) and outside-plant (OSP) fiber systems with redundancy and future capacity in mind
- Serve as Fleet's technical SME for network and fiber infrastructure
- Establish engineering standards, documentation, and best practices across the organization
- Review engineering packages, vendor designs, and construction documents
- Support commissioning, testing, troubleshooting, and operational readiness
- Partner with customers to translate connectivity requirements into scalable design standards
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to reliability, performance, and scalability
- Lead technical evaluations, RFPs, vendor selection, and carrier relationships
- Support budgeting, lifecycle cost analysis, procurement, and project execution
Requirements
- 10+ years in network engineering, telecommunications, fiber infrastructure, or mission-critical environments
- Experience designing and deploying large-scale network infrastructure
- Expertise in fiber infrastructure, structured cabling, and carrier connectivity
- Experience supporting projects through design, construction, commissioning, and operations
- Background serving as a Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, or Subject Matter Expert
- Data center, cloud, or other critical infrastructure experience strongly preferred
- Fiber optic systems, structured cabling, and network architecture
- DWDM, CWDM, optical transport technologies
- Routing, switching, and carrier networking
- OT networks including IoT, BMS, and EPMS
- AutoCAD, Visio, GIS, and infrastructure design tools
- Network testing, validation, troubleshooting, and commissioning
- Industry standards including ANSI/TIA, IEEE, ITU-T, ISO/IEC, BICSI, NEC, and NFPA
Qualifications
- Up to 25% travel to Fleet campuses and project sites
Benefits
Fleet Data Centers employees enjoy competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, standard paid holidays, and unlimited PTO.
Pay
$120,000–$150,000 + discretionary bonus
Schedule
Not specified
Contact
If you need assistance applying for any of our open positions, please contact us at info@fleetdatacenters.com.
About Fleet Data Centers
Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure.
Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of upleveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand. Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering, and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world's largest and most sophisticated customers a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation.
Fleet is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Alexandria, VA.