Telecom Infrastructure Network Engineer

About the role

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.

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 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.

Requirements

• 3+ years of technical infrastructure management experience
• Bachelor’s degree