Telecom Infrastructure Technician/Inspector

About the role

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.

Based in Ashburn, Virginia, the Telecom Infrastructure Technician / Inspector at CloudHQ performs and verifies fiber-optic installation, repair, testing, labeling, and construction activities. The role provides field-level quality assurance, documents actual conditions, identifies nonconforming work, and supports safe, reliable turnover of telecom infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Install, route, dress, secure, label, terminate, splice, and repair fiber-optic cables and associated pathway or support components within the role’s authorization and training.
• Inspect underground, aerial, building, and data center telecom construction against approved drawings, scopes, specifications, permits, and quality requirements.
• Observe conduit, duct, handhole, manhole, pathway, cable placement, bend radius, pulling tension, grounding or bonding interfaces, firestopping, labeling, and restoration activities as applicable.
• Perform or witness continuity, polarity, optical loss, power-meter, and reflectometry testing in accordance with approved test plans and equipment procedures.
• Document daily progress, installed quantities, test results, site conditions, photos, redlines, deficiencies, and corrective actions.
• Identify damaged facilities, unsafe conditions, design conflicts, quality issues, and scope deviations; stop or escalate work when required by site rules or authority level.
• Coordinate field activities with project managers, engineers, contractors, site operations, security, safety, and utility representatives.
• Validate punch-list completion and contribute to as-built drawings, splice records, cable schedules, and closeout packages.
• Maintain tools and test equipment, track calibration status where applicable, and follow material-handling and housekeeping expectations.
• Use required personal protective equipment and comply with site safety, access, security, environmental, and work-control procedures.

Requirements

• 3+ years of technical infrastructure management experience