What The Role EntailsBased 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.
Success Measures - 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.
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.
Our Ideal Candidate Will Also Possess- 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.
What We OfferCloudHQ'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.
