Data Center Telecom Infrastructure Project Lead

CloudHQ, LLC; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with match

Paid holidays

Generous PTO

Development opportunities

Job summary

CloudHQ, LLC is seeking a Telecom Infrastructure Project Manager based in Ashburn, VA to plan and coordinate inside- and outside-plant telecom installations. You will align rollout schedules, vendors, permits, engineering, and site teams to ensure safe, compliant, documented, and operationally ready work.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in technical infrastructure management, strong vendor coordination skills, and a track record delivering telecom or data center projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical infrastructure management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, telecommunications, project management, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering telecom, fiber‑optic, utility, data center, or critical‑infrastructure projects.
• Experience coordinating vendors, permits, construction activities, and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of project controls, risk management, change management, and document control.
• Ability to interpret telecom drawings, route plans, schedules, scopes of work, and technical submittals.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, negotiation, and executive‑status reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering design, permitting, procurement, construction, testing, turnover, and closeout.
• Coordinate telecom carriers, fiber contractors, engineering consultants, utility providers, permitting authorities, site operations, security, safety, and other cross-functional teams.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, change control, and project documentation.
• Confirm route designs, construction drawings, bills of material, method statements, permits, and access requirements are ready before field execution.
• Lead regular project reviews, communicate status and decisions, elevate constraints, and track corrective actions through closure.
• Oversee vendor performance, validate progress, review deliverables, support invoice verification, and manage punch‑list completion.
• Coordinate outages, maintenance windows, access, logistics, and stakeholder notifications for work affecting live environments.
• Ensure complete turnover packages, including as‑built drawings, test results, splice records, permits, warranties, asset records, and acceptance documentation.
• Promote compliance with applicable safety, quality.

Skills

Project management

Telecom infrastructure

Vendor coordination

Risk management

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, telecommunications, project management, or related field

Tools

GIS

CAD

MS Project

Job description

CloudHQ, LLC is seeking a Telecom Infrastructure Project Manager based in Ashburn, VA to plan and coordinate inside- and outside-plant telecom installations. You will align rollout schedules, vendors, permits, engineering, and site teams to ensure safe, compliant, documented, and operationally ready work.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in technical infrastructure management, strong vendor coordination skills, and a track record delivering telecom or data center projects.