Fiber Infrastructure Engineer – Data Center Networks

CloudHQ LLC; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) with match

Paid holidays

Generous PTO

Development opportunities

Job summary

CloudHQ in Ashburn, VA seeks a Telecom Infrastructure Network Engineer to design and maintain fiber-optic infrastructure across campus, metro and data center environments. You’ll manage routes, drawings, and associated records from concept through as-built documentation.

You will coordinate with utilities, carriers, and civil teams, perform site surveys, and define installation requirements, ensuring completed designs meet acceptance criteria and project schedules.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical infrastructure management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering or related field.
• 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.

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.

Skills

Fiber optics

GIS

AutoCAD

Coordination

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AutoCAD

GIS

Fiber-management

Job description

CloudHQ in Ashburn, VA seeks a Telecom Infrastructure Network Engineer to design and maintain fiber-optic infrastructure across campus, metro and data center environments. You’ll manage routes, drawings, and associated records from concept through as-built documentation.

You will coordinate with utilities, carriers, and civil teams, perform site surveys, and define installation requirements, ensuring completed designs meet acceptance criteria and project schedules.