Fiber Network Engineer - Data Center Infrastructure

CloudHQ, LLC; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

12 paid holidays

Generous PTO

Development opportunities

Medical/dental/vision

Job summary

CloudHQ, LLC is seeking a Telecom Infrastructure Network Engineer based in Ashburn, VA. You will design, route, and manage fiber-optic infrastructure across inside-plant and outside-plant environments, coordinating with utilities and contractors from concept to as-built records.

The role involves site surveys, route planning, and creating detailed specifications, bills of materials, and installation requirements to ensure build-ready designs and compliant documentation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical infrastructure management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications, civil engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 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 and testing concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop physical fiber route concepts and detailed designs for campus, metro, long-haul, building, and data center connectivity.
• Prepare and review route maps, drawings, conduit plans, rack elevations, and cable schedules.
• Coordinate routes with utilities, civil teams, property stakeholders, carriers, and contractors.
• Perform site surveys and field validation for constructability and access constraints.
• Create engineering scopes, specifications, BOMs, design packages, and installation requirements.
• Review contractor submittals, RFIs, design changes, and as-built docs.
• Maintain GIS, CAD, fiber-management and asset records; ensure traceability.
• Support construction and commissioning by resolving conflicts and deviations.
• Define and review acceptance testing requirements including optical loss and reflectometry.

Skills

Fiber optics

Route design

Construction drawings

Coordination with utilities

Documentation

As-built records

GIS

AutoCAD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field

Tools

GIS

AutoCAD

Job description

CloudHQ, LLC is seeking a Telecom Infrastructure Network Engineer based in Ashburn, VA. You will design, route, and manage fiber-optic infrastructure across inside-plant and outside-plant environments, coordinating with utilities and contractors from concept to as-built records.

The role involves site surveys, route planning, and creating detailed specifications, bills of materials, and installation requirements to ensure build-ready designs and compliant documentation.