Principal Network Engineer

Position Overview

Fleet is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead the architecture design and technical strategy for network infrastructure across our hyperscale campuses.

This role serves as Fleets technical authority for fiber infrastructure structured cabling carrier connectivity and Operational Technology (OT) networks including IoT BMS and EPMS. Working across Product Design Construction Operations customers and external partners youll establish engineering standards guide infrastructure decisions and support projects from concept through commissioning and operations.

This is a highly technical hands-on engineering role focused on building secure resilient and scalable network infrastructure for mission-critical data center environments.

What Youll Do

• Design scalable network architectures supporting hyperscale campus operations
• Develop standards for fiber infrastructure structured cabling OT networks and carrier connectivity
• Design inside-plant (ISP) and outside-plant (OSP) fiber systems with redundancy and future capacity in mind
• Serve as Fleets technical SME for network and fiber infrastructure
• Establish engineering standards documentation and best practices across the organization
• Review engineering packages vendor designs and construction documents
• Support commissioning testing troubleshooting and operational readiness
• Partner with customers to translate connectivity requirements into scalable design standards
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to reliability performance and scalability
• Lead technical evaluations RFPs vendor selection and carrier relationships
• Support budgeting lifecycle cost analysis procurement and project execution

What Were Looking For

Experience:

• 10 years in network engineering telecommunications fiber infrastructure or mission-critical environments
• Experience designing and deploying large-scale network infrastructure
• Expertise in fiber infrastructure structured cabling and carrier connectivity
• Experience supporting projects through design construction commissioning and operations
• Background serving as a Principal Engineer Technical Lead or Subject Matter Expert
• Data center cloud or other critical infrastructure experience strongly preferred

Technical Expertise:

• Fiber optic systems structured cabling and network architecture
• DWDM CWDM optical transport technologies
• Routing switching and carrier networking
• OT networks including IoT BMS and EPMS
• AutoCAD Visio GIS and infrastructure design tools
• Network testing validation troubleshooting and commissioning
• Industry standards including ANSI/TIA IEEE ITU-T ISO/IEC BICSI NEC and NFPA

Travel:

• Up to 25% travel to Fleet campuses and project sites

Expected Salary range: $120000$150000 discretionary bonus

Fleet Data Centers Employment

Fleet Data Centers employees enjoy competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including 100% employer-covered medical dental and vision insurance a 401K program standard paid holidays and unlimited PTO.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the organizations ongoing needs.

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