rowan - Telecommunications & Network Infrastructure Design Engineer

Hybrid - USA *2w ago

In Office Senior NA Banking Broadband Graphic Designer Digital Designer Fiber Documentation BSC Change Management Procurement Project Coordination

Requirements

• 5+ years of telecommunications infrastructure design experience. • Experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, mission-critical, or large-scale industrial facilities. • Strong understanding of ISP/OSP telecommunications design principles. • Experience with structured cabling systems, fiber optic infrastructure, and carrier connectivity. • Familiarity with Carrier Entrance Facilities, Meet-Me Rooms, MDFs, IDFs, and telecommunications room design. • Working knowledge of IT/OT network infrastructure and BMS network requirements. • Knowledge of BICSI, TIA, and telecommunications industry standards. • RCDD certification preferred. • Experience reviewing engineering drawings, specifications, and construction documents. • Strong communication, coordination, and project management skills • Fueled by Excellence & Collaboration • At Rowan, we are a distributed team united by a common mission to transform data center delivery. Across our two offices, we offer a hybrid work environment supported by the teamwork, technology, and in-office gathering time to help you be successful. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado and have an office in Seattle, Washington. Our team of talented and passionate individuals is spread out across the U.S. • Here to support you • At Rowan, we want to make sure you can do great work. We offer competitive benefits focused on helping you be and achieve your best. • Hybrid working environment • Team building and educational opportunities

Responsibilities

• Telecommunications Infrastructure Design: • Develop telecommunications infrastructure standards for Rowan data centers. • Design and review ISP and OSP telecommunications systems, including conduit pathways, duct banks, handholes, vaults, and fiber distribution networks. • Define fiber backbone architectures, route diversity requirements, and capacity planning strategies. • Support Carrier Entrance Facilities (CEF), Building Entry Facilities (BEF), Meet-Me Rooms (MMR), Main Distribution Frames (MDF), and Intermediate Distribution Frames (IDF) design and standards. • Coordinate telecommunications requirements across campus and building infrastructure. • Develop and maintain structured cabling standards for fiber optic and copper infrastructure. • Review telecommunications room layouts, rack elevations, pathways, and cable routing designs. • Support fiber allocation planning, patching strategies, labeling standards, and cable management practices. • Coordinate carrier access requirements, dark fiber connectivity, lit services, and interconnection strategies. • Review of customer telecommunications requirements and Owner Project Requirements (OPRs). • Support telecommunications commissioning activities, including fiber testing, OTDR validation, certification review, and turnover documentation. • Review telecommunications submittals, RFIs, shop drawings, and construction documents for compliance with Rowan standards. • Network Engineering Support: • Support the design and implementation of IT and OT network infrastructure within Rowan data centers. • Coordinate network requirements for Building Management Systems (BMS) and related operational technologies. • Assist with network topology development, IP addressing strategies, resiliency requirements, and infrastructure standards. • Review network equipment layouts, rack elevations, and telecommunications infrastructure requirements to ensure alignment with overall facility design. • Coordinate with network engineers, controls vendors, and operations teams during design, construction, commissioning, and turnover activities. • Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), and related operational technologies. • Design Coordination & Project Support: • Collaborate with architects, civil engineers, MEP engineers, contractors, customers, and telecommunications consultants. • Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews, value engineering exercises, and project coordination meetings. • Support procurement activities, vendor evaluations, and technical scope reviews. • Assist with change management, issue resolution, and project execution from design through commissioning.