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Outside Plant Telecom Engineer

United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and engineer outside plant routing for metro and long-haul connectivity, including Metro Dark Fiber, Long-Haul Fiber, subsea, and Lit Wave circuits.

Role type

Senior Outside Plant Telecom Engineer

Builds

World-class network infrastructure for MSFTs metro and long-haul connectivity

Domain

Telecommunications / Fiber Optics / Civil Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Outside Plant (OSP) optical design and planning, fiber and OSP design (cable sizing, cable counts), aerial and underground construction method selection, CAD design and mapping, GIS design and mapping, reading engineering plans and blueprints, technical documentation, vendor design approval, site walks, permitting, quality assurance inspections, cable record maintenance

Technologies

CAD, GIS

Responsibilities

Design and engineer outside plant routing for MSFTs metro and long-haul connectivity requirements; Approve vendor designs; Conduct site walks; Perform permitting and quality assurance inspections; Read and interpret highway/road prints to identify conflicts and select routing; Maintain accurate cable records and updates

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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