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Principal Telecom Engineer

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In short

Microsoft is seeking a Principal Telecom Engineer to lead telecommunications infrastructure design and delivery for its AMER regional datacenter portfolio. This remote role requires subject matter expertise in OSP, structured cabling, and campus-scale planning to support future growth and ensure reliability and scalability.

Responsibilities

  • Lead telecommunications design and technical delivery for multiple datacenter and campus projects.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for telecommunications infrastructure including ISP, structured cabling, OSP, pathway planning, and fiber optics.
  • Lead campus-scale telecommunications infrastructure planning for current and future datacenter growth.
  • Provide technical leadership for OSP infrastructure, pathway strategy, campus fiber distribution, and space planning.
  • Partner with civil, construction, operations, and network stakeholders to coordinate infrastructure requirements.
  • Lead design reviews and provide technical direction to A/E firms.
  • Evaluate telecommunications infrastructure design options and provide recommendations.
  • Review telecommunications design packages, specifications, drawings, and BOMs.
  • Identify technical risks and drive timely resolution.
  • Support development and improvement of telecommunications standards and best practices.
  • Mentor and provide technical guidance to telecommunications engineers.
  • Provide field support, construction consultation, and technical troubleshooting.
  • Drive initiatives to improve quality, consistency, scalability, and execution across the telecommunications portfolio.

Requirements

  • Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
  • Demonstrated experience leading telecommunications infrastructure design and technical delivery for large-scale datacenter, mission-critical, or comparable infrastructure projects.
  • Experience with telecommunications infrastructure including copper, structured cabling, fiber optic infrastructure, ISP, OSP, underground telecommunications infrastructure, pathway systems, and campus fiber distribution networks.
  • Experience with outside plant (OSP) telecommunications infrastructure including coordination, pathway planning, telecommunications space planning, and infrastructure scalability considerations.
  • Experience supporting greenfield and brownfield development projects.
  • Experience managing A/E firms through design development, design review, construction administration, and project delivery activities.
  • Knowledge of industry standards, building codes, and safety standards including BICSI Standards, TDMM, RUS Standards, ANSI/IEEE/IEC, NFPA, NEC, and applicable building codes.
  • Technical understanding of mission-critical environments and associated telecommunications infrastructure considerations.
  • Experience coordinating telecommunications requirements with civil, construction, operations, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
  • Experience leading multiple concurrent engineering projects with competing priorities, schedules, and stakeholder requirements.
  • Strong understanding of structured cabling systems and associated telecommunications infrastructure components.
  • Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership across complex engineering programs and influence decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and supporting development of engineering standards, technical guidance, and best practices.
  • Familiarity with construction administration, field support activities, and design issue resolution during project execution.
  • Experience with Bluebeam, AutoCAD, Revit, BIM tools, or comparable engineering and construction coordination platforms.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
  • Must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Desired Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
  • Professional Engineer (PE), RCDD, DCDC, or equivalent industry certification preferred.

Benefits

  • Typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year.
  • Specific work location ranges: San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
#Datacenter#Cloud#Engineering#Telecommunications#Infrastructure
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Company

Microsoft

Job Posted

1 week ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

Remote

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

United States

Qualification

Master, Bachelor, Doctoral

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