Site Survey Engineer
About the job
- At least 5 years of experience supporting communications, telecommunications, network infrastructure, or installation modernization projects.
- Experience conducting technical site surveys or infrastructure assessments.
- Working knowledge of network infrastructure, structured cabling systems, telecommunications rooms and equipment spaces, fiber and copper cabling, power distribution systems, and network equipment installation practices.
- Experience documenting technical environments and developing survey reports.
- Ability to read and interpret network diagrams, floor plans, and engineering drawings.
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications to create technical deliverables.
- Ability to travel extensively throughout the United States.
- A valid driver's license is required.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Ability to maintain a Secret security clearance is required.
- Conduct site surveys at Army installations and associated facilities throughout the continental United States.
- Assess existing network, telecommunications, voice, wireless, and infrastructure environments.
- Document network rooms, telecommunications closets, equipment racks, cable pathways, and power distribution systems.
- Collect and validate inventories of network and telecommunications equipment.
- Identify infrastructure deficiencies, risks, and modernization requirements.
- Develop survey reports, site assessment packages, and supporting technical documentation.
- Create and validate equipment inventories, floor plans, rack elevations, photographs, and installation notes.
- Coordinate directly with government stakeholders during survey activities.
- Support engineering teams with survey findings and technical recommendations.
- Assist with developing implementation plans and deployment-readiness assessments.
- Support configuration and validation activities within the COMPMOD integration lab.
- Participate in project-planning meetings and technical reviews.
- Travel to Army installations nationwide in support of survey tasking and customer engagements.
- Active Top Secret clearance.
- Experience supporting Army, Department of Defense, or federal telecommunications modernization efforts.
- Experience with structured cabling systems and telecommunications infrastructure.
- Experience supporting network deployments, installation projects, or facility modernization efforts.
- Experience with Visio, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, or similar documentation tools.
- Familiarity with outside plant and inside plant infrastructure.
- Knowledge of TIA/EIA telecommunications standards.
- Knowledge of data center, main distribution frame, and intermediate distribution frame environments.
- Prior experience supporting U.S. Army projects.
- Journeyman electrician license.
- Electrical certification or formal electrical trade training.
- Experience evaluating building electrical infrastructure supporting information technology and telecommunications systems.
- Experience assessing uninterruptible power supply systems, grounding, power distribution, and telecommunications electrical requirements.
- Experience supporting field installation or construction activities.
About the company
1) What VTG does: VTG provides defense and intelligence services with a focus on force modernization, digital transformation, aerospace and naval engineering, and cyber capabilities across a unified enterprise. 2) How its products work: It builds end-to-end capabilities by integrating specialized firms and services (engineering, IT, cyber, logistics) through acquisitions to deliver modernization and transformation for defense and intelligence customers. 3) How it differs from competitors: It operates as a single, cohesive organization after consolidating disparate units and growing through targeted acquisitions to expand its expertise in intelligence, cyber, and defense modernization rather than offering fragmented offerings. 4) What its goal is: To expand its footprint in the intelligence community and cyber domain while continuing defense modernization for government customers, supported by strategic growth and acquisitions.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Lenoir, North Carolina
Founded
1866
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- VTG's sixth 2025 acquisition, Miklos Systems, deepens Intelligence Community software and cloud.
- VTG won DoDIAC Pool 1 access in February 2025 for defense R&D.
- More than 35% of VTG business now comes from Intelligence Community solutions.
What critics are saying
- VTG's 2025 acquisition spree strains integration, systems, and culture across seven businesses.
- VTG relies on federal contracts; one NAVSEA protest or recompete hits revenue in 2026.
- Booz Allen and Leidos bundle similar IC services, threatening VTG's niche outright.
What makes VTG unique
- John Hassoun turned VTG into a defense roll-up spanning IC, cyber, and naval engineering.
- VTG won NAVSEA's five-year $130 million warfare systems engineering prime in May 2024.
- VTG bought Triaplex, Miklos, Byte, iota IT, Tunuva, Loki, and Clear Cloud.
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Benefits
- Hybrid Work Options
- Flexible Work Hours