Senior ICT Engineer

The Role: Sr. ICT Engineer

As a Sr. ICT Engineer, you are a senior member of the Data Center Construction and Design – Design Engineering team. You are responsible for ICT infrastructure design standards, consultant oversight, and technical leadership across Switch’s expanding data center portfolio.

You ensure physical layer infrastructure designs are resilient, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with both industry standards and Switch design requirements. Your work directly impacts speed to market, design consistency, and long-term facility performance.

This is a remote role with domestic travel expected to be less than 25%.

What You’ll Do

• Develop company-wide physical layer (Layer 1) standards for telecom pathways, spaces, and structured cabling systems.
• Oversee consultant design for fiber optic and copper ISP infrastructure to ensure scalability and compliance.
• Review ICT pathways, cabling designs, equipment submittals, and shop drawings.
• Develop and maintain Basis of Design documentation and specification templates.
• Lead risk identification and mitigation during design development.
• Assess engineering assumptions and evaluate design alternatives.
• Support master planning by reviewing communications system layouts.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects designed by external consultants.
• Coordinate with internal engineering teams, construction managers, quantity surveyors, vendors, utilities, and AHJs.
• Assist in preparing and reviewing RFPs for design consultants.
• Work with manufacturers to specify appropriate ICT equipment.
• Ensure compliance with ANSI/TIA, ANSI/BICSI, and applicable code requirements.
• Identify and lead initiatives to improve cost, quality, schedule, and design consistency across sites.
• Research emerging ICT technologies and evaluate applicability to hyperscale data center environments.
• Present technical information clearly to customers, leadership, and peers.

What We’re Looking For

• You independently identify and mitigate design risks.
• You balance cost, speed, and quality in high-growth environments.
• You hold high standards for documentation and compliance.
• You communicate clearly with consultants, contractors, and internal teams.
• You remain organized while managing multiple projects.
• You contribute practical improvements to design standards and processes.

What You’ll Bring

Required

• BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) or equivalent BICSI credential (DCDC, RTPM, OSP).
• 10+ years of ICT design experience, preferably in mission-critical environments.
• Experience developing structured cabling designs for fiber optic and category copper systems.
• Strong knowledge of ANSI/TIA and ANSI/BICSI standards.
• Experience reviewing consultant-generated design documentation.
• Proficiency with Bluebeam, SmartSheet, and Microsoft Office.

Preferred

• Experience with Revit and AutoCAD.
• Experience supporting hyperscale or colocation data center projects.
• Familiarity with master planning and campus-level infrastructure design.

If you meet most of these qualifications, we encourage you to apply.