Connectivity Engineer V
Ascendion is an AI-native software engineering disruptor helping businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with enterprise clients across North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our Engineering to the Power of AI (EngineeringAI) method, we deliver measurable outcomes that build trust, unlock value, and accelerate growth.
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About The Role:
- We are seeking a Connectivity Engineer to join the Design Engineering and Construction (DEC) team.
- This role is pivotal in supporting the physical infrastructure of company's global data centers, ensuring seamless connectivity for the delivery of company's innovative services.
- The Connectivity Engineer will manage the full project lifecycle, from initiation to production turnover, ensuring projects are executed on schedule, within budget, and meet quality standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Vendor management and Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC) oversight with connectivity vendors
- Assist the project controls team with forecasting and budget efforts
- Leading link audits (link testing, audit ticket creation, resolution management)
- Removing roadblocks and escalating issues where needed
- Tracking material and coordinating deliveries
- Managing audit tickets for failed links and driving resolution
- Coordinating with teams for provisioning activities
- Manage landlord's OSP Infrastructure, install to design, and dates inserted into lease agreement
- Responsible for ensuring rack/patch/stack of the network build is completed to standard
- Troubleshooting of network turnup during provisioning
- Coordination of Enterprise Network Services (ENS)/ Remote Site Engineering (RSE) for provisioning
- Oversee vendor site-level implementation of Safety Program
- Validate designs, artifacts, and deliverables
- Support Change Orders Requests and RFI Responses
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum 10+ years of professional experience
- Experience with hyperscale data center construction environments/connectivity experience (physical infrastructure including rack/patch/stack, link audits, network provisioning/turnup)
- ISP(Inside Plant) and networking background
- Vendor Management experience
- Familiarity with design-build project delivery and constructability reviews
- Strong documentation skills (Standard Operating Procedure(SOP's), Standard Installation Practice (SIP's), Request for Information (RFI) process management)
- Scheduling & risk mitigation expertise
- Ability to forecast and de-risk project timelines
- Self-driven with the ability to make independent decisions in the field without constant oversight
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior FAANG/Big Tech
- OSP (Outside Plant) experience
Location: New Albany, OH [Onsite]
Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $190,000 – $247,520 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]
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