Telecom Design Drafter

Job Title : Telecom Design Drafter

Clearance : Top Secret or TS/SCI

Location : Washington, DC

Position Type : Full-time, Direct Hire

Salary Range : $95-110,000 (negotiable based on experience)

Summary :

The Telecommunications Design Drafter will develop and maintain technical drawings using AutoCAD and Microsoft Visio, document existing telecommunications infrastructure, translate field-collected survey data into accurate engineering drawings, and support the development of telecommunications infrastructure designs based on legacy conditions, project requirements, and engineering direction.

Responsibilities :

- Develop, update, and maintain telecommunications drawings and design packages using AutoCAD and Microsoft Visio.

- Create and revise floor plans, telecommunications layouts, pathway drawings, conduit plans, rack elevations, cable routing diagrams, network diagrams, and infrastructure details.

- Translate field notes, survey forms, sketches, redlines, photographs, pathway data, cable route information, telecom room documentation, and legacy records into accurate AutoCAD and Visio drawings.

- Document existing infrastructure including building entrances, MDFs, IDFs, backbone routes, risers, cable pathways, rack layouts, patch fields, OSP routes, OSP-to-ISP transitions, and known constraints.

- Support the development of proposed telecommunications infrastructure designs for fiber backbone, copper cabling, telecommunications pathways, MDF/IDF layouts, rack elevations, cable routing, and equipment placement.

- Produce detailed as-built drawings and construction-ready documentation supporting implementation activities.

- Read and interpret architectural, engineering, and telecommunications drawings to ensure design accuracy and consistency.

- Coordinate with engineers, project managers, and field technicians to resolve missing, conflicting, or incomplete survey information.

- Incorporate field redlines, engineering comments, QA/QC comments, and customer review feedback into controlled drawing packages.

- Maintain drawing version control, file naming standards, revision histories, and document management processes.

- Identify pathway limitations, rack-space constraints, cable management concerns, incomplete documentation, and other issues affecting proposed designs.

- Support preparation of survey packages, engineering drawing sets, implementation work packages, and final turnover documentation.

- Ensure all AutoCAD and Visio deliverables meet project standards, customer requirements, engineering specifications, and quality expectations.

Qualifications :

- Active Top Secret clearance.

- Strong proficiency with AutoCAD, including development and modification of telecommunications, infrastructure, and construction drawings.

- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Visio, including telecommunications diagrams, rack elevations, network diagrams, pathway layouts, and floor plan overlays.

- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel for schedules, document control, and tracking.

- Experience creating and maintaining technical drawings for telecommunications, structured cabling, low-voltage systems, network infrastructure, facilities, or engineering projects.

- Experience supporting telecommunications infrastructure design, structured cabling documentation, OSP/ISP planning, network modernization, or facilities modernization projects.

- Ability to interpret and update architectural floor plans, telecom drawings, engineering markups, field sketches, and redline documentation.

- Experience producing accurate as-built documentation and construction drawing packages.

- Familiarity with MDFs, IDFs, telecommunications rooms, racks, patch panels, fiber shelves, copper patch panels, backbone cabling, horizontal cabling, cable tray, ladder rack, conduit, sleeves, pathways, risers, building entrances, and OSP/ISP transitions.

- Knowledge of structured cabling systems, fiber optics, copper cabling, cable routing, labeling, patching, rack elevations, and telecommunications infrastructure design.

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams.

- Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage drawing revisions across multiple buildings, floors, telecom rooms, and project phases.

- Ability to work onsite full time in Washington, DC.