Lead Network Engineer

Overview

Telent is seeking a Lead Engineer to join the Engineering Team. The Lead Engineer will act as the primary technical liaison for the Parliamentary Digital Service (PDS), representing Telent Engineering across the Palace of Westminster and the wider Parliamentary Cisco Enterprise Estate. This is a hybrid role with travel to the Parliament Estate in London 1-2 days per week initially. You will be part of a high-performing team responsible for complex and critical network infrastructure, contributing to the nation's critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Act as the key technical point of contact between Telent Engineers and the Parliamentary Digital Service (PDS) for all aspects of network engineering.
• Support the delivery of a large-scale Cisco hardware refresh across the Palace of Westminster and wider Parliamentary Estate, ensuring minimal disruption to live services.
• Adhere to strict change control processes and maintain up-to-date technical documentation in a high-security, government-led environment.
• Attend daily operational calls with Parliament's IT operations teams to discuss faults, incidents, and change activity from the past 24 hours.
• Answer technical queries from internal stakeholders and PDS engineers, providing guidance across switching, routing, wireless, and access control technologies.
• Engage in monthly and quarterly roadmap discussions to align with future requirements and network strategy across the Parliamentary Estate.

Who you are

You're a highly skilled network engineer with proven experience in large-scale Cisco enterprise environments, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Key Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal skills with exposure to working within pressurised enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco enterprise networking, including switching, routing, and wireless technologies.
• Proficiency with Cisco Catalyst switches (including stacked deployments).
• Working knowledge of Cisco ISE, Prime Infrastructure, and Catalyst Centre.
• Experience with Wireless LAN Controllers and large-scale Cisco Access Point deployments.
• Solid understanding of enterprise LAN/WAN infrastructure.
• Relevant certifications: CCNP (Routing & Switching or Security) essential; CCIE is advantageous.
• Must be eligible for UK SC & NPPV3 Clearance.

What we offer

• Car Allowance
• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually, or 26 days holiday plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually.
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on cinema, restaurants and shopping with Telent Reward scheme

Learn more about Telent

Telent is passionate about creating an environment that champions diversity and inclusion, where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves and empowered to reach their full potential. People are at the heart of our business, and we believe that our teams should reflect the diverse experiences and backgrounds of the communities we support.

About Telent

Telent is a leading technology company and specialist in the design, build, support and maintenance, drawing on decades of experience in mission critical communications and technology for the UK's critical digital infrastructure. The work we do helps connect thousands of people and communities, using the best technology and innovation available. When you join us, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact by fulfilling your potential and delivering high performance. We work together to make everyday life work better for everyone. You'll be part of a team of more than 3,000 brilliant, dedicated people committed to getting the job done well.

Brilliance brought together.

We are guided by our values and behaviours: Be Inclusive; Take Responsibility; Collaborate; Be Customer-focused.