Lead Network Engineer

Reporting to the Head of Focal Engineering, the Lead Engineer will serve 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 working role, with travel required to the Parliament Estate in London 1-2 days per week initially.

What you'll do:

• 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 as part of working 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 both internal stakeholders and PDS engineers, offering 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.

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

• 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.

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