Principal Engineer - Fortinet When you join our Engineering Team at Telent, you'll be empowered to innovate and drive common solutions, working closely with technical experts who are proud of the impact their work makes. Come join a high-performing team doing complex and critical work. Help build and keep the nation's critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7. Reporting into the Head of Focal Engineering, the Fortinet Principal Engineer will be responsible for leading the design and delivery of secure, high-performance Fortinet SD-WAN solutions for our enterprise and public sector customers. This is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to be in our Farnborough office around 2 days per month. Other travel may be required on an ad-hoc basis. What you'll do: Lead the end-to-end design of secure SD-WAN solutions using Fortinet Secure SD-WAN. Define scalable, resilient architectures tailored for enterprise and public sector clients. Ensure alignment with customer requirements, SLAs, and regulatory standards. Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for Fortinet SD-WAN technologies. Provide guidance and mentoring to engineers and architects across projects. Drive best practices in network design, security integration, and automation Act as the last line technical lead to resolve technical problems, either design or support related problems Assist in the build and design of Proof-of-Concept scenarios, Type Approval activities in the Telent labs and support in the creation of test type documentation and test scenarios. Who you are: You are an experienced network and security professional with deep expertise in designing and delivering complex Fortinet SD-WAN solutions. You have a strong background in enterprise networking and a proven track record of leading technical design from concept through to implementation. Key Requirements: Expert knowledge of SD-WAN technologies, particularly Fortinet Secure SD-WAN (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer) Fortinet Expert Certification (FCSS) Fortinet SD-WAN design and delivery experience Deep understanding of network security principles (firewalls, VPNs, segmentation, zero trust concepts) Experience designing large-scale, resilient, multi-site network architectures Strong ability to produce HLDs, LLDs, and technical design documentation Excellent troubleshooting and performance optimisation skills Strong stakeholder management and communication skills (technical and non-technical audiences) What we offer: A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver. We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work. The additional benefits with this role: 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: Click here for Telent Video! We're 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.
13/06/2026
Full time
Principal Engineer - Fortinet When you join our Engineering Team at Telent, you'll be empowered to innovate and drive common solutions, working closely with technical experts who are proud of the impact their work makes. Come join a high-performing team doing complex and critical work. Help build and keep the nation's critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7. Reporting into the Head of Focal Engineering, the Fortinet Principal Engineer will be responsible for leading the design and delivery of secure, high-performance Fortinet SD-WAN solutions for our enterprise and public sector customers. This is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to be in our Farnborough office around 2 days per month. Other travel may be required on an ad-hoc basis. What you'll do: Lead the end-to-end design of secure SD-WAN solutions using Fortinet Secure SD-WAN. Define scalable, resilient architectures tailored for enterprise and public sector clients. Ensure alignment with customer requirements, SLAs, and regulatory standards. Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for Fortinet SD-WAN technologies. Provide guidance and mentoring to engineers and architects across projects. Drive best practices in network design, security integration, and automation Act as the last line technical lead to resolve technical problems, either design or support related problems Assist in the build and design of Proof-of-Concept scenarios, Type Approval activities in the Telent labs and support in the creation of test type documentation and test scenarios. Who you are: You are an experienced network and security professional with deep expertise in designing and delivering complex Fortinet SD-WAN solutions. You have a strong background in enterprise networking and a proven track record of leading technical design from concept through to implementation. Key Requirements: Expert knowledge of SD-WAN technologies, particularly Fortinet Secure SD-WAN (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer) Fortinet Expert Certification (FCSS) Fortinet SD-WAN design and delivery experience Deep understanding of network security principles (firewalls, VPNs, segmentation, zero trust concepts) Experience designing large-scale, resilient, multi-site network architectures Strong ability to produce HLDs, LLDs, and technical design documentation Excellent troubleshooting and performance optimisation skills Strong stakeholder management and communication skills (technical and non-technical audiences) What we offer: A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver. We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work. The additional benefits with this role: 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: Click here for Telent Video! We're 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.
Senior Project Manager We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Rail team. We are looking for a Senior Project Manager who has previous experience of being delivery focussed on large scale Telecoms/Commissioning projects, working closely with our Engineers, commercial teams and other areas of the business to manage and direct a large scale, complex high value project. The Senior Project Manager will be expected to develop and manage large teams with accountability for Health and Safety, Quality, Financial Performance and Operational Delivery. Key Deliverables - Provide delivery focussed office & customer site-based work as required to ensure project delivery complies with prevailing quality, safety, and environmental standards and regulations within specified timescales and to budget, in accordance with Telent and client Quality Environment Health and Safety (QEHS) procedures. - Develop consistent project delivery and reporting processes to ensure delivery of assigned projects in accordance with Telent, client QEHS and contractual processes, including regular review and checks - Will ensure the implementation of consistent governance and controls to report project Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) to key stakeholders, highlighting and managing all risks & issues and their mitigations throughout the project lifecycle - Act as an escalation point for project issues, coordinating resolution with the project team, client and stakeholders - Solving complex problems takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions. - Utilise industry best practices, techniques, standards and Project Management tools to optimise project delivery, - Identifying for improvement in project performance and instigating continuous improvement action plans - Will be the key stakeholder in managing Business Change - Will be the principle point of customer escalation for allocated projects - Will be required to provide oversight for the installation and commissioning of specified products and/or services Responsibilities - Accountable for the delivery of a large re-signalling project, having experience of previous major commissioning projects. - Accountable for correct implementation of the Client, and Telent QEHS procedures, which includes Telent staff and sub-contractors assigned to the project - Accountable for successful end to end delivery of allocated projects. - Dealing with change requests, claims etc - Lead a team of engineers to ensure project delivery. (not line management) - Ensure client project scopes and objectives are determined and defined - Ensure the ongoing management of the Project Execution/Mobilisation Plan. - Creating and ensuring ongoing management of the Project Plan. - Ensure adequate and competent staff are identified and assigned (internal and external). - Will be required to deliver and direct highly complex strategic projects - Ensure financial controls are in place to manage projects within agreed budgets - May be required to coordinate logistics plans to meet the delivery programme - Will ensure standard project documentation is produced and stored on designated system - Accountable for ensuring client change control processes are as specified and change events are recorded and submitted to the customer - Will be required to undertake regular Site Safety Inspections on specified project as per the project inspection calendar set by the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Manager. - Ensure successful site handovers - Ensure the setup of stage gate meetings such as project kick off meetings, project gate reviews (design, start on construction), project close out sessions as defined in the Project Execution/Mobilisation Plan - Will be required to report financial performance of assigned projects, including managing financial performance through designated system - Will ensure the implementation of Principal Contractor (PC) License and QEHS procedures to assigned projects. - Providing support to bid submissions including Project Plans, Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions (RAID) log and method statement responses as required. - Encourages and ensures collaboration with Project Stakeholders - Manage direct reports in line with HR policies, procedures and business processes Skill Requirements - Previously managed large scale delivery projects within a Telecoms Commissioning environment. - Dealt with Change requests, Claims etc - Confident in dealing with people at all levels within the project lifecycle. - Used to working with various teams across the business to ensure delivery. - Bachelor's Degree in a Technical or Project Management related field or equivalent experience. Formal PM Qualification (APM, PMP, Prince 2) or equivalent experience. - Excellent knowledge of Microsoft packages - Strong people management and excellent leadership skills - Excellent presentation skills - Demonstrable experience of project management within highly complex strategic projects, using project management tools - Sound Knowledge of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment regulations - Excellent knowledge of Profit & Loss accounts and cash flow forecasting - Ability to direct teams in large complex environments - Excellent time management - Experience of managing complex customer and end user relationships - Good knowledge of project management and continuous improvement methodologies - Good knowledge of Document Management methodologies - Good knowledge of the prevailing main set of regulations for managing the health, safety and welfare of projects in the/a designated business sector - Excellent financial and commercial experience of managing multi-million-pound business critical projects We are guided by our values and behaviours: - Be Inclusive - Take Responsibility - Collaborate - Be Customer-focussed. What we offer A career at Telent can span sectors, roles, technologies, and customers giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver. We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone be themselves and to thrive at work. The additional benefits with this role: - 26 days annual leave, plus public holidays, plus the option to buy up to 10 days or sell six days each year. - Car Allowance - 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.
20/05/2026
Full time
Senior Project Manager We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Rail team. We are looking for a Senior Project Manager who has previous experience of being delivery focussed on large scale Telecoms/Commissioning projects, working closely with our Engineers, commercial teams and other areas of the business to manage and direct a large scale, complex high value project. The Senior Project Manager will be expected to develop and manage large teams with accountability for Health and Safety, Quality, Financial Performance and Operational Delivery. Key Deliverables - Provide delivery focussed office & customer site-based work as required to ensure project delivery complies with prevailing quality, safety, and environmental standards and regulations within specified timescales and to budget, in accordance with Telent and client Quality Environment Health and Safety (QEHS) procedures. - Develop consistent project delivery and reporting processes to ensure delivery of assigned projects in accordance with Telent, client QEHS and contractual processes, including regular review and checks - Will ensure the implementation of consistent governance and controls to report project Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) to key stakeholders, highlighting and managing all risks & issues and their mitigations throughout the project lifecycle - Act as an escalation point for project issues, coordinating resolution with the project team, client and stakeholders - Solving complex problems takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions. - Utilise industry best practices, techniques, standards and Project Management tools to optimise project delivery, - Identifying for improvement in project performance and instigating continuous improvement action plans - Will be the key stakeholder in managing Business Change - Will be the principle point of customer escalation for allocated projects - Will be required to provide oversight for the installation and commissioning of specified products and/or services Responsibilities - Accountable for the delivery of a large re-signalling project, having experience of previous major commissioning projects. - Accountable for correct implementation of the Client, and Telent QEHS procedures, which includes Telent staff and sub-contractors assigned to the project - Accountable for successful end to end delivery of allocated projects. - Dealing with change requests, claims etc - Lead a team of engineers to ensure project delivery. (not line management) - Ensure client project scopes and objectives are determined and defined - Ensure the ongoing management of the Project Execution/Mobilisation Plan. - Creating and ensuring ongoing management of the Project Plan. - Ensure adequate and competent staff are identified and assigned (internal and external). - Will be required to deliver and direct highly complex strategic projects - Ensure financial controls are in place to manage projects within agreed budgets - May be required to coordinate logistics plans to meet the delivery programme - Will ensure standard project documentation is produced and stored on designated system - Accountable for ensuring client change control processes are as specified and change events are recorded and submitted to the customer - Will be required to undertake regular Site Safety Inspections on specified project as per the project inspection calendar set by the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Manager. - Ensure successful site handovers - Ensure the setup of stage gate meetings such as project kick off meetings, project gate reviews (design, start on construction), project close out sessions as defined in the Project Execution/Mobilisation Plan - Will be required to report financial performance of assigned projects, including managing financial performance through designated system - Will ensure the implementation of Principal Contractor (PC) License and QEHS procedures to assigned projects. - Providing support to bid submissions including Project Plans, Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions (RAID) log and method statement responses as required. - Encourages and ensures collaboration with Project Stakeholders - Manage direct reports in line with HR policies, procedures and business processes Skill Requirements - Previously managed large scale delivery projects within a Telecoms Commissioning environment. - Dealt with Change requests, Claims etc - Confident in dealing with people at all levels within the project lifecycle. - Used to working with various teams across the business to ensure delivery. - Bachelor's Degree in a Technical or Project Management related field or equivalent experience. Formal PM Qualification (APM, PMP, Prince 2) or equivalent experience. - Excellent knowledge of Microsoft packages - Strong people management and excellent leadership skills - Excellent presentation skills - Demonstrable experience of project management within highly complex strategic projects, using project management tools - Sound Knowledge of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment regulations - Excellent knowledge of Profit & Loss accounts and cash flow forecasting - Ability to direct teams in large complex environments - Excellent time management - Experience of managing complex customer and end user relationships - Good knowledge of project management and continuous improvement methodologies - Good knowledge of Document Management methodologies - Good knowledge of the prevailing main set of regulations for managing the health, safety and welfare of projects in the/a designated business sector - Excellent financial and commercial experience of managing multi-million-pound business critical projects We are guided by our values and behaviours: - Be Inclusive - Take Responsibility - Collaborate - Be Customer-focussed. What we offer A career at Telent can span sectors, roles, technologies, and customers giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver. We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone be themselves and to thrive at work. The additional benefits with this role: - 26 days annual leave, plus public holidays, plus the option to buy up to 10 days or sell six days each year. - Car Allowance - 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.
Telecoms Depot Administrator, Chorley- Permanent Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? We are currently recruiting for an experienced Administrator to join our team. We would love to hear from you if you have previous experience in a depot environment preferably on telecoms or utility work...... click apply for full job details
04/10/2021
Full time
Telecoms Depot Administrator, Chorley- Permanent Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? We are currently recruiting for an experienced Administrator to join our team. We would love to hear from you if you have previous experience in a depot environment preferably on telecoms or utility work...... click apply for full job details
Role Profile As a key member of the team reporting to the Service Design Manager, you will be responsible for providing the overall Service Design to the Sales and Bid Teams and subsequent handover to the Projects and Operations teams. You will engage with all areas of Telent to define service offerings and work closely with the Bid and Sales teams to ensure high quality proposals are submitted, des...... click apply for full job details
23/03/2021
Full time
Role Profile As a key member of the team reporting to the Service Design Manager, you will be responsible for providing the overall Service Design to the Sales and Bid Teams and subsequent handover to the Projects and Operations teams. You will engage with all areas of Telent to define service offerings and work closely with the Bid and Sales teams to ensure high quality proposals are submitted, des...... click apply for full job details
Telent Field Telecoms Engineer Apprentice Location: Salisbury Region Type of Job: Apprenticeship Ref No: V10634 Are you looking for a New and exciting opportunity to Kick Start your career? Are you interested in working in a hands-on, exciting and rewarding environment? Are you ready to challenge yourself and learn new skills and gain on the job experience? … Sounds Great? But what will I learn… T...... click apply for full job details
22/03/2021
Full time
Telent Field Telecoms Engineer Apprentice Location: Salisbury Region Type of Job: Apprenticeship Ref No: V10634 Are you looking for a New and exciting opportunity to Kick Start your career? Are you interested in working in a hands-on, exciting and rewarding environment? Are you ready to challenge yourself and learn new skills and gain on the job experience? … Sounds Great? But what will I learn… T...... click apply for full job details
Telent Field Telecoms Engineer Apprentice Location: Cambridge Region Type of Job: Apprenticeship Ref No: V10634 Are you looking for a New and exciting opportunity to Kick Start your career? Are you interested in working in a hands-on, exciting and rewarding environment? Are you ready to challenge yourself and learn new skills and gain on the job experience? … Sounds Great? But what will I learn… T...... click apply for full job details
22/03/2021
Full time
Telent Field Telecoms Engineer Apprentice Location: Cambridge Region Type of Job: Apprenticeship Ref No: V10634 Are you looking for a New and exciting opportunity to Kick Start your career? Are you interested in working in a hands-on, exciting and rewarding environment? Are you ready to challenge yourself and learn new skills and gain on the job experience? … Sounds Great? But what will I learn… T...... click apply for full job details
Telent Field Telecoms Engineer Apprentice Location: UK Wide- Locations specified Type of Job: Apprenticeship Ref No: V10634 Are you looking for a New and exciting opportunity to Kick Start your career? Are you interested in working in a hands-on, exciting and rewarding environment? Are you ready to challenge yourself and learn new skills and gain on the job experience? … Sounds Great? But what will I l...... click apply for full job details
22/03/2021
Full time
Telent Field Telecoms Engineer Apprentice Location: UK Wide- Locations specified Type of Job: Apprenticeship Ref No: V10634 Are you looking for a New and exciting opportunity to Kick Start your career? Are you interested in working in a hands-on, exciting and rewarding environment? Are you ready to challenge yourself and learn new skills and gain on the job experience? … Sounds Great? But what will I l...... click apply for full job details
Telecoms Supervisor, Doncaster (Permanent) An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Telecoms Supervisor. We would love to hear from you if you have fibre network experience within a telecom's environment. You'll be working in a part of Telent that is dedicated to transforming the way support is delivered nationwide to Openreach and other external network providers...... click apply for full job details
19/03/2021
Full time
Telecoms Supervisor, Doncaster (Permanent) An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Telecoms Supervisor. We would love to hear from you if you have fibre network experience within a telecom's environment. You'll be working in a part of Telent that is dedicated to transforming the way support is delivered nationwide to Openreach and other external network providers...... click apply for full job details
Senior Network Engineer Warwick, Permanent Are you looking for your next challenge? We are currently recruiting for a Senior Network Engineer to join our team. We would love to hear from you if you have proven experience IP network configuration working on both Cisco and Juniper equipment...... click apply for full job details
18/03/2021
Full time
Senior Network Engineer Warwick, Permanent Are you looking for your next challenge? We are currently recruiting for a Senior Network Engineer to join our team. We would love to hear from you if you have proven experience IP network configuration working on both Cisco and Juniper equipment...... click apply for full job details
Telecoms Supervisor, Exeter - Permanent Please note, this role is a field-based role covering Devon and Cornwall. Are you looking for your next challenge? We are currently seeking Field Based Co-ordinator. We would love to hear from you if you have experience of fibre cable activities on external telecom infrastructure contracts...... click apply for full job details
17/03/2021
Full time
Telecoms Supervisor, Exeter - Permanent Please note, this role is a field-based role covering Devon and Cornwall. Are you looking for your next challenge? We are currently seeking Field Based Co-ordinator. We would love to hear from you if you have experience of fibre cable activities on external telecom infrastructure contracts...... click apply for full job details
Experienced Technical Solutions Architect with a solid MPLS TP background required to join our Pre-Sales team to help us focus on developing new business within the Utilities sector. Role Profile The role of the Technical Solution Architect is to be the most senior technical project resource...... click apply for full job details
17/03/2021
Full time
Experienced Technical Solutions Architect with a solid MPLS TP background required to join our Pre-Sales team to help us focus on developing new business within the Utilities sector. Role Profile The role of the Technical Solution Architect is to be the most senior technical project resource...... click apply for full job details
Telecoms Co-ordinator, Warwick - Permanent Are you looking for your next challenge? We are currently seeking Telecoms Co-ordinator. We would love to hear from you if you have experience of fibre cable activities on external telecom infrastructure contracts. You'll be working in a part of Telent that is dedicated to transforming the way support is delivered nationwide to Openreach and other network oper...... click apply for full job details
17/03/2021
Full time
Telecoms Co-ordinator, Warwick - Permanent Are you looking for your next challenge? We are currently seeking Telecoms Co-ordinator. We would love to hear from you if you have experience of fibre cable activities on external telecom infrastructure contracts. You'll be working in a part of Telent that is dedicated to transforming the way support is delivered nationwide to Openreach and other network oper...... click apply for full job details
