Critical infrastructure operator for UK and Ireland public services
Telent operates mission-critical infrastructure across emergency services, rail, highways, and government—managing everything from SCADA systems to network upgrades. The engineering-heavy hiring mix (46 roles across 64 active openings) maps directly to active projects in rail infrastructure, wireless deployment, and hardware refresh, while pain points around service migration and compliance indicate they're managing complex, regulated environments where disruption carries operational cost.
Telent designs, builds, manages, and maintains critical infrastructure for public-sector and infrastructure organizations across the UK and Ireland. The company serves emergency services, railways, highways, telecommunications, defence, higher education, and central government—with over 2,500 employees positioned across operations, engineering, and support functions. Their technology footprint spans network infrastructure (Cisco, Juniper), cloud platforms (Azure, AWS), IT service management (ServiceNow, Remedy), and industrial control systems (SCADA). Active projects include rail infrastructure work, wireless network rollouts, Cisco hardware refreshes, and cloud pre-staging initiatives.
Primary platforms: Cisco (Catalyst, ISE, Prime, ASA, Umbrella, Meraki), VMware, Hyper-V, Windows, Linux, Azure, AWS. Applications: ServiceNow, Oracle Cloud, Oracle Fusion HCM, Remedy IT Service Management, Qlik Sense. Infrastructure tooling: Primavera P6, AutoCAD, CCTV systems. Replacing: Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
SCADA system for Network Rail, wireless design for higher education, rail infrastructure projects (Wales Western framework), Cisco hardware refresh for Parliament, service migration and network upgrades, cloud pre-staging, and iProcurement strategy implementation.
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