Principal CCTV Engineer: Cloud, Automation & Infra

Telent Technology Services Ltd; Warwick; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Car Allowance

Company pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Occupational health support

Telent Reward scheme

Job summary

Telent is seeking a Principal CCTV Engineer to lead architecture, integration and innovation for CCTV and video management in critical national infrastructure. You will shape strategy, drive scalable, secure solutions and mentor engineers across projects.

You will guide HLD/LLD design, evaluate cloud-based hosting (Azure) and lead workshops with stakeholders to resolve operational challenges while ensuring high availability and performance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in CCTV engineering within critical infrastructure, highways, transport or OT environments.
• Strong knowledge of IP CCTV systems, VMS, NVRs and camera technologies.
• Proven experience designing complex technical solutions and producing HLD/LLD docs.
• Experience defining solution architectures and evaluating hosting models (cloud-based incl. Azure).
• Strong understanding of networking and IP-based communications.
• Experience integrating CCTV with third-party systems and services.
• Knowledge of ONVIF standards and CCTV interoperability frameworks.
• Experience developing automation solutions to improve efficiency.
• Strong stakeholder management and customer engagement skills.
• Ability to lead workshops and influence strategic decisions.
• Experience mentoring engineers and supporting capability development.
• SC Clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and SME for CCTV systems, architecture and service delivery.
• Define and contribute to strategic technology roadmaps for CCTV platforms.
• Evaluate hosting solutions, including cloud-based and hybrid Azure environments.
• Lead technical workshops with customers to identify challenges and craft solutions.
• Design and review HLDs and LLDs for CCTV and related tech.
• Develop automation tools to streamline deployment, commissioning and maintenance.
• Lead integration of CCTV with third-party apps and OT platforms.
• Promote standards and validation methods; deliver governance throughout projects.

Skills

CCTV engineering

Technical leadership

HLD/LLD design

Azure hosting

ONVIF standards

Stakeholder mgmt

Automation tools

Networking basics

Job description

Telent is seeking a Principal CCTV Engineer to lead architecture, integration and innovation for CCTV and video management in critical national infrastructure. You will shape strategy, drive scalable, secure solutions and mentor engineers across projects.

You will guide HLD/LLD design, evaluate cloud-based hosting (Azure) and lead workshops with stakeholders to resolve operational challenges while ensuring high availability and performance.