Principal Network Security & Solutions Consultant

Secure Agility; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Secure Agility is seeking a Principal Network Security & Solutions Consultant to own complex customer opportunities from discovery to delivery. You will design solutions across connectivity, SD-WAN, SASE and next-generation firewalls, then articulate technical approaches and business value to IT leaders and executives.

This senior role balances architecture work with developing compelling proposals, tenders and statements of work that can be delivered and supported.

Qualifications

• Extensive design experience for business customers in managed networks.
• Ability to translate architecture into proposals and SOWs for executive audiences.
• Experience with MPLS, WAN, and secure connectivity designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery to capture network, security and business requirements.
• Design managed WAN, SD-WAN, SASE, SSE, firewall solutions for multi-site environments.
• Collaborate with telcos, vendors, and internal teams to shape solutions.
• Develop transition plans for MPLS and Internet services with cutovers and rollback.
• Own the technical solution story across proposals, tenders and SOWs.
• Explain options, costs, risks, and outcomes to engineers and executives.
• Ensure scope, licensing, pricing inputs align before customer proposals.
• Partner with engineering and delivery to ensure implementable solutions.
• Improve offerings, templates and delivery playbooks.
• Identify emerging tech opportunities with measurable success criteria.

Skills

Telco experience

Network security

SD-WAN

SASE

Next-gen firewall

Solution architecture

Presales

Executive comms

Tools

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Cisco Meraki

Netskope

Job description

Principal Network Security & Solutions Consultant

Secure Agility is looking for a senior person who can own a complex customer opportunity from discovery through to a solution that is clear, commercially sound and ready to deliver.

You’ll bring deep experience in telco or service provider environments, managed networks and network security. You’ll design solutions across connectivity, SD-WAN, SASE and next generation firewalls, then explain the technical approach and business value to IT leaders and executives.

This role suits someone who enjoys both the architecture and the work of turning it into a compelling proposal.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead discovery with customers to understand their network, security and business requirements.
• Design managed WAN, SD-WAN, SASE, SSE, firewall and secure connectivity solutions for complex, multi-site environments.
• Work with telcos, carriers, vendors and internal teams to shape connectivity and managed service solutions.
• Develop transition strategies that address existing MPLS and Internet services, parallel operation, staged site cutovers, testing and rollback.
• Own the technical solution story across proposals, tenders, presentations, architecture documents and statements of work.
• Explain options, risks, costs and expected outcomes clearly to both technical stakeholders and business executives.
• Check that scope, assumptions, licensing, pricing inputs and delivery commitments align before a proposal goes to a customer.
• Partner with engineering and service delivery teams to ensure solutions can be implemented, supported and managed.
• Help improve Secure Agility’s managed network and security offerings, proposal templates and delivery playbooks.
• Where relevant, help scope emerging technology opportunities, including AI proofs of concept, around clear business objectives and measurable success criteria.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Significant experience in a telco, carrier, service provider or managed services environment, designing solutions for business customers.
• Deep knowledge of managed WAN, Internet and MPLS connectivity, routing, resilience, SD-WAN, SASE, SSE and next generation firewalls.
• Strong solution experience with Palo Alto Networks and/or Fortinet, including relevant parts of the Cortex and FortiSASE portfolios.
• Working knowledge of the Cisco Meraki portfolio and Netskope SD-WAN and SSE, or the ability to apply deep experience from comparable platforms.
• A track record of shaping complex customer opportunities, including discovery, architecture, migration planning, technical presales and tender responses.
• Excellent proposal, statement of work and presentation skills. You can write precisely for engineers and plainly for executives.
• Sound judgement about migration risk, dependencies, assumptions and what needs specialist review or approval.
• The ability to bring sales, commercial, engineering and delivery teams together around a solution they can confidently stand behind.

Experience defining the objectives and success measures for AI or other emerging technology projects would be an advantage. Relevant vendor certifications are welcome, but demonstrated solution design and customer outcomes matter most.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Customers understand what is being proposed, why it meets their needs and how the transition will work. Proposals are technically accurate and persuasive. Risks and assumptions are identified early, and the services sold can be delivered and supported effectively.