Hybrid Pre-Sales Cybersecurity Architect (No Targets)

Maxwell Bond; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxwell Bond is seeking two Pre-Sales Solution Architects to support its cybersecurity services practice in the UK. Based in Glasgow or Newcastle, the role is hybrid (3 days per week) and focuses on designing security solutions, not product demos or sales targets.

You will work with Account Managers, bid teams and security specialists to translate complex requirements into practical, commercially viable offerings across managed services, pentesting and GRC.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical solution design, scoping or customer-facing security advisory work.
• Excellent technical writing skills for RFPs and tender responses.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity services such as SOC, MDR, SIEM or GRC.
• Ability to translate security requirements into practical, commercially viable solutions.
• Consultative mindset with ability to ask the right questions and diagnose challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery conversations to understand customer security challenges, identify risks and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Designing and scoping cybersecurity solutions across managed security services, penetration testing and GRC consultancy.
• Acting as a trusted technical adviser, translating complex security requirements into practical, commercially viable solutions.
• Taking ownership of technical content for RFPs, tenders and customer proposals, working alongside an established Bid Management team.
• Supporting Account Managers with customer meetings, account planning and technical guidance.
• Collaborating with security specialists to develop solutions aligned with customer requirements.
• Providing technical insight across a broad cybersecurity services portfolio, rather than focusing on a single product or technology.
• Supporting internal knowledge sharing and sales enablement activities.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Solution design

Consultative approach

Technical writing

Security services

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Maxwell Bond is seeking two Pre-Sales Solution Architects to support its cybersecurity services practice in the UK. Based in Glasgow or Newcastle, the role is hybrid (3 days per week) and focuses on designing security solutions, not product demos or sales targets.

You will work with Account Managers, bid teams and security specialists to translate complex requirements into practical, commercially viable offerings across managed services, pentesting and GRC.