Pre-Sales Solution Consultant | Network Services

We Are Aspire Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Pension contributions

Training & certification opportunities

Career progression

Job summary

We Are Aspire Ltd is seeking a senior Pre-Sales Solution Consultant specialising in Network Services. You will be the technical authority between customers, sales, vendors and internal teams, shaping the right solution and enabling successful outcomes.

You will drive discovery workshops, translate challenges into requirements, design enterprise networking and security solutions, and prepare proposals and BoMs. Strong stakeholder engagement is essential.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years in pre-sales, solutions consulting or solutions architecture.
• Experience in a VAR, MSP, SI or professional services environment.
• Strong enterprise networking and security knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer discovery and technical scoping workshops.
• Translate business challenges into technical requirements.
• Design enterprise networking and security solutions.
• Create technical proposals and customer presentations.
• Produce accurate Bills of Materials (BoMs).
• Support RFPs, tenders and complex bids.
• Engage with senior technical stakeholders and C-suite.
• Assist transition from pre-sales to delivery.

Skills

Pre-sales

Solutions architecture

Enterprise networking

Security knowledge

RFPs & tenders

BoMs creation

C-suite communication

Vendor collaboration

Job description

Pre-Sales Solution Consultant | Network Services

£70,000 - £90,000 + £20k OTE
Hybrid - UK | 3 days office/client site

Are you a senior Network Pre-Sales Consultant / Solutions Architect who enjoys getting under the skin of a customer's challenges, designing the right solution and helping turn technical opportunities into successful sales?

If you're looking for a role where your technical expertise genuinely influences the solution, this could be worth a look.

What will you be doing?

You’ll sit at the heart of the sales process, acting as the technical authority between customers, Sales, vendors and internal technical teams.

Your role will include:

• Leading customer discovery and technical scoping workshops
• Understanding business challenges and translating them into technical requirements
• Designing enterprise networking and security solutions
• Creating technical proposals and compelling customer presentations
• Producing accurate Bills of Materials (BoMs)
• Supporting RFPs, tenders and complex bids
• Working closely with Sales, Network & Security SMEs and technology partners
• Engaging directly with senior technical stakeholders and C-level decision makers
• Supporting the transition from pre-sales into delivery
• Keeping ahead of developments across networking, security, cloud and automation

The technology

You’ll ideally have strong experience across enterprise networking and security, with exposure to technologies such as:

Cisco | Arista | Fortinet | Palo Alto | Check Point | F5

Experience with public cloud, network automation and modern enterprise network architectures is also highly valued.

You don't need to have every vendor on your CV - we're interested in strong, transferable enterprise networking and security expertise.

What we're looking for

We're particularly interested in people with:

• 8-10+ years' experience in pre-sales, solutions consulting or solutions architecture
• Experience within a VAR, MSP, systems integrator or professional services environment
• Strong enterprise networking and security knowledge
• Experience leading customer discovery and technical workshops
• A proven track record with RFPs, tenders and technical bids
• Experience producing BoMs, proposals and technical presentations
• The confidence to speak with everyone from engineers through to C-suite
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of how technology supports business outcomes

Relevant certifications such as CCIE, CCNP, NSE4, PCNSE, CCSE, CISSP or CISM would be a big plus.

What's on offer?

• £70k-£90k base salary
• £20k OTE
• Hybrid working - approximately 3 days office/client site
• 25 days annual leave
• Private healthcare after qualifying period
• Pension contributions
• Technical training & certification opportunities
• Clear opportunities for career progression

We Are Aspire Ltd are a Disability Confident Committed employer