Senior Solution Engineer - Public Sector UK

CyberArk; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the UK is looking for a Public Sector Solutions Engineer to serve as a trusted technical advisor. This role focuses on driving technical wins for CyberArk's Identity Security Platform within UK public sector organizations. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of identity security and experience in pre-sales solutions engineering. Responsibilities include technical validation, stakeholder engagement, and collaborating across teams to ensure successful implementation. This role supports creating secure infrastructures and enhancing business outcomes across public sector clients.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Opportunity for career development

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of identity security and privileged access management.
• Experience designing solutions across cloud platforms like AWS and Azure.
• Skilled in technical evaluation and building integrations in UK Public Sector.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical validation activities including POCs and architecture reviews.
• Conduct technical discovery to align CyberArk's solutions to business outcomes.
• Support deal forecasting and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Understanding of identity security

Integration patterns

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Active listening

Education

Experience in pre-sales or solutions engineering

SC or DV clearance

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

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Company Description

About CyberArk

CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), is the global leader in Identity Security. Centered on privileged access management, CyberArk provides the most comprehensive security offering for any identity - human or machine - across business applications, distributed workforces, hybrid cloud workloads and throughout the DevOps lifecycle. The world's leading organizations trust CyberArk to help secure their most critical assets. To learn more about CyberArk, visit our CyberArk blogs or follow us on X, LinkedIn or Facebook.

Job Description

As a Public Sector Solutions Engineer at CyberArk, you are a trusted technical advisor responsible for driving the technical win in both new business and expansion opportunities. Acting as a CyberArk expert, you align CyberArk's Identity Security Platform to customer business outcomes through deep discovery, strategic design, and impactful engagements. You will partner closely with AEs and Solution Sales Specialists to support account strategy and deliver technical validation. Your role is pivotal in supporting sales success, influencing architecture decisions, and enabling seamless post-sale transitions - all through the lens of the MEDDPICC qualification framework. You will have experience working across the UK Public sector with specific time spent with MOD, MOJ, DWP and Home Office.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical validation activities including POCs, architecture reviews, and value-based demos aligned to customer Metrics.
• Conduct technical discovery to uncover Customer Business Outcomes, shape Decision Criteria, and influence the Decision Process.
• Build stakeholder maps and identify Champions who support technical and business case development.
• Validate solution fit, address technical objections, and contribute to forecasting accuracy based on feasibility and risk.
• Contribute to forecasting accuracy by validating feasibility, risk, and business metrics aligned with MEDDPICC.

Forecasting

• Support deal forecasting by validating technical feasibility, business Metrics, and Decision Criteria.
• Collaborate with AEs, Customer Success Managers, Services, and Channel teams to assess implementation risk and business value realization.

Pipeline Generation and Expansion

• Identify and support new opportunities within accounts by transforming customer security architectures.
• Act as a technical evangelist, highlighting how CyberArk's solutions deliver enterprise value across UK public Sector.
• Participate in strategic account planning, stakeholder mapping, and growth identification.
• Enable and collaborate with partners to support technical readiness and joint opportunity execution across the whole of UK public Sector.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Handover

• Provide structured, insights-based handovers to Services, Customer Success, and partner teams.
• Support AEs and Solution Sales in aligning technical validation to sales strategy and customer priorities.

Thought Leadership & Enablement

• Represent CyberArk at industry events, webinars, and workshops as a subject matter expert on Identity Security and Zero Trust.
• Mentor peers and partners; provide actionable feedback to internal product and field team.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of identity security, authentication models, and privileged access management.
• Experience designing and deploying solutions across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong grasp of integration patterns and technical evaluation best practices, as well as building and designing across the UK Public Sector.
• Demonstrated success in a pre-sales, solutions engineering, or technical consulting role.
• Experience collaborating with or supporting channel partners in a technical capacity
• UK public sector experience.
• SC or DV clearance is advantageous.
• Skilled in mapping technical capabilities to business impact.
• Familiar with MEDDPICC or similar qualification frameworks and how they support deal progression.
• Comfortable engaging stakeholders at multiple levels-from technical teams to executives.
• Strong communication, demo delivery, and presentation skills.
• Proactive, collaborative, and solutions-focused with strong active listening ability.
• Ability to travel where required for customer meetings, partner engagements, and events.

Additional Information

We are proud to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace, where every individual's unique background, perspective, and contribution is celebrated. We believe that by embracing diversity, we drive innovation and create a stronger, more united team. Inclusion is at the heart of who we are and how we succeed. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Upon conditional offer of employment, candidates are required to complete a comprehensive background check as per our internal policy.

CyberArk is an equal opportunities employer. If you would like any special arrangements made for your interview, please inform the EMEA Talent Acquisition team upon your application so that we may take steps to accommodate your needs.