Technical Pre-Sales Consultant - Cyber Security & Defence

Applause IT Limited; Cricklade; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home-based role

Flexible working

Career progression

Job summary

Applause IT Limited is recruiting a Technical Pre-Sales Consultant to join a specialist cyber security and secure information exchange technology organisation delivering solutions across defence, government and critical national infrastructure environments.

This is a highly customer-facing technical consultancy role focused on supporting business development, solution design and secure technology programmes within complex cyber security environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical pre-sales, solution architecture or cyber security consultancy roles.
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience translating customer requirements into technical solutions and architectures.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers, SROs, solution architects and key technical stakeholders.
• Support pre-sales activities across cyber security programmes.
• Capture requirements and contribute to bids, proposals and solution designs.
• Design high-level architectures and technical specifications.
• Support secure delivery and interoperability programmes.
• Provide guidance across products, services and security solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to shape customer solutions.
• Support accreditation and information assurance activities.

Skills

Technical Pre-Sales

Solution Architecture

Cyber Security Consultancy

Stakeholder Engagement

Solution Design

Presentations & Workshops

Job description

Technical Pre-Sales Consultant - Cyber Security & Defence

Southern UK / Home-Based with Customer Site Travel

£90,000 - £120,000 + Excellent Benefits

Applause IT are recruiting for a Technical Pre-Sales Consultant to join a specialist cyber security and secure information exchange technology organisation delivering solutions across defence, government and critical national infrastructure environments.

This is a highly customer-facing technical consultancy role focused on supporting business development, solution design and secure technology programmes within complex cyber security environments.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted technical advisor, working closely with customers, Government Contractor Primes, solution architects and internal engineering teams to shape secure technical solutions, define requirements and support future programme growth.

This role would suit an experienced Technical Consultant, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales Consultant or Cyber Security Consultant with strong stakeholder engagement skills and experience within secure government, defence or cyber security environments.

The Role

• Engage directly with customers, SROs, solution architects and key technical stakeholders
• Support technical pre-sales activities across secure cyber security programmes
• Capture business and technical requirements and contribute towards bids, proposals and solution designs
• Design high-level solution architectures and technical specifications
• Support interoperability, integration and secure technology delivery programmes
• Provide technical guidance across Nexor products, services and security solutions
• Work closely with engineering and product teams to shape customer solutions
• Support accreditation and information assurance activities within secure environments
• Build strong relationships with customers, primes and industry stakeholders
• Contribute towards market intelligence, competitor analysis and customer feedback
• Support customer presentations, technical workshops and business development activities

Skills & Experience Required

• Previous experience within Technical Pre-Sales, Solution Architecture, Technical Consultancy or Cyber Security Consultancy roles
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience designing solution architectures and translating requirements into technical solutions
• Good understanding of Cyber Security, secure systems and ICT technologies
• Knowledge of networking technologies including VLANs, subnetting and fibre networks
• Experience with cloud infrastructure technologies across public and private cloud environments
• Experience supporting bids, proposals and technical solution development
• Understanding of security standards, information assurance and accreditation activities
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
• Experience working within Agile environments

Highly Desirable

• MOD, defence, government or security-cleared environment experience
• SC Clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance
• Experience working with Government Contractor Primes
• Knowledge of secure interoperability or information exchange technologies
• Cyber security architecture or secure systems integration experience

What's in it for you?

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cyber security and defence programmes
• Highly collaborative technical environment
• Customer-facing strategic consultancy role
• Home-based flexibility with varied customer engagement
• Long-term career progression within a growing secure technology business

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically credible consultant who enjoys customer engagement, solution design and working within complex secure environments.