Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer - Pre-Sales (NY/JP)

KDDI America; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

FSA

401(k) Matching

PTO & Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

EAP

Wellbeing Program

Job summary

KDDI America is seeking a senior pre‑sales engineer to lead technical discovery, translate business requirements into solution architectures across MXDR, EDR/XDR, SASE/ZTNA, email security, SSPM/DSPM, password management, brand protection, and security awareness training.

You will plan and deliver proofs of concept, run evaluations, and develop proposals with diagrams, BOMs, and high‑level effort estimates, while contributing to RFI/RFP responses and customer quotes.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery conversations translating business needs into architectures.
• Plan and run proofs of concept and product demos across vendor stack.
• Create architecture diagrams, BOMs, scope docs, and high-level estimates.
• Contribute to RFI/RFP responses and customer-facing quotes.
• Maintain vendor/partner technical engagement and stay current on roadmaps.
• Ensure clean handover from pre-sales to Delivery/Architect teams.
• Support NY region accounts focusing on financial institutions and regulators.
• Provide pre-sales templates, collateral, and enablement for the sales team.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to evolving pre-sales methodology.

Skills

Pre-sales

Solution Architecture

Customer Engagement

Proposal Writing

Job description

KDDI America is seeking a senior pre‑sales engineer to lead technical discovery, translate business requirements into solution architectures across MXDR, EDR/XDR, SASE/ZTNA, email security, SSPM/DSPM, password management, brand protection, and security awareness training.

You will plan and deliver proofs of concept, run evaluations, and develop proposals with diagrams, BOMs, and high‑level effort estimates, while contributing to RFI/RFP responses and customer quotes.