Entry-Level Cybersecurity Pre-Sales Engineer

Obscure Technologies; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Obscure Technologies is seeking a Junior Pre-Sales Security Engineer to support the sales and solutions teams in positioning the cybersecurity portfolio to partners and customers. This is a development role with training and certification paths aimed at advancing to a senior pre-sales position.

The role involves demonstrations, proof-of-value exercises, solution documentation, and bid support under guidance.

Qualifications

• Relevant IT qualification: degree, diploma or equivalent certification in information technology, computer science, networking or cybersecurity.
• 1 to 3 years’ experience in an IT, networking, security or technical support role. Pre‑sales exposure is advantageous but not required.
• Solid networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, routing and switching, DNS, VPNs, firewalling concepts.

Responsibilities

• Support senior pre-sales engineers in scoping, designing and positioning security solutions for partners and end customers.
• Prepare and deliver product demonstrations and assist with proof-of-value and proof-of-concept exercises in the Obscure lab and customer environments.
• Draft technical responses for proposals, RFPs, RFQs and tenders, including solution descriptions, bills of materials and licensing breakdowns for review by senior engineers.
• Build and maintain demo environments across the vendor portfolio.
• Attend customer and partner meetings with the sales team, capture technical requirements, and follow up on technical queries.
• Complete assigned vendor training and certification paths within agreed timelines.
• Keep pre-sales collateral, reference architectures and solution documentation current and on brand.
• Hand qualified, closed opportunities over to the delivery team with complete and accurate technical documentation.

Skills

Clear communication

Documentation discipline

Team player

Curious and self-driven

Fluent in English

Education

Degree or Diploma in IT

Job description

Obscure Technologies is seeking a Junior Pre-Sales Security Engineer to support the sales and solutions teams in positioning the cybersecurity portfolio to partners and customers. This is a development role with training and certification paths aimed at advancing to a senior pre-sales position.

The role involves demonstrations, proof-of-value exercises, solution documentation, and bid support under guidance.