Professional Services Consultant

Mimecast South Africa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 384,000 - 567,000; Full time

Job summary

Mimecast South Africa seeks a skilled Professional Services Consultant to present and implement Mimecast offerings for customers. You will build relationships with support, product, engineering, and sales teams to ensure successful deployments.

The role requires extensive experience with Exchange, Azure, and email systems, plus proficiency in PowerShell and tenant migrations. You will contribute to pre‑sales materials and customer success through effective communication.

Qualifications

• Proven experience administering Exchange and related email systems.
• Strong understanding of SMTP, LDAP/AD, SSL, MX records, journaling.
• Familiarity with email archive and gateway solutions.
• Experience with email migrations and migrations tooling.
• Ability to develop pre‑sales materials for customers.

Responsibilities

• Present and implement Mimecast Professional Services offerings.
• Assist customers with Mimecast deployments and migrations.
• Escalate issues and track feature requests with teams.
• Identify opportunities to upsell products and services.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to meet customer needs.

Skills

Exchange Admin

Azure & Exchange Online

Email systems

SMTP/LDAP/AD

Archive solutions

Email gateway

PowerShell

Pre-sales materials

Customer-facing

Communication

Tools

Enterprise Vault

Proofpoint

Mimecast

Office Suite

Job description

About the position

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Mimecast Professional Services Consultant to join our team. In this role, your primary responsibilities will include presenting, and implementing Mimecast's Professional Services offerings for our customers. As a PS Consultant, you will begin to build strong relationships with our support, Product Management, Engineering, Customer Experience, and Sales Teams, contributing to the ongoing success of our products.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist customers in implementing Mimecast Services and ensure successful deployment
• Support email archive migrations from different email archive solutions
• Escalate and track issues and feature requests with the Mimecast Support and Product Development teams
• Identify opportunities for upselling additional products and services
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to meet customer needs

Essential Skills and Experience

• Proficiency in IT administration and support of Microsoft Exchange on prem, Microsoft Azure and Exchange Online, Google Workspace, or other email systems
• Advanced knowledge of technical requirements (from a client perspective) related to Mimecast implementations, including SMTP, LDAP(S), Active Directory, SSL Certificates, MX records, and journaling
• Familiarity with email archive solutions such as Enterprise Vault or others
• Experience with email gateway solutions like Mimecast, MessageLabs/Symantec Cloud, Proofpoint, etc.
• Strong technical skills in operating systems, desktop deployment, system administration, and/or technical architecture
• Comfortable using MS Office products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio) to develop pre‑sales materials and project deliverables
• Exposure to Archive & Email Migration tools
• Understanding of Exchange and email migrations
• Ability to effectively communicate technical solutions to stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience in customer‑facing positions, preferably as a professional services consultant
• Strong analytical skills for troubleshooting technical and project management issues
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact with personnel at all levels, including C‑level staff.
• Familiarity with scripting technologies such as PowerShell, VBScript, and C# is a plus

The base salary range for this position is 384 000,00 – 567 000, 00 ZAR plus benefits. This range represents the minimum and maximum new hire compensation for this role. The position may also be eligible for incentive plans and additional benefits, in accordance with company policy and local regulations. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location with individual compensation also dependent on factors such as qualifications, experience, and skills. Final offers will reflect these considerations and may vary accordingly.

Belonging at Mimecast Cybersecurity is a community effort. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone – unless they’re a cybercriminal, of course. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Aff… We’d encourage you to join us whatever your background. We particularly welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups. We consider everyone equally: your race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, marital status, nationality, or any other protected characteristic won’t affect your application. Due to certain obligations to our customers, an offer of employment will be subject to your successful completion of applicable background checks, conducted in accordance with local law. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.

We save companies the embarrassment of awkward data slip ups by disrupting cybercriminal activity. We think fast, go big and always demand more. We work hard, deliver – and repeat. We grow with meaningful determination. And put success well within our reach. We empower each other, live by our values, and always deliver on our purpose. We push each other to be better and expect to be pushed back. This is a community of respect. Where everyone is counted.