Technical Pre-Sales Consultant - Cyber Security & Defence

Position: Technical Pre-Sales Consultant - Cyber Security & Defence
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.

If this role sounds like a strong fit for your background, click APPLY NOW for immediate consideration.

Technical Pre-Sales Consultant - Cyber Security & Defence - Southern UK / Home-Based with Customer Site Travel - £90,000 - £120,000 + Excellent Benefits