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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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