
Solution Architect, Pre-Sales
- Delft, Zuid-Holland
- Vast
- Voltijds
- Delivering security technology consulting services to customers, including requirements capture, solution architectures, technology integration and provide operate as the pre-sales conduit between the client and NCC Group
- Understand the technical product portfolio to assist in the design and development of technical solutions.
- Undertake technical pre-sales engagements with customers, including but not limited to:
- Presenting, Demonstrating, evangelising NCC Group’s Extended Detection and response, SOC and other advanced threat solutions to potential clients and prospects.
- Generation of customer proposals
- Communication of Technical Risk to key NCC Group stakeholders
- Become the “techie friend” of the client, providing go to advice and support for security solutions.
- Communicating at all levels with clients from deep technical through to board in a clear, understandable, and approachable way.
- Supporting Sales and Accounts team to nurture and progress client new business wins and existing business retention in proposals and RFPs/Tenders.
- Elicit customer requirements, define their business requirements, and deliver quality input into bids and proposals – working with Senior Solution Architects on matters related to their specific specialism.
- Evangelise services, products, and technologies, and develop networking relationships with customers and industry contacts.
- Capture and provide customer/business requirements and feedback on existing products.
- Providing input to/influence new technical developments/approaches within our markets.
- Technical brain, commercially minded, analytical approach.
- Highly professional and respected for integrity.
- Open, honest and a team player.
- High work rate, lots of energy and enthusiasm.
- Likes the challenge and change within a fast-changing business.
- A deep understanding of technology and processes related to the Security Operation Centres (Splunk, Microsoft, SentinelOne and Crowdstrike ideally but not required) and related activities.
- Experience in scoping and designing client solutions.
- Cyber Security Expert with evidence of continuous learning and up to date knowledge of the industry and its challenges and solutions.
- Understanding of business and financial drivers behind security monitoring solutions.
- An analytical mind able to visualise, conceptualise, articulate problems and construct solutions.
- Excellent written communication skills; the ability to structure and articulate written communications in a persuasive and succinct form as well as grammatically correct.
- Excellent verbal communication skills and strong presentation skills.
- Proven interpersonal skills and the ability to manage key stakeholders at all levels.