Pre-Sales Solution Consultant | Network Services
£70,000 - £90,000 + £20k OTE
Hybrid - UK | 3 days office/client site
Are you a senior Network Pre-Sales Consultant / Solutions Architect who enjoys getting under the skin of a customer's challenges, designing the right solution and helping turn technical opportunities into successful sales?
If you're looking for a role where your technical expertise genuinely influences the solution, this could be worth a look.
What will you be doing?
You’ll sit at the heart of the sales process, acting as the technical authority between customers, Sales, vendors and internal technical teams.
Your role will include:
- Leading customer discovery and technical scoping workshops
- Understanding business challenges and translating them into technical requirements
- Designing enterprise networking and security solutions
- Creating technical proposals and compelling customer presentations
- Producing accurate Bills of Materials (BoMs)
- Supporting RFPs, tenders and complex bids
- Working closely with Sales, Network & Security SMEs and technology partners
- Engaging directly with senior technical stakeholders and C-level decision makers
- Supporting the transition from pre-sales into delivery
- Keeping ahead of developments across networking, security, cloud and automation
The technology
You’ll ideally have strong experience across enterprise networking and security, with exposure to technologies such as:
Cisco | Arista | Fortinet | Palo Alto | Check Point | F5
Experience with public cloud, network automation and modern enterprise network architectures is also highly valued.
You don't need to have every vendor on your CV - we're interested in strong, transferable enterprise networking and security expertise.
What we're looking for
We're particularly interested in people with:
- 8-10+ years' experience in pre-sales, solutions consulting or solutions architecture
- Experience within a VAR, MSP, systems integrator or professional services environment
- Strong enterprise networking and security knowledge
- Experience leading customer discovery and technical workshops
- A proven track record with RFPs, tenders and technical bids
- Experience producing BoMs, proposals and technical presentations
- The confidence to speak with everyone from engineers through to C-suite
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Commercial awareness and an understanding of how technology supports business outcomes
Relevant certifications such as CCIE, CCNP, NSE4, PCNSE, CCSE, CISSP or CISM would be a big plus.
What's on offer?
- £70k-£90k base salary
- £20k OTE
- Hybrid working - approximately 3 days office/client site
- 25 days annual leave
- Private healthcare after qualifying period
- Pension contributions
- Technical training & certification opportunities
- Clear opportunities for career progression
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