Cybersecurity Consultant (East Coast)

Presidio - Atlanta, GA

Full-time - Mid Level

Atlanta, GA

11-50 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Cybersecurity Consultant at Presidio will be a key member of the Pre-Sales Engineering Team, responsible for engaging with customers to gather requirements for security-related business solutions and developing engineering solutions tailored to their needs. This role involves presenting cybersecurity solutions, providing technical leadership, and collaborating with sales teams to enhance customer relationships and drive sales processes.

Responsibilities

• Understand client's business initiatives and requirements to map them into technical and security architectures.
• Present and explain cybersecurity solutions to customers and guide them through requirements gathering.
• Develop engineering solutions for security projects for Presidio customers.
• Provide technical thought leadership in overall security solutions development.
• Meet with customers to collect requirements for infrastructure solutions centered on Security Technologies.
• Assist the sales team in identifying and qualifying opportunities with new and existing clients.
• Design and provide 'data centric' security architecture and defense in depth solutions.
• Support Security Solutions that include solutions from various leading industry vendors.
• Craft scope of work (SOW) with task lists and Bill of Material (BoM) for various types of projects.
• Collaborate with the Presidio sales team to develop customer relationships and contribute to the overall sales process.
• Establish status as a Trusted Advisor with Presidio customers.
• Craft high-level solution designs/architecture and present to customers.
• Collaborate with Presidio's Professional Services organizations on developing deployment models.
• Engage/promote solutions to strategic vendors and ensure alignment to maximize profitability.
• Continuously update skills and knowledge to keep up with the changing market landscape and customer needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience and/or military experience.
• Minimum of 10+ years' experience in a Cybersecurity role involving the design, development, and implementation of complex cybersecurity solutions.
• Strong knowledge of security architectures and technologies including assessment, methodologies, compliance standards.
• Proven knowledge of solutions from vendors like Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, Cisco Security, Fortinet, etc.
• Experience preparing RFP/RFI responses, proposals, and solutions.
• Solid working knowledge of vendor programs and partner eco-systems.
• Strong knowledge of cloud architecture and its security concerns.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, organization skills, and detail-oriented.

Nice-to-haves

• Leading industry certifications like CISSP, CCIE-Security, CISA, CISM, CEH, PCI-QSA are highly preferred.
• Previous experience working in a pre-sales role.
• Previous experience working for a systems integrator.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance bonuses.
• Health insurance coverage.
• 401k retirement savings plan with matching contributions.
• Flexible scheduling and remote work options.
• Professional development opportunities and continued education support.