Solutions Architect
ESP Madrid, Spain
NCC Group
Solution Architect (Professional Services)
Location: Madrid (Hybrid)
Position Overview:
Cyber security professional services, consultancy, and assessments such as penetration testing, threat modelling, controls assessments and maturity reviews are increasingly vital to all organizations. NCC Group are experts in the provision of cyber security assessments and advice, and in applied security research.
In support of our growth, NCC Group are seeking a Technical Solution Engineer/Solutions Architect to join our professional services technical solutions team. This role is vital in understanding client challenges, NCC Group’s portfolio of cyber security services and how these can be combined to develop our client’s cyber security maturity.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting our sales members, act as a technical lead/advisor to clients during the sales cycle, articulating how NCC Group's services and solutions meet business and security challenges – both face-to-face and remotely
- Lead the development of scalable, repeatable, and costed solutions across NCC Group’s professional service catalogue
- Develop high-quality written and verbal technical responses to RFx, and client-facing documentation including SoWs, presentations and scoping questionnaires
- Collaborate with sales, delivery, bid management and legal stakeholders to shape competitive and compelling solution responses, aligned with client procurement strategies
- Contribute to internal initiatives to enhance the maturity and capability of the global presales function, including tooling, templates, and best practices
- Supporting the wider presales team in more complex, multi-phased engagements.
- Spotting trends, or gaps in the market that will enable an NCC Group product or service to gain a competitive advantage.
- Acting as an escalation and support team for delivery consultants when they engage with customers in a technical solutions capacity.
- Quality assurance of client-facing documents, including both proposals and methodology literature, to ensure the solution proposed by NCC Group meets the client’s requirements, and that the proposed solution can provide the client deliverables necessary, and mitigate risk during delivery.
Your background
This is a great opportunity for a current security consultant delivery person to move into the cyber commercial and scoping space, or for an experienced salesperson who has a good understanding of the wider security services to move close to the delivery function.
You will have
- Proven experience in a presales, solution architecture, or technical consultancy role within the cybersecurity or technology services industry.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity domains including offensive security, defensive operations, incident response, cloud security, and governance/risk/compliance (GRC).
- Ability to design and communicate complex solutions clearly and persuasively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience responding to RFPs and shaping solutions for complex, multi-service opportunities.
- Commercial awareness with the ability to balance client requirements, risk, and margin.
- Excellent written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing across functions and seniority levels
Desirable Qualifications
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, OSCP, or similar.
- Experience working within regulated sectors (e.g., Financial Services, Energy, Critical National Infrastructure).
- Familiarity with industry standards and frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, MITRE ATT&CK).
- Understanding of managed security services (e.g., MDR, SOC) and incident response readiness.
What you’ll get
⏰Flexible working with a competitive pay package
💸 Financial & Investment -Pension, Life Assurance, Share Save Scheme, Maternity & Paternity leave
🙋🏾Community & Volunteering Programmes
🧑🏻🤝🧑🏻 Employee Referral Program
🧘🏻 Lifestyle & Wellness via Perkbox -access to discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, shopping and more!
So, what are you waiting for? Apply now!
About your application:
We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. If you don’t hear back from us within 10 days, please don’t be too disappointed – we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies and we would encourage you to keep an eye on our career opportunities as there may be other suitable roles.
If you do not want us to retain your details, please email global.ta@nccgroup.com. All personal data is held in accordance with the NCC Group Privacy Policy (candidate-privacy-notice-261023.pdf (nccgroupplc.com)). We are committed to diversity and flexibility in the workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the application process, please tell us at any stage.
Please note that this role involves mandatory pre-employment background checks due to the nature of the work NCC Group does. To apply, you must be willing and able to undergo the vetting process. This role being advertised will be subject to BS7858 screening as a mandatory requirement.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰
Tags: CISM CISSP Cloud Compliance Governance Incident response ISO 27001 MITRE ATT&CK NIST Offensive security OSCP Pentesting Privacy Security assessment SOC
Perks/benefits: Career development Competitive pay Flex hours Wellness
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