TAS Presales Specialist

Role: Technical Presales Specialist

Location: Sydney (Hybrid)

Thanks for checking out our job opening; we are excited that YOU are interested in learning more about NCC Group.

We are on a mission to make society a safer and more secure place. Our people are the ones who make that possible; a global community of talented individuals working together towards a safer future.

We aim to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We work together, we are brilliantly creative, we embrace difference, and we want you to join in our mission, as a Senior Security Consultant.

Take a look at our website here to learn more about why we’re one of the leading global Cyber Security and Risk Mitigation business… https://www.nccgroup.com

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Technical Presales Specialists with Penetration Testing and/or Governance Risk & Compliance Presales experience.

If you are a Pentester / GRC Consultant looking to make a move into Presales then we would love to speak to you too.

As our Pre-Sales Specialist you will be working with our esteemed clients to understand their challenges and business issues and get involved in mapping those to NCC Group’s portfolio of cyber security services. Helping organisations to improve their cyber security maturity.

You will be managing complex solution design and be responsible for technical responses to formal client RFP/RFQ/RFI/ ITT submissions together with business as usual client facing material and drawing on subject matter expertise from across the business.

Responsibilities:

• To attend meetings (virtual or face to face) with potential clients to determine technical and business requirements, ensuring that all necessary information is collated prior to producing a solution.
• Provide documented solutions in a professional manner and to agreed timeframes.
• Creating and confidently delivering presentations internally and externally
• Liaising with Sales, Delivery and Product Management teams to agree on deliverables as part of the formal internal sign off process (QA); or influence change in the response based on evidence.
• Provide quality technical responses to RFP/RFI working with the commercial and bid team to maximise wins.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and new technologies.
• Act as a subject matter expert on NCC Group’s products and solutions.

Essential Skills:

As you will be involved in generating business, we are looking for a great communicator with strong interpersonal skills who can represent our brand and loves getting involved in pre-sales work.

• Proven ability to explain technical content to a non-technical audience across multiple levels of seniority from technical teams to C-suite.
• Strong technical security knowledge with solid understanding of cyber security threats.
• Proven ability to manage client interactions and manage expectations
• Strong proposal and Tender writing experience and commercial acumen.
• Strong client presentation skills both in terms of supporting collateral and delivery
• Ability to generate solutions that solve client problems whilst also maintaining profit and margin targets
• Ability to provide technical guidance to quality assurance processes
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office software
• Experience integrating cybersecurity solutions

Knowledge:

• Strong technical security knowledge of network architectures, IT infrastructure, applications, and systems. Including an understanding of cloud services such as Azure and AWS and emerging technologies
• Good understanding of cyber security threats, threat actors, tradecraft and mitigation techniques
• Strong knowledge in cyber security penetration testing methodologies, outcomes and impact
• Demonstrable knowledge of at least two of the following security frameworks; NIST, PCI DSS, ISO 27001 or The Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defence
• Good understanding of compliance requirements and how these relate to cyber security business practises
• CISSP, CCSP or similar qualification, or demonstrable knowledge of network security would be advantageous
• Experience integrating cybersecurity solutions

About NCC Group

The NCC Group family has over 2,000 members located all around the world, providing a trusted advisory service to 15,000 customers. Born in the UK, we have now have offices in North America, Canada, Europe, Asia- Pacific and United Arab Emirates.

We are passionate about helping our customers to protect their brand, value and reputation against the ever-evolving threat landscape. We fuel that passion with investment in our people and our business.

Our values and code of ethics are at the heart of how we operate – we work together, we are brilliantly creative, and we embrace difference. We treat everyone and everything with equal respect.

We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel psychologically, emotionally and physically safe to be authentic, sharing their personal experiences to represent the diversity of the world they live in, and have equal opportunity to achieve their best.

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. 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 has background clearance as mandatory due to the nature of the work NCC Group does. To apply, you must be willing and able to undergo the vetting process.