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Presales Manager-Cyber Security
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Salary3000 USDLocationKenyaIndustryCyber Security AnalystJob Description
Job Description :
- Should have in-depth knowledge in any one technological or industry practice / functional area and overview of 2-3 other areas. You should handle solution definition/ fitment for a small sized project with a medium complexity. You should be able to build a custom Function Module with medium complexity program logic
- Responsible for overall architecture of the complete engagement from technical standpoint
- Point of contact for design approvals and any design changes
- Understand current client security deployment, assess changes needed to deploy Managed Security services for the environment
- Design new capability solutions suitable for the client environment
- Support deployment of security technologies
- Own and drive the Solution and other artefacts
- Interact and work with multiple teams to realize the technical solution
- Work with the internal and partner ecosystem to bring in appropriate and relevant solution(s)
- Strong technical capabilities in multiple security solution areas such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, Load Balancers, SIEM, Vulnerability Management etc.
- Experience on the following products would be helpful McAfee, Fortinet, F5, Forcepoint, SIEM McAfee/Splunk/IBM/ArcSight/RSA etc.
- Good communication skills and ability to effectively interact with client architects, SMEs
- Professional certifications (or equivalent) - CISSP
- In-depth understanding of regulations such as SOX, ISO 27001, PCI, etc
Key Responsibilities
- Gathers and assesses customer needs, both business and technical
- Identifies related needs (lead generation, opportunity expansion)
- Identifies site-specific and corporate parameters and constraints that impact the solution
- Identifies required project steps
- Identifies likely problem areas that require attention
- Identifies probable competition and product roll-out data/training needs and evaluates relative strengths of our solution
- Architects an appropriate technical solution to meet the customer's business requirements
- Investigates and optimizes a solution's fit to the requirements of an opportunity, both current and future
- Adapts solution design to new requirements
- Establishes the validity of a solution and its components
- Identifies the growth path and scalability options of a solution and includes these in design activities
- Generates an implementation plan with timelines for the solution
- Creates the appropriate test plan as required
- Anticipates some of the potential challenges for the proposed project plan
- Anticipates and plans for competitive threats
- Actively identifies opportunities to assist peers Regionally in area of expertise (e.g., writing white-papers)
Business Skills
- Maintains excellent communications with customer executive management
- Represent as technical expert with customers; shares knowledge in area of expertise and links to related technology areas
- Advances opportunities through the use of effective consultative selling techniques
- Builds customer loyalty through being a trusted advisor
- Partners effectively with others in the account to ensure problem resolution and customer satisfaction
- Communicates and articulates the details of their component roles in a proposed customer solution
- Actively supports the account team with solution advice, proposals, presentations, and other customer communications
- Analyzes and provides support to deals in the pipeline where needed
- Transfers knowledge to Presales peers via mentoring and contributing participation in peer education programs
- Understands the roles and affectively engages other teams and resources within HP and partners
- Identifies overlooked opportunities suggested by technical expertise
- Facilitates smooth transition from sales to implementation by orienting the appropriate teams to the solution design
- Analyzes and contributes to the presales direction for the Region or some areas of a BU
- Breadth of influence goes across multiple organizations within the Business and is sought, valued and used
Desired Profile
Education/ Certification
- Technical University or Bachelor's degree
- Typically 4-8 years of core Network security experience (Technical security consulting,
- Remote or Field Support on Network Security)
- Preferred CISSP Certification
- Preferred certifications like CCSE(Check Point Certified Security Expert), CCSP(Cisco Certified Security Professional), McAfee
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