Cyber Defense Consultant

5 - 10 years

13 - 17 Lacs

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Job Description

  • Join a company that values your growth and offers continuous learning opportunities
  • Work with global Information Technology, Security and Cloud leaders to provide business
    solutions for our customers worldwide
  • Enjoy a dynamic and fast-paced workplace with a focus on your personal and professional
    development
  • Competitive compensation package with abundant opportunities for professional growth and
    advancement

About the Role

Seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Presales Engineer to lead customer discovery, solution design, technical demonstrations, and support end-to-end presales cycles across Endpoint Security, DLP, IAM/IGA, Zero Trust, and Cloud Security.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Presales & Solutioning

  • Understand customer business and technical requirements.
  • Conduct discovery sessions across EDR/XDR, DLP, IAM/IGA, ZTNA, CASB, SSE, CNAP, CWPP, CSPM, Cloud Security.
  • Prepare solution designs (HLD/LLD), SOWs, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
  • Lead POCs: setup, execute use cases, troubleshoot, and drive closure.
  • Create competitive BoQs and map customer needs to product capabilities

2. Technical Demonstrations & Workshops

  • Deliver product demos, deep-dives, and workshops.
  • Explain platform capabilities (threat detection, response automation, data protection, access governance, cloud posture).
  • Customize demo environments for IT/OT use cases.
  • Answer technical queries and highlight differentiators.

3. OEM & Partner Collaboration

  • Work closely with OEM presales and channel teams (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Netskope, Zscaler, CyberArk, etc).
  • Explain platform capabilities (threat detection, response automation, data protection, access governance, cloud posture).
  • Stay updated on product updates, certifications, and roadmaps.
  • Coordinate on sizing, solution validation, and deal registrations.

4. Documentation & RFP Support

  • Create HLD/LLD documents, RFP/RFI responses, proposals, solution decks, and POC
    reports.
  • Support internal teams with solution notes and competitive comparisons

5. Implementation Readiness

  • Provide technical guidance to delivery teams for onboarding.
  • Support solution validation, pilot deployments, and handovers.
  • Prepare transition documents.

Technical Skills Required Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR/XDR)

  • SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, Cybereason, Microsoft Defender, Trellix.
  • Threat hunting, IOC/IOA, ML-based detection, response automation

Data Security / DLP

  • Endpoint, Network, Cloud DLP
  • Data classification, data flow mapping, exfiltration prevention
  • Tools: Netskope, Forcepoint, Symantec, GTB, Microsoft, Zscaler DLP Identity & Access Management (IAM/IGA/PAM)
  • IAM, SSO, MFA, PAM, Zero Trust
  • IGA workflows (JML, access reviews, SoD)
  • Tools: CyberArk, Saviynt, SailPoint, Okta, Azure AD

Cloud Security

  • CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, CNAP
  • Tools: Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Lacework, Zscaler, Netskope
  • Cloud fundamentals: IAM, VPC, WAF, encryption, logs

Zero Trust & Network Security

  • Firewalls, SWG, CASB, ZTNA, VPN, Micro-segmentation
  • SSE/SASE architecture
  • Vendors: Zscaler, Netskope, Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Fortinet

General Security

  • SIEM: Sentinel, Splunk, Securonix SOAR basics
  • MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, ISO 27001
  • Threat intelligence, API security, secure email gateways
  • MDM/UEM: Intune, Workspace ONE

Soft Skills

  • Strong communication & presentation skills
  • Ability to simplify complex concepts for CXO & non-technical teams
  • High ownership, problem-solving, customer-first mindset
  • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders & timelines

Experience & Qualification

  • 5-10 years in Cybersecurity Presales, Systems Engineering, or Implementation
  • Experience with IT system integrators, OEMs, or distributors preferred
  • Good-to-have certifications: CEH, Security+, CySA+, CASP+, SentinelOne / CrowdStrike / Netskope / Zscaler SE certs,
    AWS/Azure/GCP security, IAM/IGA certs, DLP certifications

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