Presales Cybersecurity Advisor

Role Overview

• Drive the generation services and technologies business to meet or exceed quarterly and annual quota objectives in partnership with the account teams.
• Following the Optiv Standardized Sales Operating Processes (SOPs) to achieve consistent success.
• Understand and maintain knowledge of the client’s security environment, business operations, security needs, and risk appetite.
• Identify their security concerns and how they correlate to Optiv’s strategic solutions across the assigned domains and holistic cybersecurity programs.
• Actively participate in the Field Center of Excellence for the assigned domain and position Optiv services and our key technology partners and their products to deliver value to clients.
• Identify cross-sell and upsell opportunities across clients and Optiv's partner relationships.
• Qualify leads and partner with internal colleagues to determine scope, proposal management, and follow through to closure.
• Participate in sales opportunities across Optiv's entire portfolio.
• Clearly articulate how the necessary elements of the Optiv technology and services portfolio meet the specific needs of the client stakeholders at the leadership level.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, news, and maintain a broad understanding of the security landscape to facilitate thought leadership, support, analysis, and guidance to clients and internal Optiv groups.
• Collaborate with service delivery to ensure the team has the necessary supporting domain specialty materials that present a consistent and comprehensive approach.
• Effectively work with multiple client personas across the security team, as well as other relevant personas, to develop a security strategy and define roadmaps to execute on the security strategy aligned with business goals, budgetary spend, and metrics based on return of investment.
• Maintain advisory relationships with key stakeholders at clients by facilitating thought leadership, support, information, and guidance in conjunction with sales partners.
• Maintain strong working relationships with relevant Optiv technology partners, based on client spend and Optiv focus.
• Design and solution complete security programs to meet client objectives across technology and services including; facilitating new discussions by leveraging peer and industry network contacts performing requirements gathering analysis, and technology selection criteria coordinating demonstrations and security technology evaluations.
• Interface and partner with the internal Optiv teams, particularly service delivery liaisons, to align client expectations with the entire Optiv solution portfolio to ensure service delivery excellence and client satisfaction.
• Listen for client feedback and continually share with internal teams to evaluate and cultivate continuous improvement.
• Participate in account planning, forecasting, and pipeline management activities.
• Participate in managing and prioritizing the proposal process to create business proposals, contracts, and respond to RFI/RFP’s.
• Actively pursue personal development by maintaining and obtaining technical capabilities, soft skills, and security-specific knowledge through formal education, certification, and other avenues.

Requirements

• BS/BA or equivalent and/or applicable work experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years in an information security role, preferably as a consulting advisor, architect, or engineer focused on expertise in at least one of the following Domains: Data Protection & AI; Cloud Security/DevSecOps; Endpoint Security; Identity; Network Security; Offensive Security; Operations (SOC, SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, Threat Intelligence); Strategy & Risk Management.
• Highly motivated self-starter who does not require day-to-day management.
• Ability to work in a highly adaptable and nimble team environment with responsive communication.
• Thorough understanding of the current threat landscape, vulnerabilities, and defensive controls.
• Strong business and technical acumen and ability to lead technology-focused discussions.
• Strong presentation, written, and oral communication skills to clients, including whiteboard sessions and other presentation mechanisms.
• Strong attention to detail for reviewing statements of work (SOWs), quotes, and client deliverables.
• Maintains broad security-related knowledge and continuously expands their expertise in other domains across the portfolio.
• Vendor specific certification(s) focused primarily on the specialty.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• Cyber Security

Benefits

• Work/life balance
• Professional training resources
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
• Volunteer Opportunities.
• "Optiv Chips In" encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)