Lead Cyber Security Engineer

Overview & Summary:

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead client facing technical discovery sessions to understand business goals, assess current environments, and define cybersecurity requirements
• Perform gap analyses to identify risk, improvement opportunities, and additional initiatives across client environments
• Design and recommend cybersecurity solutions that balance risk reduction, operational efficiency, and cost
• Prepare clear and accurate proposals, review RFP/RFI responses, and support technical documentation.
• Facilitate and guide vendor demonstrations, helping clients evaluate and compare solutions objectively.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with cybersecurity vendors and stay current on their offerings.
• Partner closely with Project Management to ensure smooth transition from presales to implementation.
• Act as a lead technical contributor within the cybersecurity practice, helping evolve methodologies, tools, and standards.
• Develop and recommend training resources and internal enablement materials, including diagrams, vendor matrices, and slide decks.
• Participate as a speaker or panelist at C3 hosted events, breakout sessions, or client briefings.
• Travel on-site to client meetings as requested by Sales Consultants.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, architecture, or pre-sales roles supporting enterprise or upper mid-market clients.
• Demonstrated expertise across core cybersecurity domains, including network security, endpoint protection, identity, cloud security, and security operations.
• Hands on experience with enterprise security technologies such as next generation firewalls, IDS and IPS, EDR, SIEM, and vulnerability management platforms.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical discovery engagements, perform risk-based gap analysis, and translate findings into solution recommendations.
• Strong understanding of widely adopted security frameworks and standards, including NIST CSF, CMMC, CIS, HIPAA, PCI, and other related compliance models and GRC toolsets.
• Experience supporting or responding to formal RFP and RFI processes, including technical writing and solution positioning.
• Ability to effectively present to and influence both technical stakeholders and executive audiences.
• Deep familiarity with the cybersecurity vendor landscape and ability to position competing solutions objectively.
• Prior experience working at a consulting, systems integrator, VAR, or technology advisory environment preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Relevant industry certifications are strongly preferred, such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or equivalent.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.