Security Solutions Architect

Role: Security Solutions Architect

Basis: Full Time

Hybrid: 3 days in Office / 2 days home / Client Visits

Salary/Package: £50k - £65k + Bonuses + Benefits

25 Days Holiday and rising (plus bank holidays)

• Bupa Cash Plan
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Cycle Scheme
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Ability to Buy & Sell Holiday
• Paid Charity Day
• Flexible working (WFH incentives)
• Free Car Parking

Company

Planet IT is one of the UK's leading technology specialists, proudly recognised as a World Class Place to Work by Best Companies, a nationally respected benchmark for employee engagement and workplace excellence (b.co.uk). We were also ranked as the #1 Technology Company to Work For in the UK, reflecting our culture, our people, and our commitment to being an employer of choice.

As a privately owned business founded in 2003, we continue to achieve year on year growth, anchored by our expertise in IT security, cloud, and managed services. We've earned multiple industry awards, including being named Sophos Partner of the Year twice, showcasing our reputation for technical excellence and innovation.

At Planet IT, we believe in working hard and celebrating success equally. Our people are at the heart of everything we do-we invest in their development, support progression from within, and consistently go above and beyond to create an environment where individuals can thrive both professionally and personally.

Primary Purpose

Our Client is looking to expand its successful Solutions Engineering team with the addition of a dedicated Security Solutions Engineer (SSE). Reporting directly to the Head of Solutions Engineering, you will play a key role in supporting our growing business and sales teams by providing expert technical guidance across our security portfolio.

In this client-facing role, you will deliver technical pre-sales activities, helping customers understand their security risks, challenges, and solution options. You will translate complex industry, technical, and product knowledge into clear, compelling value through exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Working closely with our Sales Team, you will contribute to all stages of technical account planning, attending customer meetings, shaping solution designs, and positioning the business as a trusted security adviser. You will support the development of formal sales proposals and tender responses, and confidently present and differentiate our security solutions against competitive offerings.

You will be joining an established and fast-growing business with a clear strategic plan and a strong reputation in the cybersecurity space. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion for security technology and a desire to work directly with clients to design robust, modern, and effective security solutions.

The ideal candidate will bring hands-on consultancy or pre-sales experience with security products such as Sophos, Fortinet, N-Able, Mimecast, and Barracuda, along with a strong understanding of modern cybersecurity principles.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver both chargeable and free-of-charge Technical Pre-Sales Services to new and existing customers.
• Build strong technical relationships with prospects and existing clients, acting as a trusted adviser throughout engagements.
• Support the Sales Team by providing customer-facing technical expertise during meetings, discovery sessions, and opportunity qualification.
• Deliver clear and engaging product presentations and demonstrations, and support internal and external customer-facing events and webinars.
• Design and deliver custom demonstrations and Proofs of Concept (POCs) to validate proposed solutions.
• Evaluate and compare competitive products to recommend the most advantageous solution for each customer.
• Contribute to the specification of technical solutions and assist in producing high-quality proposals, scopes of work, and tender responses.

Skills and Expertise Requirements

• Technical consultancy, pre-sales, or customer-facing project delivery experience within an MSP or IT reseller (essential).
• Proven experience across IT infrastructure and IT services technologies.
• Strong proposal and tender-writing skills, with the ability to produce high-quality customer-facing documentation.
• Formal Qualifications to include some or all the following technologies: Sophos, Microsoft, N-Able, Mimecast, Barracuda, or any other technical certification
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance technical depth and business value.
• Excellent presentation and demonstration skills.
• Exceptional organisational and time-management capabilities.
• Strong listening skills with the ability to understand and translate customer requirements.
• Ability to explain and present technical solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with a natural affinity for working alongside both sales and technical teams.
• Based in the UK and willing to travel as required.
• Full, clean UK driving licence.

INDIT

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.