Senior Solutions Engineer - Cyber Cirencester, Gloucestershire | Full-time | Starting ASAP With over 20 years of making the complex simple, Kubus enhances customers experiences by simplifying complex IT solutions, delivered through our managed expertise, leading vendor partnerships and global logistics capability. Our people are at the centre of our community, building strong relationships and supporting one another, creating an environment where everyone can thrive. At Kubus, we recognise a collaborative working environment encourages greater outcomes and a positive experience for our customers, partners and wider community. Our Values: P assion - putting customers, partners and vendors first, delivering solutions at pace, and being passionate about driving change. A gile - Embracing flexibility, remaining open to change, and adapting quickly to meet customer and market needs. C ommunity - Building strong relationships, supporting one another, and creating an environment where everyone can thrive. E xpert - Commitment to curiosity and excellence, constantly pushing boundaries, sharing knowledge and delivering value. The Role: The successful candidate will act as a senior technical resource to deliver and support solutions and services for customers based on Kubus’ cyber and security portfolio of products and services. To be the compute and storage subject matter expert in occasional support of Pre-Sales. The role provides post-sales support for delivering cybersecurity solutions that include professional services, hardware, software, and managed services. This position requires a unique skill set that balances technical competency and excellent communication skills to ensure that solutions are delivered on time, on budget, and right the first time. Act as a senior escalation role for the engineering delivery team and support billable professional services delivery. What You’ll Be Doing: DELIVER (Primary Role) Install, configure, harden, and test cyber‑security solutions at customer sites or remotely. Deliver programmes of work for global customers with cyber‑security requirements across secure networking, firewalls, micro-segmentation, identity, and cloud security. Liaise with customer representatives and third‑party organisations to coordinate delivery and ensure secure-by-design practices are followed. Take on any role as required within the Delivery function including Support Desk, TechOps, basic Project Management, Professional Services, Managed Services, and Consultancy. Lead teams of engineers during delivery of cyber‑security projects. Mentor and coach mid‑level and junior engineers in cyber technologies and best practices. Complete all project and delivery documentation, tickets, asset records, and systems updates. Work with project managers, solutions architects, and delivery leads in preparation, planning, and execution of secure solution delivery. Ensure secure implementation of network and security technologies including policy design, rule‑base optimisation, and secure configuration baselines. Deliver customer projects aligned to best‑practice frameworks such as NIST, CIS, and ISO 27001. Understanding of security standards and frameworks: at least working familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS controls, vendor hardening guides. Risk‑based thinking: ability to justify design and configuration decisions in terms of risk reduction and business impact. Stakeholder interaction: gathering requirements from product/infra teams, explaining trade‑offs, and supporting change management and CAB processes. Hands‑on deployment: installing, configuring, and tuning security products (on‑prem and cloud), including policies, rulesets, certificates, logging, and HA/DR setups. Integration and automation: integrating with SIEM/SOAR, ticketing, directories, and CI/CD where relevant; infrastructure‑as‑code or configuration management is a strong plus (e.g. Terraform, Ansible). Pre‑deployment design docs: HLD/LLD, implementation plans, migration and rollback plans, and cut‑over/runbooks. Post‑deployment optimisation: monitoring effectiveness, tuning rules to reduce noise, capacity/performance considerations, and knowledge transfer to ops/SOC teams. PRE-SALES (Secondary Occasional Role) Engage in customer pre-sales activities to include presentation and whiteboard sessions as well as providing written work such as RFI responses and Statement of Works. Working with Solutions Architects, design robust solutions for customers encompassing a wide range of cyber security products and services. Deliver onsite presentations and demonstrations of solutions in isolation and alongside Kubus representatives and those from our vendors. Designing end‑to‑end security solutions: taking high‑level requirements and selecting appropriate products, controls, and integration patterns. Working with Solutions Architects, produce Bill of Materials for sales that can be converted into customer quotes Manage Helpdesk tickets generated by sales staff in a timely manner Create standard project documentation such as LLD to allow delivery engineers to deliver projects to our customers TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION Maintain all current and future industry and vendor certifications and ensure they remain active Complete vendor led and self-study learning to complete certifications as required by the business Identify potential training courses that will be of benefit to the individual and the business PROFESSIONAL & MANAGED SERVICES Attend customer site to deliver solutions and services Ownership of assigned customer projects Define project scope for customer engagements Produce high quality customer documentation CONDUCT Professionally representing the Company whilst at external meetings, visits and when meeting customers as per the Kubus Code of Conduct Always Adhere to Company policy and work in line with the Company Quality Management System To adhere to the Company's ISO 9001 & 27001 standards What We’re Looking For: Proven experience deploying and configuring enterprise security technologies (e.g. NGFW, IDS/IPS, WAF, EDR/XDR, IAM/PAM) in production environments. Strong knowledge of network and system security fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing, VPN, TLS, Windows/Linux hardening, segmentation). Experienced in producing HLD/LLD and implementation plans, and executing migrations/cut‑overs with rollback plans. Experience integrating security tools with SIEM/logging and ITSM/ticketing platforms. Experienced hands-on delivery technologist, particularly in leading brand secure network and cyber system design, includes SASE, zero trust, DLP, secure endpoint, privileged access, WAF, NAC. Happy to travel nationally and internationally for prolonged periods of time. Valid UK passport with no constraints on travel. Strong pragmatic problem solving skills. Expert level knowledge of cybersecurity concepts, tools and processes that impact the design, implementation and support for secure enterprise network delivery and data protection. Expert level knowledge of common risk mitigation techniques and cybersecurity controls Knowledge of offensive cybersecurity practices associated with various cybersecurity assessments such as penetration testing, web application assessment, API assessment, etc. Ample experience designing, implementing, and supporting cybersecurity solutions. Ability to develop and maintain relationships with peers throughout the business and with customer contacts Hands on experience with CLI and/or orchestration platforms Strong communication skills, a ‘can-do’ attitude and a self-starting ethos A desire to win, meet and exceed targets, and a personality that will inspire trusted long-term relationships with colleagues and customers alike Ability to manage multiple tasks/issues/projects concurrently and adjust as priorities change Strong work ethic and ability to take initiative Proven experience in working efficiently and meeting tight deadlines Organised and meticulous, with a high level of attention to detail Positive contributions to the organisation beyond the scope of normal responsibilities Desirable: Cloud security skills: AWS/Azure/GCP security services, cloud IAM, security groups/NSGs, key management, logging/monitoring in cloud. Application security awareness: OWASP Top 10, API security concepts, and how to position WAF, RASP, and other controls around apps and APIs. Secure deployment practices: integrating security checks into CI/CD where applicable (e.g. secrets management, image scanning, IaC scanning). Cloud security implementation experience (AWS/Azure/GCP), including security groups, IAM, KMS, and logging. Familiarity with IaC/automation (Terraform, Ansible) for repeatable security deployments. What you’ll get: Competitive salary & bonus scheme Private healthcare & healthcare cash plan Pension contributions above minimum requirement (matched up to 7%) 25 days holiday bank holidays upon starting, increasing by a day each year to a maximum of 30 days Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme Enhanced parental leave Technology scheme Cycle to work scheme Reward & recognition portal – including discounts/cashback at hundreds of retailers This is an amazing opportunity to join our Solutions Team during an exciting period of growth at Kubus! Based at: Wellington House, Cotswold Business Park, Cirencester, GL7 6BQ 44 (0) 1285 771 600 | kubus.com