Network Sales Engineer / Solutions Architect - Public Sector £80,000 - £120,000 + 20% bonus + car allowance + excellent benefits
Remote / Home-Based | UK | Regular Customer Travel
UK Government & Public Sector | Networking | Technical Presales
SC Clearance highly desirable
We're looking for an experienced Network Sales Engineer / Solutions Architect to join a leading technology organisation and support its growing UK Public Sector business.
If you're technically strong in enterprise networking, have a background in technical presales and understand how to work with UK Government and Public Sector customers, this could be an excellent next step. The Role You'll be the technical expert throughout the sales cycle, working alongside sales teams and directly with customers to understand their challenges and design the right solutions.
You'll work across Central Government, healthcare, education, local government and the wider Public Sector.
Leading technical discovery with customers
Designing and presenting technical solutions
Supporting demos and Proofs of Concept (PoCs)
Troubleshooting network and application issues
Translating technical challenges into commercial value
Supporting RFP/RFI responses
Building relationships with senior technical and C-suite stakeholders
Working with systems integrators and service providers
Feeding customer requirements into product and engineering teams
Helping identify opportunities to grow existing accounts
What We're Looking For You'll need a strong combination of networking expertise, presales experience and Public Sector knowledge.
Strong Network Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect or Technical Presales experience
Experience working with UK Government / Public Sector customers
Strong enterprise networking knowledge
Cisco routing and switching
TCP/IP, SNMP, NetFlow and VoIP
LAN/WAN and MPLS
Network performance monitoring
Packet analysis and network troubleshooting
Network security and infrastructure design
Linux and Windows knowledge
Cloud and virtualisation knowledge
Ability to run technical discovery, demonstrations and PoCs
Confident communicating with C-suite and senior stakeholders
Ability to turn technical capabilities into clear business value
Comfortable with regular UK travel
SC Clearance is highly desirable, although exceptional candidates without current clearance may be considered. Nice to Have Any of the following would be beneficial:
CCNA, CCNP or CCIE
Current or previous SC Clearance
Wireshark, Zeek or similar packet-analysis tools
Network visibility / performance monitoring platforms
Security analytics and anomaly detection
NIST / ISO 27001
Security audit experience
RFP/RFI experience
Technical whitepaper writing
Experience influencing product strategy or roadmaps
Computer Science / Software Engineering degree or equivalent technical training
Formal sales or presales methodology training
Working Pattern This is officially a remote / home-based role, but it isn't a desk-based remote position.
You'll be regularly meeting customers, potentially 3-4 days per week, alongside occasional company conferences and sales engineering events.
Candidates should therefore be comfortable with frequent UK travel and ideally have good access to major transport links. Package £80,000 - £120,000 basic salary
20% bonus
Car allowance
Excellent benefits package
Remote / home-based
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