Lead Solution Consultant, Cyber Defence

PwC

Lead Solution Consultant working within Managed Cyber Defence team to enhance platforms and engage in pre-sales activities. Responsibilities include mentorship, solution design, and strategic service roadmap shaping.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates deep hands-on expertise in SIEM, XDR, EDR, NDR, and SOAR platforms while leading engineering efforts and mentoring junior engineers. Skilled in solution design and pre-sales activities, with a strong focus on quality and client value.

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SIEM ExpertiseSOAR AutomationSolution DesignPre-Sales SupportMentorship and Coaching

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Hard Skills

Detection EngineeringEDR IntegrationNDR IntegrationQuality StandardsDelivery Lifecycle PlanningSprint Coordination

Soft Skills

Written CommunicationVerbal CommunicationCustomer-FocusedAdaptabilityStakeholder Relationship Management

Tools & Technologies

Google SecOpsCortex XDRMicrosoft SentinelMicrosoft Defender

Industry Keywords

Managed Cyber DefenceTechnical AuthorityService RoadmapContinuous ImprovementClient Advisory

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead complex engineering across the Managed Cyber Defence platform stack, including SOAR automation, detection engineering, and EDR/NDR integration, while maintaining high documentation and quality standards.
Act as the senior escalation point for junior engineers, providing mentorship, coaching, and technical review to strengthen team capability and delivery quality.
Support pre-sales by designing accurate solutions, contributing technical authority to proposals, leading bids where needed, and delivering compelling client presentations that help win new business.
Shape the service roadmap through strategy, R&D, continuous improvement, vendor relationships, and trusted client advisory work, identifying growth, innovation, and service enhancement opportunities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong written and verbal communication for proposals, reports, presentations and bid defence.
Deep hands-on expertise across SIEM, XDR, EDR, NDR and SOAR platforms.
Experience with Google SecOps, Cortex XDR or Microsoft Sentinel/Defender.
Skilled in solution design, pre-sales, delivery lifecycle, planning and sprint coordination.
Strong focus on quality, mentoring, stakeholder relationships and client value.
Self-starting, adaptable, customer-focused and driven to apply and share expertise.

Benefits

Comp & perks

empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site
private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP
six volunteering days a year and much more