Team Lead, Security Engineer at IT Horizons Limited

IT Horizons Limited is a company with diverse talents and skills on existing, recent and upcoming technologies worldwide. We are a team of young, vibrant, ambitious but experienced professionals who deal with everything relating to technologies especially information communication technologies (ICT). Inaddition, we have the ability to update with latest trends and requirements of our esteemed clients. Our company established in 2010, had been driven by innovations and excellence, and with its rapid rate of success and customers’ requirements, we were fully incorporated into a private limited company in 2012 with the aim of helping organizations in achieving their goals by providing optimum technological solutions while reducing total cost of ownerships.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Lead, Security Engineer

Location: Gbagada, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• We seek a highly skilled and motivated Team Lead, Security Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical knowledge of cybersecurity/Network security solutions and be able to work closely with sales teams to drive the success of customer engagements.
• As a Security Presales Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering technical expertise, pre-sales support, and solution demonstrations to prospective clients while ensuring that their security needs are met effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements and recommend appropriate security solutions.
• Conduct technical presentations, product demos, and workshops to highlight the value of security solutions to potential clients.
• Act as a technical point of contact during the sales cycle, providing subject matter expertise in security technologies.
• Work with the sales team to create technical content for RFPs, RFQs, and proposals
• Create solution architectures, proof of concepts (PoCs), and proof of value (PoV) based on the identified needs and ensure the proposed security solutions integrate seamlessly with existing customer infrastructure
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of the organization’s security solutions and capabilities to provide technical leadership and guidance to customers
• Work closely with the engineering and product management teams to understand new product features and enhancements
• Drive customer satisfaction by working closely with the engineering team to understand new product features and enhancements
• Achieve financial targets for the solution areas under your management.
• Evaluate and optimize solution performance periodically in line with organizational goals.

Qualification & Skills

• Candidates should possess a B.Tech with 6-8 years experience.
• CCNP or any industry security certification equivalent
• Proven experience in designing and architecting security solutions.
• Experience working with multiple OEMs and vendors in the security ecosystem.
• Ability to align technical solutions with business goals and financial objectives.
• Excellent communicator, Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a customer-first mindset.
• Familiarity with creating BOMs, pricing strategies, and solution configuration. Evaluate and optimize solution performance periodically in line with organizational goals.
• Up-to-date understanding of technology trends and emerging solutions in the security domain.

Application Closing Date
27th January, 2025.