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About the role

  • Senior Technical Solutions Specialist supporting CIRA’s XDR, cybersecurity, and DNS products. Leading technical pre-sales, solution design, implementation guidance, and customer enablement.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with sales on discovery calls, technical discussions, and product demonstrations, focusing on XDR and other cybersecurity products
  • Translate customer needs into technical requirements and solution scope, including statements of work and implementation dependencies
  • Lead RFP responses and commercial proposal preparation
  • Set up customer and demo environments and guide customers through cybersecurity solution configuration
  • Provide senior technical expertise for XDR and other cybersecurity products throughout the sales process
  • Guide implementation teams with hands-on technical support when needed
  • Coordinate technical handoffs from sales to implementation
  • Design and deliver training sessions and workshops
  • Monitor deployment and product-usage performance indicators
  • Produce reports, technical guides, and presentations demonstrating service value and effectiveness
  • Build and maintain customer relationships and provide proactive support
  • Communicate with technical and business stakeholders
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to improve service delivery, onboarding, product customization, and supporting documentation

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related experience
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a technical pre-sales role in a relevant industry
  • Experience in the security industry and strong XDR technical expertise
  • Endpoint security experience is highly desired
  • Skilled in product demonstrations and customer engagement, including discovery calls and requirements and statement-of-work documentation
  • Experience leading RFP responses and preparing commercial proposals
  • Competence in setting up customer and demo environments
  • Strong technical knowledge and experience deploying and troubleshooting Linux, Windows, and macOS workstations and mobile device applications
  • Customer-centric mindset with a commitment to delivering exceptional service
  • Ability to plan and coordinate complex technical work and provide hands-on guidance to implementation teams
  • Understanding of service delivery methodologies, tools, and best practices
  • Excellent communication skills and continuous willingness to learn and develop
  • Advanced knowledge of enterprise IT environments, scripting, networking, DNS, or firewall technologies is preferred
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
  • Bilingualism in English and French is strongly desired but not required
  • Willingness to travel as needed for large conferences or customer engagements

Benefits

  • Blend of remote and in-office work
  • Regular Ottawa headquarters events and social activities
  • Accommodations available upon request throughout recruitment, assessment and selection
  • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$114,000 - CA$126,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Cyber SecurityDNSLinuxMacOS

Location requirements

HybridOttawaCanada

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