About the role

Principal Consultant leading cyber security and cloud sales across Federal and State Government. Mentor teams and shape strategy to drive business growth.

Responsibilities

Join Macquarie Government as our next Principal Consultant, leading cyber security and cloud sales across Federal and State Government.
Be the senior technical voice in government engagements guiding customers, shaping strategy, and elevating our sales capability.
Work closely with Sales, Technical Consultants, Product, and Engineering to deliver compelling solutions, steer major bids, and strengthen relationships with senior public-sector stakeholders.
Play a critical leadership role: mentoring Sales and Pre-Sales teams, developing go to market strategies, building thought-leadership content, and lifting our technical capability across the Government business.
Contribute to the ongoing growth of the government business, establishing trusted relationships based on your experience and technical expertise.

10+ years’ experience in IT&T and strong knowledge of government technology, trends, and solution design
Expertise across cloud, SOC/SIEM, SSE technologies, and security architectures
Strong public sector engagement experience working with federal and state government
In depth working knowledge of Government, market, trends and technical design
Extensive consultancy experience
Has Government security clearance to NV-1 (PREFERENCE) or an Australian citizen who can readily achieve clearance.
Exceptional communication skills, especially with senior public service stakeholders
Ability to translate complex technical concepts into strategic solutions
Proven experience leading bids, workshops, and consultative engagements
Expertise across the following vendors/MSP’s:
Netskope or similar SSE technology
SOC knowledge
AWS / Azure
Splunk/Sentinel/Defender
F5/Fortinet/Bluecoat/Netscaler
A Degree in Engineering/Computer Science or related
Desirable: Security (Gateway) knowledge/experience
Desirable: Experience facilitating and coordination of consultative workshops with customers to achieve agreed business outcomes

We're Australia's Great Place to Work 2025 certified for 3 years in a row.
Over 42% of Australian government agencies use and trust us. They depend on us to protect them from private and state-sponsored cyber attackers.
We have the highest Net Promoter Score on the ASX, the World's best customer experience & crowned in 2020 at the World Communications Awards.
We have been named a Global Winner of the 2025 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for the second year in a row.
You’ll make an impact: Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers and action.
We Invest in you: Accelerate your career through our learning and development opportunities - think Gallup strengths-based training, defined career pathways and fantastic internal mobility opportunities across the group.
A dynamic and supportive team that values smart thinking.
A workplace where your business insights are celebrated.