Crowdstrike Pre-Sales Associate Director

We are We are a global collective of innovators applying the New every day to improve the way the world works and lives. Help us show the world what’s possible as you partner with clients to unlock hidden value and deliver innovative solutions. Empowered with innovative tools, continuous learning, and a global community of diverse talent and perspectives, we drive success in a new business architecture that disrupts conventional practices. Our expertise spans 40+ industries across 120+ countries and impacts millions of lives every day. We turn ideas into reality. Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond to, and recover, at all points of the security lifecycle. We hire the very best security talent and arm them with the coolest tools and latest tech so they can help our clients build resilience as we create integrated, customized turnkey solutions. We blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security and managed service solutions to rethink the entire security lifecycle. You Are Passionate about security, you love what you do and have a genuine desire to outsmart the bad guys. You have experience in leading discovery conversations with client security teams (CISO, SOC leads, architects) to understand the current state, identify gaps, and map Falcon platform capabilities to business outcomes. You have designed and delivered compelling technical demonstrations of the Falcon platform, including NG-SIEM, Exposure Management (CTEM), Identity Protection, Cloud Security, and Charlotte AI, tailored to the client's environment and priorities. You excel at the development and presentation of solution proposals, architecture diagrams, and business value assessments (BVAs) that articulate clear value outcomes and benefits. The Work We are expanding our team in search of experienced professionals to grow our Cyber Defense and Resilience practice, helping our clients modernize to an AI-powered defense posture. Accenture provides the opportunity to support world-class cybersecurity programs for some of the largest organizations in the world, through a focus on rapid threat identification, incident response, cyber threat intelligence infusion, and mitigations to ensure defensive resiliency. You will work alongside Accenture's CrowdStrike Business Group as a trusted technical expert, supporting pre-sales engagements with deep platform knowledge and experience in hands-on delivery of CrowdStrike Falcon platform implementations for enterprise clients. You will work at the intersection of Accenture's consulting expertise and CrowdStrike's technology leadership, helping clients transform their security operations, consolidate tools onto the Falcon platform, and realize measurable outcomes. You will be part of a specialized team that advises our clients on how to manage their cyber risk and solve hard security problems through a combination of strategic vision and operational expertise. You will contribute to the development and market positioning of Accenture CrowdStrike specific offerings and position those offerings at the core of opportunity pipeline acceleration support activities. Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements. Here's what you need Minimum 5 years in a pre-sales, sales engineering, solutions architecture, or technical delivery role within the cybersecurity industry Minimum 3 years hands-on experience with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform (endpoint protection, EDR, or adjacent modules), either in a vendor, partner, or customer capacity Minimum 7 years demonstrated experience leading technical client conversations at the CISO, security architect, or SOC lead level Minimum 5 years experience with at least two of the following: SIEM platforms (Splunk, QRadar, Elastic, Sentinel, Chronicle), endpoint security, identity threat detection, cloud security posture management, or vulnerability/exposure management Minimum 7 years experience with enterprise security architectures, including identity infrastructure, cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), OT/ICS environments, or hybrid data center Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience) Bonus points in you have Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes for executive audiences Active CrowdStrike certification(s): CCFA, CCSE, or CrowdStrike Champions Professional/Expert Direct experience with CrowdStrike NG-SIEM: migration delivery, parser development, CQL, or LogScale administration Experience delivering managed security services or working within an MSSP/MDR environment Experience leading or collaborating with global teams Experience with CTEM (Cyber Threat Exposure Management), vulnerability prioritization platforms (Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7), or attack surface management Working knowledge of compliance frameworks: NIST CSF, SOC 2, ISO 27001, DORA, HIPAA, or FedRAMP Familiarity with threat intelligence operationalization (CrowdStrike CAO/Intel, MITRE ATT&CK, adversary tracking) Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. 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