Manager, Partner SSA
Possible
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer issued few or no visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2133 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,900, and Qualys Limited is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2135 (Cyber security professionals, Security architecture and cyber security focus throughout the role) or SOC 2139 (Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified, Technical account manager type role with partner enablement). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers Most likely code | £38,400 | £43,900 | £49,400 | £54,900 |
2135 Cyber security professionals Also possible | £34,000 | £38,800 | £43,700 | £48,500 |
2139 Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified Also possible | £36,600 | £41,800 | £47,100 | £52,300 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!
Role Summary
As a Solutions Architect, you will partner with Account Executives (AEs), Technical Account Managers (TAMs), and strategic partners in the Enterprise segment to drive regional and corporate growth. You will act as a trusted technical advisor, helping customers and partners design, adopt, and operationalise solutions on the Qualys platform across asset and vulnerability management, patch management, threat detection and response, compliance, and cloud/application security.
You will also play a key role in partner technical enablement, joint solution development, and expanding partner delivery and managed service capabilities around the Qualys platform.
This is a highly visible, hands-on individual contributor role with close collaboration across Sales, Product Management, Marketing, Partners, and senior customer stakeholders.
What You’ll Do
- Lead technical strategy for pre-sales opportunities and secure the technical win.
- Discover, document, and prioritise customer security and compliance requirements; map to end-to-end Qualys and partner-integrated solutions.
- Deliver architecture workshops, whiteboarding sessions, technical deep dives, and stakeholder presentations.
- Design and execute high-quality Proof of Concept (POC) / Proof of Value (POV) engagements.
- Identify gaps between current and target state; recommend solution patterns and adoption plans.
- Build trusted relationships with technical and security decision-makers across customers and partners.
- Support proposal development with clear technical differentiation and business value.
- Enable strategic partners through technical training, solution guidance, joint architecture development, and operational best practices.
- Support the development of partner-delivered and managed security service offerings leveraging the Qualys platform.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in pre-sales, sales engineering, solution architecture, partner engineering, or customer-facing security architecture roles.
- Experience using the Qualys platform in an Enterprise environment.
- Experience working with partners, MSSPs, alliances, or channel organisations in a technical enablement or solution development capacity.
- Managed a vulnerability or risk programme in a large enterprise environment.
- Hands-on expertise in multiple areas such as asset management, vulnerability management, patching, policy/compliance, cloud security, application security, and threat detection/response.
- Ability to design complex, end-to-end security architectures from identification through remediation and recovery.
- Working knowledge of common security/compliance frameworks.
- Working knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).
- Strong communication and presentation skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Self-starter with strong collaboration and stakeholder management capability.
- Experience leveraging AI, automation, scripting, or workflow optimisation technologies to improve operational efficiency, accelerate delivery, or enhance customer/partner outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct Qualys platform experience preferred; equivalent security platform experience welcomed.
- Experience supporting Enterprise customers and strategic partners.
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Where this offer sits in the market
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (SOC 2133) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~187k in sample- Middle half £45,136–79,976
- Median £60,216
- Going rate £54,900
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,400–49,400
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About sponsorship for this role
Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Qualys Limited holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2133 going rate of £54,900. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.