Principal Consultant Software And Data

Johannesburg, GP, ZA, South Africa

Job Description

Job Information




Date Opened


09/15/2025
Job Type


Permanent
Work Experience


5+ years
Industry


Technology
Salary


2000000
City


Johannesburg
State/Province


Gauteng
Country


South Africa
Zip/Postal Code


2000




CyberPro Consulting is one of the leading providers of IT professional services in the South African market, with over 500 consultants servicing our customers, and a 25-year track record of delivering Advisory, Managed Projects and Team Augmentation services.



We are hiring

two Principal Consultant technical leads

. These roles call for energetic, client facing senior individuals who bring a combination of broad

technical background, pre-sales and advisory experience, hands on technical delivery and analysis skills as well as project management capability

.



If you are one of these rare-breed individuals who can operate at the intersection of technology, sales and project delivery, and are looking for a rewarding senior role in one of South Africa's well known and fast-growing tech companies, we want to hear from you.



The role calls for multiple responsibilities where you will find yourself focusing on different things at different times, across a wide range of technology, industries and business problems, at a senior level.

The key focus areas will be:



Sales and Pre-Sales



Contribute to customer sales meetings, supporting our account management team, wearing a technical/advisory hat Compile high quality RFP Responses for turnkey, managed and consulting project RFPs Customer presentations and pitches Own and Maintain RFP, Proposal etc. Templates Meet CyberPro's onsite teams regularly to understand the technical work being delivered and provide a mentoring function as needed

Project Delivery and Team Management



Serve as a roving technical thought leader and advisor between CyberPro's various onsite technical teams Provide leadership role on CyberPro Consulting managed projects including people management, tech lead, analyst and project management activities Supervision of CyberPro Consulting team members servicing the client on managed projects Responsible for driving the performance of managed CyberPro Consulting project teams Project Governance of managed projects: Regular check-ins, performance reviews, and agile delivery practices Performance reviews of CyberPro Consulting managed teams against agreed KPIs Assist with Performance management of CyberPro Consulting managed teams Ensuring Integration with Client Teams and client satisfaction Interviewing and selection of candidates

Marketing



Co-work with Marketing to document CyberPro's projects and produce case studies and customer testimonials Assist with generating CyberPro Consulting technical thought Leadership content on Social Media Represent CyberPro Consulting at conferences, trade shows etc. from time to time

Tech Leadership



Research and POC work into new tech as required - Software, Data, Digital, Cloud, AI Contribute to and drive innovation, automation, RPA and AI within CyberPro internally Provide Advisory / Consulting services to customers as and when needed Assist in vetting and recruiting suitable technical staff for CyberPro Consulting Assist in running and present at CyberPro Consulting internal skills and tech sessions Co-work with HR to document and drive the skills and capabilities of the team

Vendor Partnerships



Contribute to growing the CyberPro partner relationships - AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce, Snowflake Certify on Pre-Sales, Sales and Tech certifications as required for partnerships Work with our vendor partners in co-selling and co-branding opportunities


Help to drive technical certifications of CyberPro staff required for our certified partner relationships

Location, Working hours etc.


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Full time position

during core working hours with flexi starting time between 7 to 9 in the morning

Working location

- Either our

Johannesburg (Woodmead)

or

Cape Town (Century City)

offices, as well as

regular presence/travel at our customers

in the region, including medium term deployments from time to time to customer premises as our projects require Note: this is an

office-based role and does not offer remote working except for 1 day per week (Wed)

, we are looking for career focused people who enjoy office culture and who are looking to build robust in-person working relationships with our in-house and customer teams

Requirements



Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge Required


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Demographic Requirements



Open to all races

Years of Experience



Minimum

10 years

of career history At least 5 years having been spent doing hands on Software, Data or digital technical work At least 5 years spent in a team lead or other senior role with some management/leadership responsibility At least 2 years of client facing pre-sales and/or advisory experience

Education and Certification



BSc IT, Math/Stats, Engineering or other STEM degree or similar qualification IT Industry certifications advantageous (Microsoft Certified, AWS Certified, Salesforce Certified, Oracle, Snowflake etc.) Project Management, Business Process, Business Analysis and Technical Architecture methodology qualifications advantageous - e.g. SAFe, Agile, DevOps Project lifecycle, BABOK, TOGAF etc.

Skills Required



Experience in client facing sales, pre-sales, advisory and consulting activities Strong verbal and written communication skills Background in hands-on Software, Data or digital solution design and architecture and development (e.g. .NET or Java etc. background) Up to speed and interested in a wide range of current trends in Cloud Adoption, Machine learning, AI and LLM developments, software architecture and data platform / data analytics Ideally an understanding and interest in the workings of industry verticals such as banking, insurance, wealth & investments or retail, and willingness to continuously learn Background in technical proposals writing, business requirements, functional requirements and technical architecture documentation Strong understanding of Cloud technology - specifically AWS and Microsoft Azure with ability to provide top level advisory services on cloud adoption Experience in agile project delivery of software or data projects

Personality traits


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Outgoing and engaging Ability to influence others Happy to roll up the sleeves and do hands on tech and analysis work as required Self-starter and self-motivator Continuous learning attitude Ability to prioritize tasks and deal with conflicting requirements Achievement oriented Completer/Finisher Collaborative nature Able to performance manage others Presentable and professional High energy Growth oriented mindset

Benefits



Salary Structure


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Remuneration at Software Development Manager / Principal Technical consultant level





Exact salary offered will be based on specific experience and skills and structured as follows:



Monthly basic 13th Cheque in Dec Quarterly KPI performance-based commission * Profit based commission for turnkey projects managed by the Principal Consultant

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1521148
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Johannesburg, GP, ZA, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned