• Application Deadline:
• Position: Chief Technological Officer



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 12 years



• Location Lagos




• Job Field Engineering / Technical 
  
  

Role Purpose

• The Chief Technological Officer would oversee MCL’s technical solutioning, pre‑sales architecture, and technology strategy across Communication & Connectivity, Data Centre Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Managed Services.


• The role ensures MCL delivers compelling, competitive, and technically sound solutions that win business, deepen OEM partnerships, and enable successful project execution


• This leader manages the Solutions Architects, Pre‑Sales Engineers, and Technical Practice Leads, ensuring strong collaboration with Sales, Delivery, and OEM partners.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Strategy & Solution Leadership:

• Define MCL’s solution strategy and technology roadmap across networking, data centre, cybersecurity, and managed services.


• Develop and maintain reusable solution architectures, reference designs, and standardised bill-of-materials.


• Ensure solutions are aligned with OEM best practices, industry standards, and customer requirements.


• Guide adoption of cloud, hybrid architectures, automation, SASE, and modern security frameworks.

Sales Engineering & Pre‑Sales Leadership:

• Lead the pre‑sales function, ensuring high-quality technical proposals, solution designs, and SOWs.


• Partner with Sales to qualify opportunities, shape customer requirements, and position MCL competitively.


• Provide senior technical representation in customer meetings, workshops, and executive briefings.


• Oversee technical bid responses, RFP submissions, and solution costing.

OEM & Partner Management:

• Own strategic relationships with key OEMs (Cisco, Fortinet, VMware, Ribbon, etc.).


• Drive partner competency attainment, joint go‑to‑market initiatives, and technical enablement.


• Manage escalation paths with OEMs for solution design, support, and certification requirements.

Delivery Alignment & Solution Assurance:

• Work closely with Delivery Leads to ensure solutions are implementable, scalable, and cost-effective.


• Provide solution assurance during project kickoff and major milestones.


• Support resolution of complex technical issues that impact customer satisfaction or project outcomes.


• Ensure smooth handover from pre‑sales to delivery teams.

People Leadership & Capability Development:

• Lead and develop the Solutions Architecture and Pre‑Sales Engineering teams.


• Build technical capability through structured learning paths, certifications, and OEM training.


• Set performance goals, coach team members, and build succession pipelines.


• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer-centricity.

Governance, Documentation & Quality:

• Maintain solution documentation, architecture standards, and technical governance processes.


• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and OEM requirements.


• Improve quality of proposals, designs, and customer-facing technical materials.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 12+ years’ experience in enterprise technology (networking, data centre, cybersecurity).


• 5+ years in pre‑sales, solutions architecture, or technical leadership roles.


• Proven experience leading technical teams (solutions architects, pre‑sales engineers, or practice leads).


• Strong background designing enterprise network, DC, and security solutions.


• Demonstrated success engaging C-level stakeholders and supporting complex sales cycles.


• Experience working with major OEMs (Cisco, Fortinet, VMware, etc.).


• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.


• Relevant certifications strongly preferred: CCNP/CCIE, NSE, VCP, AWS/Azure, ITIL, CISSP.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in managed services solutioning and ITSM frameworks.


• Exposure to automation tools (Terraform, Ansible), observability platforms, and cloud-native architectures.


• Experience developing repeatable offerings or productised solutions.


• Familiarity with telco, large enterprise, or data centre transformation projects.

Core Competencies:

• Strong commercial and customer-facing presence.


• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.


• Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline.


• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.


• Team builder with a coaching mindset.


• Calm, structured, and analytical under pressure.