Software Engineer – Splunk Platform Authorization
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Job Description
Software Engineer building Go backend authorization services for Cisco’s Splunk enterprise security platform. Improving distributed systems, reliability, and Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain backend services using Go for scalable authorization and service-to-service communication across Splunk’s platform
- Translate technical designs into high-quality, maintainable code
- Independently drive implementation through design discussions and code reviews
- Investigate and resolve production issues
- Improve system performance and reliability
- Address technical debt in complex backend systems
- Contribute to modernization of established C++ services
- Evolve distributed infrastructure, including Kubernetes-based environments
- Collaborate with engineering teams and share technical knowledge
- Participate in operational support and on-call rotations following onboarding
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent experience; or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of equivalent or related experience; or a PhD in a related field or equivalent experience
- Professional software development experience building and maintaining backend services using Go
- Experience developing, troubleshooting, and maintaining backend applications or services in complex production environments
- Experience independently executing technical tasks, reviewing and maintaining code, and collaborating within an engineering team
- Must be a U.S. Person: U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee
- Must perform work on U.S. soil
- Current U.S. Government TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph Clearance required
- Preferred: experience with C++ or large, established codebases
- Preferred: familiarity with distributed systems, microservices, Kubernetes, or cloud-native infrastructure
- Preferred: understanding of authentication, authorization, identity and access management, or RBAC/ABAC concepts
- Preferred: experience with high-performance, high-availability services in large-scale enterprise or cloud environments
- Preferred: experience diagnosing production issues, improving reliability, or participating in on-call operations
Benefits:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness
- 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
- Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
- Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
- Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco’s policies
- Incentive compensation for sales roles, subject to Cisco’s plans

















