Solutions Engineer – Splunk
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Solutions Engineer architecting Splunk cybersecurity, observability, and data-platform solutions for Cisco’s regulated financial-services customers. Leading enterprise technical discovery, demonstrations, and proofs of concept.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Account Executives on technical discovery, architectural validation, and qualification across high-value financial services and premier accounts
- Deliver tailored product demonstrations
- Build architectural designs translating complex technical capabilities into business value and risk reduction
- Own and execute technical Proofs of Concept
- Navigate data residency, security compliance frameworks, and multi-stakeholder consensus criteria
- Provide field intelligence and technical feedback to Cisco and Splunk Product Management
- Help shape roadmap priorities and expand blended Cisco/Splunk portfolio adoption
- Serve as a technical authority and trusted advisor to CISOs, VPs of Engineering, and IT executives
- Architect cybersecurity, observability, and data platform solutions for regulated enterprise accounts
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in technical pre-sales engineering, solutions architecture, or customer-facing systems engineering supporting enterprise or regulated accounts, or Master’s degree plus 3 years / PhD
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on technical experience with at least two of: SIEM/SOC operations; IT/DevOps observability; regulatory compliance frameworks
- Minimum 2 years of experience architecting or analyzing native logging, monitoring, and security telemetry across AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Minimum 3 years of experience scoping and leading technical Proofs of Concept, authoring technical RFP/RFI responses, and defending enterprise architecture designs
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical professional experience
- Proficiency writing Search Processing Language (SPL) queries and practical experience with Splunk Cloud/Enterprise architectures, Enterprise Security (ES), or IT Service Intelligence (ITSI)
- Experience with data routing and pipeline optimization tools such as Cribl Stream, Kafka, or Edge Processor
- Experience with architectural cost optimization strategies
- Ability to present complex architectural and risk-reduction strategies to CISOs, CTOs, and technical procurement committees
- Experience co-selling across large matrixed sales organizations, channel partners, and professional services/CSM ecosystems
- Experience with REST APIs, infrastructure-as-code automation such as Ansible/Terraform, or credentials such as CISSP, CCNA/CCNP, or Splunk Certified Consultant
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
- Grants of Cisco restricted stock units may be available
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- Paid birthday day off
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness
- Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
- Exempt employees participate in a flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit, subject to availability and business limitations
- 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 days per full calendar year to volunteer
- Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco’s policies
- Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans
- Opportunities to grow and build at Cisco
- Global collaboration and worldwide network of experts















