Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to support Splunk solutions for the manufacturing industry. The role serves as a trusted technical advisor, leading sales-cycle discovery, designing Splunk deployments, demonstrating security and observability capabilities, and translating technical telemetry into business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Technical Partnership: Act as the primary technical lead during the sales cycle, conducting high-level discovery sessions to understand the unique cybersecurity and performance challenges of manufacturing clients
- Solution Architecture: Design and architect robust Splunk deployments that aggregate data from enterprise IT environments, cloud architectures, and digital business systems to provide unified visibility
- Value Demonstration: Develop and deliver customized product demonstrations and Proof of Concept (POC) engagements that highlight the value of real-time threat detection, incident response automation, and full-stack observability
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Account Executives, Product Management, and Professional Services teams to align Splunk’s capabilities with the digital roadmap requirements of the manufacturing sector
- Thought Leadership: Present at industry conferences and internal forums on the importance of cyber resilience, modern observability, and the role of data analytics in digital transformation
- Strategic Enablement: Build reusable technical assets, white papers, and demo environments tailored to enterprise security and observability use cases
Skills
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; this position does not provide sponsorship
- 5-7 years of experience in Pre-Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, or Technical Consulting
- Understanding of modern security frameworks (SIEM, SOAR, threat detection) and/or observability principles (APM, infrastructure monitoring, digital experience monitoring)
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value for executive-level stakeholders
- Experience working with large-scale data platforms or log management solutions
- Communication and presentation skills, with the ability to lead technical workshops and whiteboard sessions
- Experience with cloud-native monitoring and security platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Splunk certification or equivalent platform expertise is highly preferred
- Knowledge of modern application architectures, including AI stacks, microservices, containers, and Kubernetes
- Experience in data modeling, scripting (Python, PowerShell, or Bash), and API integration
- Understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and compliance standards relevant to enterprise IT
- Previous experience working within a global manufacturing organization or a specialized software provider serving the manufacturing industry
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
- Medical, dental and vision insurance for U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for the employee’s birthday
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, subject to availability and some business limitations
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on the hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, subject to the applicable Cisco plan
- For quota-based incentive pay, incentive compensation has no cap once performance exceeds 100% attainment
- For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target
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