About this Solutions Engineer- Splunk role at Cisco
This role can be performed in either Dallas, Boulder or McLean locations.
Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. Our customers love our technology, but it's our caring employees that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. No matter where in the world or what level of the organization, we approach our work with kindness. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back.
Meet the Team
Looking for a role that blends your communication skills with your need to dabble in technology? We’re looking for Solutions Engineers who are interested in exploring a career connecting people, and business through technology.
Splunk’s technical sellers seek to unify, advance, and expand the value of the Splunk portfolio by providing deep technical and domain expertise to introduce and operationalize Security and Observability use-cases and solutions. The Solutions Engineers (SEs) are Splunk’s customer-facing technical account leader. Their purpose is to partner with customers and Splunk teams to ensure long-term success and growth within Splunk’s customer base. SEs are responsible for the breadth of technical engagement within their assigned customers across products, domains, and use cases.
SEs are the Trusted Technical Advisor for customers and represent the entire Splunk portfolio to the customer. SEs are responsible for building a joint technical roadmap, identifying and driving new outcomes, and ensuring the plans to operationalize Splunk’s solutions to discrete customer outcomes. In this role you will work with and lead the entire Splunk village in effective and efficient technical customer engagement.
Your Impact
Splunk Solutions Engineers will get the opportunity to become familiar with the Splunk Product line through observatory sessions with tenured Solutions Engineers:
- Partner with a tenured Solutions Engineer
- Shadow customer calls and partner on presentation development, workshops and/or technical concept proof events to close the deal
- Meet weekly with your team, manager and mentors and discuss what you’ve learned
- Hone your presentation skills and prepare to present technical concepts to customers and how to discover their needs
- Collaborate with peers in developing a knowledge resource for future incoming Solutions Engineers in training
- Polish your evangelizing technique talking about our products and services to customers (without being pushy!)
- Earn Splunk Certifications during your Fellowship (Splunk Power User, Enterprise Admin, Cloud Admin, and AWS Cloud Practitioner)
- Meet Splunkers from all walks of life and explore what Splunk has to offer
Minimum Qualifications
- Ability to start on Monday January 11, 2027
- Willingness to relocate to Boulder (Colorado), Dallas (Texas), or McLean (Virginia)
- Possess a technical foundation in IT, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or other related technical experience
- Strong interpersonal skills, both written and oral, and an ability to communicate complex ideas to all levels of the business
- A confident and comfortable presenter interested in developing these skills further
- Ability to be organized and analytical, and will be able to eliminate sales obstacles using creative and adaptive approaches
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with SPL
- Experience with similar technologies as Splunk
Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY FOR EMPLOYEES IN AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, FRANCE, GERMANY & NETHERLANDS
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
The starting salary range posted for this position is $137,900.00 to $177,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 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 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 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
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$151,200.00 - $224,500.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$144,400.00 - $209,800.00* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
