Solutions Engineer: Drive Technical Wins & Value

Cisco Systems Inc; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Splunk seeks a Solutions Engineer in the UK to drive technical validation and business validation for opportunities. You will conduct demonstrations, workshops, and PoCs, translating customer needs into Splunk-enabled value.

You'll work with the regional sales team in both in-person and remote settings, building trusted adviser relationships with client technical staff. As a Cisco company, Splunk delivers unified security and observability platforms.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Linux or Windows operating systems.
• Basic network connectivity troubleshooting.
• Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, GCP and/or Azure.
• Experience with IT architecture concepts such as High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
• Experience with Python and REST APIs is a plus.
• Experience with container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Establish and own strong technical relationships within the territories you support.
• Own achieving the 'technical win' and move opportunities from qualification to validation and business validation.
• Develop technical activity plans to help customers validate Splunk products and achieve value post-sale.
• Partner with the Regional Sales Manager in meetings to discover customer needs and map to Splunk solutions.
• Lead proofs of concept and run demonstrations, workshops, and technical Q&A sessions.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Splunk solutions and document opportunity status in Salesforce.

Skills

Linux knowledge

Windows knowledge

Network troubleshooting

Python

Regular expressions

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Splunk seeks a Solutions Engineer in the UK to drive technical validation and business validation for opportunities. You will conduct demonstrations, workshops, and PoCs, translating customer needs into Splunk-enabled value.

You'll work with the regional sales team in both in-person and remote settings, building trusted adviser relationships with client technical staff. As a Cisco company, Splunk delivers unified security and observability platforms.