Splunk Solutions Engineer Intern

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is offering an internship in Solutions Engineering. You will gain Splunk skills, pursue certifications, and build domain knowledge in Sales and Solutions Engineering while exploring how Splunk technology applies to real-world use cases.

The program emphasizes learning through webinars, customer conversations, and tailored demonstrations, with a focus on understanding technical strategies and solutions architecture in the sales cycle.

Qualifications

• Fluent in one of French, German or Italian.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
• Interest in technology and problem solving.
• Enthusiasm for tackling interesting problems with a team.
• Current university student, ideally about to start final year.

Responsibilities

• Deliver standardised technical product webinars.
• Conduct technical discovery calls to identify opportunities.
• Deliver consultative presentations, demos and workshops for prospects.
• Show how Splunk addresses customer requirements and differs from alternatives.
• Create custom demonstrations based on customer use-cases and data.
• Respond to RFI/RFPs with technical input from sales and mgmt.

Skills

French

German

Italian

Education

University student / final year

Job description

Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities. This exact role may not be open today but could open in the near future.

Join us as we pursue our disruptive new vision to make machine data accessible,usableand valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product andseekto deliver the best experience for our customers. At Splunk,we're committed to our work, customers, having fun and most importantly to each other's success. Learn more about Splunk careers and how you can become a part of our journey!

Role

Splunk Solutions Engineersare responsible forthe technical elements of the sales cycle, enabling our prospects and customers to understand how Splunk can meet their requirements and becoming their trusted advisor.

As a Solutions Engineering Intern you will be based at the location specified in your contract of employment.

Over the course of your internshipyou will gainSplunk skills, someSplunkCertificationsand developabroader domain knowledgeof Sales, Solutions Engineering and Splunk's technology and use casesthatwill give you adetailed understanding of the Solutions Engineering role and enable you to decide if a career in Solutions Engineering is right for you.

Key areas of theSolutions Engineeringrole that you will gainexposure to include

• Deliveringstandardised technical product webinars

• Undertakingtechnicaldiscovery calls/conversations with prospects to discover and/orvalidatesalesopportunities

• Deliveringconsultative presentations, demonstrations and workshops to help prospects understand how Splunk addresses their technical and business requirements, and how it differs from alternative solutions

• How Solutions Engineers own the technical strategy for opportunitiestheywork on

• How wedeterminethe mostappropriate formof Solution Validation for our opportunities and manage them to a successful outcome

• Creatingcustom demonstrations based on customer use-cases and/or data to demonstrate Splunk's ability to meet their requirements

• Respondingto the technical elements oftenders (RFI/RFPs)where sales and technical management have determined it isappropriate tomake a response

• Answeringtechnical questions from prospects and customers

• Makinggeneral recommendations on Splunk solutions architecture

• Identifyingand managingtechnical issuesarisingthroughout the sales lifecycle

Requirements

• Fluent in one of the following: French, German, Italian

• You will bringstrong communicationskills, both verbal and written

• You will be interested in technology and how it can be used to solve business problems

• You will bring Enthusiasm for solving interesting problems to the team

Education

• You arecurrentlyin university andideally about to start your final year following completion of the internship

We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

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.