Consulting Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco Systems, Inc; Durham (NC); Remote; USD 130,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc is seeking a Customer Delivery Engineering Technical Leader for Core and ES within the Cisco/Splunk Professional Services team. This remote role guides customers through adoption and optimization of Splunk, aligning technical strategy with business outcomes and mentoring engineers to deliver maximum value.

You will own end-to-end customer engagements, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and address escalations while driving high customer satisfaction and scalable

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in technical consulting or big-data analytics.
• 3+ years demonstrable experience administering and using Splunk Core and/ or ES.

Responsibilities

• Strategic execution of adoption and optimization activities in long-term engagements, including regular meeting cadence and documentation.
• Lead adoption, optimization and integration of Splunk Core and ES into the customer’s business architecture.
• Provide high-quality technical mentorship on enterprise level architecture, configuration and optimization.
• Advocate for customer needs across the internal Splunk ecosystem.
• Act as dedicated point of contact for adoption, optimization, customer success and escalations.
• Maintain continual engagement and information sharing with Splunk’s account team.

Skills

Technical consulting

Big-data analytics

Scripting (bash)

Java

Python

.NET

Databases

Analytical tools

Customer-facing

Tools

Splunk Core

Splunk ES

Job description

Job Description

This role is remote anywhere in United States.

Meet the Team

As a Customer Delivery Engineering Technical Leader for Core and ES for our Cisco/Splunk Professional Services team, you are passionate about customers and their journey to use Splunk to its fullest capabilities. You will help customers adopt and optimize their environment through consistent touch points and strategic guidance, ensuring our customers realize the quickest time to value, and maximum return on their investment. You will collaborate with the team and share your inputs as we create standard processes and procedures that enable us to deliver the highest level of service, drive scale and automate key functions. Additionally, you will tackle the resolution of our customer’s most complicated problems, including the ones they didn't even know existed. Splunkers are self-motivated and have a steadfast thirst to learn exciting technologies and thrive in constantly evolving environments. Are you up for the challenge?

Your Impact

• Strategic execution of adoption and optimization activities in long-term engagements, which includes regular meeting cadence, documentation, and representation of valuable outcomes from your work with customers.
• Lead all aspects of the adoption, optimization and integration of Splunk’s Core and ES solutions into the customers’ business architecture.
• High-quality technical mentorship on Enterprise level architecture, configuration, and optimization work in sophisticated environments for area of discipline.
• Customer advocacy for key initiatives and discreet needs across the internal Splunk ecosystem
• Serve as a dedicated point of contact for customer needs including adoption, optimization, customer success and technical escalations.
• Continual engagement and information sharing with Splunk’s diverse account team

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in technical consulting or big-data analytics
• 3+ years demonstrable experience administering and using Splunk Core and or ES

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrable understanding of common enterprise applications
• Statistical and analytical modeling is a plus
• Solid understanding of scripting languages (bash), application development (java, python, .NET), databases and analytical tools
• Meaningful software industry experience in any of the following: IT systems, enterprise or infrastructure management, application development and management, security, and/or analytics
• Ability to act as the trusted advisor and product specialist for assigned customers
• Able to thoughtfully manage strategic accounts that demand a high level of partnership, negotiation, and conflict resolution
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills a must
• Listen objectively to others' opinions and ideas applying active listening skills
• Strong customer facing skills that instill confidence and provide mentorship towards resolution with high customer satisfaction

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 $130,200.00 to $180,500.00 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

$160,800.00 - $253,200.00

Non-Metro New York State & Washington State

$142,900.00 - $246,200.00

• 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.