Legal Counsel: Splunk Platform

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic legal team at Cisco focusing on product counsel for the Splunk Business Unit. This role involves providing legal support throughout the product lifecycle and collaborating with various teams to ensure product readiness. Ideal candidates will have a solid understanding of intellectual property laws and relevant experience in a legal environment, along with a passion for innovation.

Benefits

Quality medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan with matching contribution

Paid holidays and vacation time

Flexibility in vacation time

Sick time off policy

Paid time to volunteer

Qualifications

• Minimum 1+ year of relevant experience.
• Solid understanding of software licensing and data protection.
• Ability to provide practical legal advice throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal guidance on intellectual property and data privacy issues.
• Develop relationships with product management and engineering teams.
• Manage legal requests and communicate clearly with internal clients.

Skills

Intellectual Property

Data Privacy

Legal Judgments

Collaboration

Education

Bar admission in a U.S. jurisdiction

Relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: June 3rd, 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Join a passionate and dynamic team dedicated to driving innovation and excellence within the Splunk Business Unit. We are united by a shared vision to empower organizations by making machine data accessible, actionable, and invaluable. Our team thrives on collaboration, creativity, and a commitment to delivering exceptional experiences for our customers. At Cisco, we celebrate our work, support each other’s growth, and embrace a culture of fun and success. Be part of a journey where your contributions truly make an impact!

Your Impact

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Cisco Product Legal team directly supporting the Splunk Business Unit. We are seeking a great teammate, excited to join a highly collaborative and collegial product counsel team, and eager to dive into a wide variety of work to help drive the business forward. We’re looking for a curious, motivated self-starter who can:

• Provide practical guidance and support to product management and engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle by reviewing and addressing issues related to intellectual property, open source, data privacy & security, marketing, competition, payment, and other legal and regulatory considerations to ensure product readiness and successful releases.
• Develop close working relationships with the product teams including product managers, engineering, operations, marketing, finance and legal teams bringing our products to market, as well as a deep understanding of our go-to-market strategies, business processes, and product offerings.
• Collaborate closely with the Sales Legal teams to identify, escalate, and resolve legal and compliance matters impacting the business unit.
• Provide guidance on privacy and data protection issues on a global basis.
• Be adept at making sound legal judgments quickly to facilitate agile business execution.
• Manage legal requests from multiple internal clients, while prioritizing key transactions.
• Respond promptly and professionally to requests from internal clients.
• Break down complex legal and product issues and communicate them clearly and effectively in plain English.
• Be a great teammate, willing to pitch in and assist wherever needed.
• Perform other legal and business-related duties as needed to support the success of the Splunk business.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bar admission in a U.S. jurisdiction with good standing.
• Minimum 1+ year of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house.
• Solid understanding of intellectual property, software licensing, and data protection concepts.
• Basic skills in technology transactions, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements, such as SaaS, licensing, and data processing agreements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Focused attention to detail and ability to work collaboratively.
• Ability to provide practical, business oriented legal advice to product management, engineering, and sales teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Experience with privacy laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and their application to technology and data-driven businesses (or strong desire to learn!).
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

#WeAreCisco

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. Simply put – we power the future.

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.

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Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days ofvacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Offpolicy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours ofunused sick timewill be carried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the nextsuch that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

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