Partner Strategy & Observability Lead

Cisco Systems, Inc; North Carolina; Sur place; USD 156 000 - 227 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability

Basic life insurance

Cisco stock grants

Résumé du poste

Cisco is seeking a Partner Strategy Manager for Splunk CX Technical Partner Strategy to shape Cisco's observability partner programs and drive global growth. You will collaborate with senior leaders, act as the technical authority on Observability Cloud and OpenTelemetry, and guide partner delivery teams in multi-cloud monitoring architectures.

You will lead with Kubernetes and containerized environments, advise on data ingestion pipelines, and influence cross-functional leadership to prioritize

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of total experience across enterprise architecture, partner solutions architecture, technical consulting, or partner strategy.
• 5+ years of experience focused on cloud-native observability, APM, or distributed systems monitoring.
• Deep architectural proficiency in modern observability domains (APM, RUM, Metrics/Logs/Traces correlation, and OpenTelemetry standards) and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills to influence senior leaders across various geographies.

Responsabilités

• Act as the consultative technical authority on Observability Cloud and OpenTelemetry (OTel) for Partner CX Practice Leads and Principal Architects.
• Whiteboard, review, and advise on complex multi-cloud monitoring architectures (APM, Infrastructure Monitoring, Log/Digital Experience/Synthetic Monitoring) delivered by partner technical teams.
• Guide partners on Kubernetes instrumentation standards, distributed tracing methodologies, and standardizing data ingestion pipelines using the OpenTelemetry Collector.
• Provide expert consultative guidance to partner delivery teams to de-risk complex implementations, eliminate deployment friction, and accelerate customer time-to-value.
• Develop and execute partner-led customer success strategies, drive strategic business model projects, and influence cross-functional leaders to formulate long-term priorities for ecosystem growth.

Connaissances

Observability

APM

OpenTelemetry

Leadership

Distributed systems

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience

Outils

Kubernetes

Docker

Description du poste

Cisco is seeking a Partner Strategy Manager for Splunk CX Technical Partner Strategy to shape Cisco's observability partner programs and drive global growth. You will collaborate with senior leaders, act as the technical authority on Observability Cloud and OpenTelemetry, and guide partner delivery teams in multi-cloud monitoring architectures.

You will lead with Kubernetes and containerized environments, advise on data ingestion pipelines, and influence cross-functional leadership to prioritize