Senior Splunk Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)

Cisco Systems, Inc; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 209,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Restricted stock units

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc is seeking a Cisco Splunk Solutions Engineer to serve as the technical authority for architecture and pre-sales engagements. You will own complex technical decisions, lead sessions, and drive proofs-of-value to validate Cisco's superiority.

You will collaborate with account teams to win strategic opportunities and mentor peers while shaping product direction. The role emphasizes deep expertise in security, observability, and network management, with a focus on high-impact,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of demonstrated ability in a pre-sales engineering or a similar deep technical role.
• 5+ years of broad and deep technical knowledge across Security, observability, event, or network management

Responsibilities

• Be the Technical Authority: Own and win the technical decision. Lead breakdown sessions, competitive bake-offs, and sophisticated proofs-of-value that prove Cisco's superiority.
• Master and Promote: Serve as the go-to authority; articulating its vision, strategy, and technical details to audiences from engineers to executives.
• Design for Complexity: Architect and validate trailblazing, single-architecture solutions for our customers' most high-reaching requirements, ensuring technical excellence and adaptability.
• Win as a Team: Partner with Cisco ecosystem and Account Managers to provide the critical domain expertise needed to win strategic opportunities. Be the authoritative voice on the account team.
• Mentor and Scale Expertise: Act as a force multiplier, mentoring and enabling the broader SE community on your technology.
• Influence Product Direction: Serve as a critical feedback loop to Cisco's engineering and business units.

Skills

Technical authority

Pre-sales engineering

Security

Observability

Network management

Communication skills

Presentations

RFXs

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc is seeking a Cisco Splunk Solutions Engineer to serve as the technical authority for architecture and pre-sales engagements. You will own complex technical decisions, lead sessions, and drive proofs-of-value to validate Cisco's superiority.

You will collaborate with account teams to win strategic opportunities and mentor peers while shaping product direction. The role emphasizes deep expertise in security, observability, and network management, with a focus on high-impact,