Splunk Solutions Engineer – Technical Pre-Sales & Demos

Cisco Systems, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 209,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Solutions Engineer to serve as the trusted technical advisor for enterprise accounts, turning customers’ data needs into concrete Splunk-based solutions.

You’ll conduct discovery, tailor demos, and build value cases that justify investments in Core, Security, and Observability areas. You will partner with sales leadership to shape account strategy, deliver technical wins, and extend Splunk’s footprint by identifying new use cases while displacing competitors with

Qualifications

• 6+ years in pre-sales engineering or technical consulting.
• Experience with Splunk or a comparable log management, SIEM, or observability platform in large-scale data environments.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts in terms of business value to both engineers and executives.
• Presentation skills, including leading technical workshops and whiteboard sessions.
• Willingness to travel within assigned territory to meet business and customer engagement requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and translate customer business challenges into clear technical requirements.
• Design and deliver compelling demos, whiteboard sessions, workshops, and proofs of value built around the customer’s own use cases.
• Own the technical win: drive deals through the technical sales cycle and coordinate specialists, partners, and internal teams as needed.
• Expand Splunk’s footprint in your accounts by identifying new use cases across Core, Security and Observability.
• Displace competitors by understanding their strengths and weaknesses and positioning Splunk’s differentiated value credibly.
• Build lasting relationships with technical stakeholders and bring them into the strategic conversation.
• Feed what you learn from customers and the market back to Product, Sales, and Marketing.
• Contribute to the team through knowledge sharing, demo assets, and enablement.

Skills

Pre-sales engineering

Solutions architecture

Technical consulting

Splunk / SIEM / Observability

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Kubernetes

Python scripting

Tools

Splunk

Elastic

Datadog

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Solutions Engineer to serve as the trusted technical advisor for enterprise accounts, turning customers’ data needs into concrete Splunk-based solutions.

You’ll conduct discovery, tailor demos, and build value cases that justify investments in Core, Security, and Observability areas. You will partner with sales leadership to shape account strategy, deliver technical wins, and extend Splunk’s footprint by identifying new use cases while displacing competitors with