Splunk Solutions Engineer – Technical Sales & Demos

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 209,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Parental Leave

RSUs

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Solutions Engineer to be the trusted technical advisor for enterprise accounts, focusing on Splunk Core with Security and Observability areas.

You will run discovery, deliver tailored demos and proofs of value, and build the business case for Splunk as the right choice. You will collaborate with practitioners, architects, and leaders to uncover barriers, design solutions, and drive technical wins while partnering with sales leadership on account strategy.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in pre-sales engineering, solutions architecture, or technical consulting.
• Experience with Splunk, or a comparable log management, SIEM, or observability platform.
• Knowledge of at least one: SIEM/threat detection or observability (APM, infra monitoring).
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts in business terms to engineers and executives.
• Strong presentation skills, including leading technical workshops and whiteboard sessions.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and translate customer challenges into clear technical requirements.
• Design and deliver demos, whiteboard sessions, workshops, and proofs of value around customer use cases.
• Own the technical win: drive deals through the technical sales cycle and coordinate specialists and teams.
• Expand Splunk's footprint by identifying new use cases across Core, SIEM/ SOAR, and Observability.
• Displace competitors by articulating Splunk's differentiated value credibly.
• Build lasting relationships with technical stakeholders and bring them into strategic discussions.
• Share learnings with Product, Sales and Marketing; contribute to team enablement.

Skills

Pre-sales engineering

Solutions architecture

Technical consulting

Splunk knowledge

SIEM/observability

Technical presentations

Travel willingness

Tools

Splunk

Elastic

Datadog

Dynatrace

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Solutions Engineer to be the trusted technical advisor for enterprise accounts, focusing on Splunk Core with Security and Observability areas.

You will run discovery, deliver tailored demos and proofs of value, and build the business case for Splunk as the right choice. You will collaborate with practitioners, architects, and leaders to uncover barriers, design solutions, and drive technical wins while partnering with sales leadership on account strategy.