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Overview

Cisco's Splunk Enterprise Security team is seeking a Software Engineer Technical Leader who not only excels technically but is also an excellent leader. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who is passionate about delivering secure, scalable, high-performing solutions and is eager to develop leadership skills, mentor others, and take on greater responsibilities over time.

You will design, develop, and deliver impactful end-to-end features that empower our customers with actionable security insights. Your work will span both the frontend and backend of the stack, including integrations with Splunk Enterprise Security. You will be grounded in Cisco's Design Thinking Principles, focusing on simplification, outstanding user experience, secure coding, and privacy by design.

You will collaborate with UX/UI designers, product managers, security architects, and customer support, and you'll play an active role in shaping our engineering culture. Beyond technical excellence, you'll be empowered to mentor other engineers, lead projects, and develop the skills needed for a smooth transition into management.

What You'll Do

+ Serve as a recognized full stack engineering expert within Cisco's Splunk Enterprise Security team.

+ Architect, develop, andmaintainend-to-end features and enhancements leveraging Splunk ES, ensuring seamless frontend and backend integration.

+ Proactivelyidentify, diagnose, and resolve complex technical challenges, including data ingestion, API design, security analysis, and large-scale data visualization.

+ Lead the technical design, implementation, and delivery of major business projects, spanning backend microservices, RESTful APIs, UI frameworks, and Splunk app development.

+ Create andmaintaincomprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API contracts, and user guides.

+ Partner with UX/UI designers to deliver intuitive, user-friendly interfaces while ensuring backend performance, data integrity, and security compliance.

+ Champion software development best practices, secure coding standards, and CI/CD pipelines.

+ Mentor and guide engineers at all levels, sharingexpertisein full stack development, Splunk app architecture, and cloud-native patterns.

+ Take on increasing leadership in sprint planning, project execution, and cross-team collaboration,preparing forfuture management responsibilities.

+ Represent the team's accomplishments in cross-functional meetings and, asappropriate, at industry events.

+ Measure and drive product adoption through metrics, dashboards, and customer feedback.

+ Continuously develop your own leadership skills with support from Cisco's career development programs.

M** **inimum Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree + 12 years, Master's + 8 years, or PhD + 5 years of relevant software engineering experience.

+ Demonstratedexpertisein designing and delivering full stack solutions for enterprise-scale products, preferably in security, networking, or observability domains.

Deep hands-on experience with:

+ **Frontend:** Modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue), HTML5, CSS3, and component-based UI design.

+ **Backend:** Python, Java, or Go; RESTful API design; microservices; and integration with SQL/NoSQL.

+ **Splunk Platform** : Developing, deploying, andoptimizingSplunk apps or integrations, including Splunk ES use cases, data models, and SPL (Search Processing Language).

+ **DevOps/CI-CD:** Automated testing, Docker/Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD pipelines.

+ Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across the full technology stack.

+ Solid understanding of secure coding practices, privacy, and compliance in enterprise software.

+ Proven ability and motivation to mentor, coach, and inspire peers.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Experience leading or architecting large-scale, distributed systems,especially insecurity analytics or SIEM.

+ Advancedproficiencywith cloud-native development (AWS, Azure, or GCP), infrastructure-as-code, and serverless architectures.

+ Experience with data pipeline development, stream processing (Kafka, Spark), or integration of third-party security data sources.

+ Familiarity with Splunk ES correlation searches, notable events, and custom visualizations.

+ Certified Splunk Architect or Splunk Enterprise Security Admin (preferred but notrequired).

+ Demonstratedthought leadership through whitepapers, conference presentations, or open-source contributions.

+ Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with an interest in growing into people management.

Why Cisco?

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.

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $210,600.00 to $305,100.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

+ 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

+ 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

+ Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

+ Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

+ 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

+ Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

+ Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

+ .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

+ 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

+ 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

+ Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$210,600.00 - $350,800.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$189,300.00 - $312,200.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.