Senior Security Solution Architect – Splunk

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +9 more states.

📋 Description

• Act as the technical expert for Splunk’s Security business within the Americas Service Provider sector.

• Align Splunk's capabilities with customers’ long-term transformation objectives in SIEM, threat detection, and AI-driven Security Operations.

• Engage with CISOs and senior technical decision-makers to convert business risks into solid technical architectures.

• Address intricate security challenges and connect customer issues with innovative security solutions.

• Spearhead competitive displacement initiatives and complex technical engagements.

• Mobilize resources from both Cisco and Splunk to achieve strategic victories.

• Mentor and enhance the skills of the ASP technical field through workshops, reference architectures, and repeatable technical sales practices.

• Advocate for ASP customer requirements to global product and engineering teams.

• Provide insights into market trends, competitive threats, and regional needs.

• Collaborate across functions including sales, finance, logistics, and engineering services.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent practical experience.

• Extensive professional experience in cybersecurity, Security Operations, security architecture, or technical pre-sales/consulting.

• Profound technical knowledge of enterprise SIEM, automation, threat detection, response, and contemporary security architecture.

• Demonstrated ability to engage with senior technical leaders and translate intricate business and security requirements into enterprise-level solutions.

• Proven experience in leading complex, multi-stakeholder technical sales engagements across varied geographic and cultural settings.

• Preferred: In-depth knowledge of Enterprise Security, SOAR, and the wider Cisco security portfolio.

• Preferred: Strong grasp of SOC transformation, detection engineering, threat hunting, security automation, and Agentic Security architectures.

• Preferred: Experience in positioning against leading competitors within the SIEM, XDR, and security data platform markets.

• Preferred: History of creating technical enablement materials, reference designs, or scalable technical assets.

• Preferred: Experience working within the Service Provider domain.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.

• Paid parental leave.

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Basic life insurance.

• Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, contingent on eligibility and continued employment.

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• Paid birthday off.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid days off for personal wellness.

• 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees.

• Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees.

• 80 hours of sick time off provided upon hire and each January 1st thereafter.

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried over annually.

• Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family matters.

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.

• Annual bonuses for non-sales positions.

• Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development.