Senior Solutions Engineer – FDSE Public Sector – Splunk

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with strategic defense and intelligence customers in the U.S. to spearhead AI transformation initiatives.

• Co-create, innovate, integrate, and showcase solutions that meet essential customer mission objectives.

• Design and prototype solutions leveraging Cisco AI infrastructure and the Splunk portfolio in intricate, diverse enterprise settings.

• Enhance customer business results, expedite time to value, improve retention, and foster growth as an embedded engineer.

• Impact technical decision-makers through concrete proofs and production-focused prototypes.

• Work in partnership with Cisco product engineering teams to provide insights from the field.

• Contribute to the advancement of Cisco’s AI-integrated portfolio to meet the demands of next-generation infrastructure.

• Mentor and collaborate with Forward Deployed Solution Engineers.

• Promote technical excellence, continuous learning, customer dedication, and strong ownership.

• Coordinate efforts with Sales, Product and Technology, Software Development, Customer Success, and Partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on engineering experience.

• Over 7 years of professional experience in both post-sales and pre-sales roles, directly interacting with customers on distributed software and system architecture implementations.

• More than 2 years of experience with Generative and Agentic AI, machine learning platforms, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and event-driven architectures across cloud-native, hybrid platforms, and extensive enterprise data architectures.

• Proven AI experience leading to measurable customer business outcomes with quick time to value.

• Must possess a Top Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain one.

• Willingness and capability to travel within the assigned territory for business and customer engagements.

• U.S. citizenship is mandatory.

• Preferred: Over 5 years of experience leading technical customer-facing engagements on ambiguous, high-impact enterprise projects.

• Preferred: At least 3 years of experience with Cisco and Splunk or equivalent experience from a top competitor.

• Preferred: Exceptional ability to communicate how AI and automation address complex business challenges and deliver rapid ROI.

• Preferred: Strong narrative skills that connect deep technical AI implementation with executive-level business requirements.

• Preferred: Certifications and/or education in AI, Data Science, and Enterprise-related fields.

🏝️ 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.

• Potential availability of Cisco restricted stock unit grants.

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• Paid employee birthday.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid days off for personal wellness.

• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year.

• Exempt employees have access to a flexible vacation time off program with no set limit, subject to availability and business constraints.

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

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time may be carried forward.

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

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.

• Annual bonuses available for non-sales roles, in accordance with Cisco’s policies.

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

• Cisco matching contribution to the 401(k) plan.