Software Tech Leader, Splunk IAM

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Interpret and shape the strategic vision into precise technical guidance

• Oversee workstreams comprehensively across various teams, leading cross-team initiatives

• Define the software engineering roadmap

• Drive architectural choices with an emphasis on security, scalability, and reliability

• Participate in product threat analysis

• Provide mentorship to colleagues and team members

• Lead design discussions, brownbags, and technical demonstrations

• Maintain an engaged presence within the codebase

• Create technical prototypes and personally handle high-risk components

• Write clean, production-ready code

• Identify, prioritize, and address risks in production environments

• Design and implement monitoring solutions to enhance system visibility

• Conduct effective postmortems and ensure dependable on-call support

• Establish and nurture collaborative relationships across functions

• Define the scope of intricate work, communicate delivery trade-offs, and negotiate with partners to align outcomes

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field with over 8 years of experience, or Master’s degree with more than 6 years of relevant experience, or PhD with at least 3 years of relevant experience

• Over 8 years of experience in software engineering, including writing, testing, and deploying production-grade code

• Familiarity with enterprise IAM standards such as SAML, OIDC, and OAuth

• Practical implementation of IAM standards applying secure coding principles, application security, and threat modeling

• Experience with at least one backend programming language, such as Go, Java, or Python

• Capability to contribute to complex, multi-service codebases

• Experience in designing, building, and delivering highly scalable, secure, distributed systems

• Proficiency in diagnosing and resolving low-level system bottlenecks, memory leaks, and intricate concurrency problems

• Familiarity with Claude and other generative AI technologies

• Expertise in identity governance frameworks and secure lifecycle management for both human and non-human identities

• Ability to quickly prototype Proofs of Concept for complex integrations

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and container orchestration platforms

• Understanding of relational and non-relational database systems

• Knowledge of asynchronous messaging, queuing, or event-streaming architectures

• Experience with observability, distributed tracing, and diagnostic frameworks

• Active engagement in the broader professional community through technical blogs, publications, or external presentations

🏝️ 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, subject to continued employment and vesting periods

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for the employee’s birthday

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown

• 4 paid days off for personal wellness

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

• Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees, subject to availability and business limitations

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family matters

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year

• Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales positions

• Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans

• Opportunities for professional growth, experimentation, learning, and collaboration within a global team