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As the Leader of Solution Engineering, you will lead a regional team of Solutions Engineers supporting customers across the Gulf and North Africa and Levant (NALE) regions. You will set the technical direction for the team, align technical resources with business priorities, and partner closely with Sales, Product, and Customer Success leaders to support customer outcomes and help the region achieve its business objectives.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Splunk SEs. You will build an environment where team members can develop their technical expertise, collaborate, and deliver consistent customer experiences.
Build trusted relationships with customers by leading technical strategy at both the regional and account levels, ensuring solutions align with business and technical requirements. Working Sales leadership, Product, and partners, you will support strategic opportunities and help customers evaluate and adopt Splunk solutions.
Provide technical leadership across the Splunk Security and Observability portfolio. You will guide solution design, customer architecture discussions, workshops, demonstrations, and proof-of-concepts that address customer requirements and demonstrate business value.
Establish consistent technical sales practices across the region, lead team objectives and resource allocation, supervise performance against business goals, and serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex customer engagements.
If your background is a close match for this role, we encourage you to apply:
- 5+ years of experience leading technical sales or Solution Engineering teams supporting cybersecurity or observability solutions.
- 5+ years of experience working with Splunk Security (Enterprise Security, SOAR, UEBA) and Observability (Splunk Observability Cloud, ITSI, AppDynamics).
- Experience in security operations, threat detection, incident response, and digital observability.
- Experience working with customers or leading technical teams in the Gulf and/or NALE regions.
- Expertise in IT Operations, Security Operations, and DevOps practices.
- Experience designing, deploying, or integrating the Splunk platform.
- Familiarity with cloud-native technologies and AI/ML applications for observability and cybersecurity.
- Experience building collaborative, inclusive teams passionate about customer outcomes.
- Strong communication, mentor, and stakeholder leadership skills.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years leading technical sales or Solution Engineering teams supporting cybersecurity or observability solutions.
- 5+ years working with Splunk Security (Enterprise Security, SOAR, UEBA) and Observability (Splunk Observability Cloud, ITSI, AppDynamics).
- Experience in security operations, threat detection, incident response, and digital observability.
- Experience working with customers or leading technical teams in the Gulf and/or NALE regions.
- Expertise in IT Operations, Security Operations, and DevOps practices.
- Experience designing, deploying, or integrating the Splunk platform.
- Familiarity with cloud-native technologies and AI/ML applications for observability and cybersecurity.
- Experience building collaborative, inclusive teams passionate about customer outcomes.
- Strong communication, mentoring, and stakeholder leadership skills.
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad, with medical options including PPOs, high-deductible plans, and regional HMOs. Feedback suggests robust wellness and mental-health resources, with some locations offering on-site support and second medical opinions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is highlighted through paid holidays, paid time off, and additional recharge days such as “Days for Me,” with generous volunteer time also mentioned. Feedback suggests these programs help support rest, volunteering, and critical life events.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support appears extensive, including paid child-bonding leave, family medical leave, and caregiving resources. Observations also point to family-planning assistance and adoption or surrogacy support in some regions.
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