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Meet the Team
We are CloudOps— the team that keeps Splunk Cloud running for some of the world's most demanding enterprise customers, blending Site Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Service Engineering disciplines at a scale very few teams ever get to operate at.
When the hardest incidents hit, when a premier customer's stack is on the line, when a migration needs to land flawlessly — we are the team that gets the call; we are the escalation authority, the technical conscience of Splunk Cloud, and the bridge between customer impact and engineering action. We operate globally across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, and we thrive on complexity — our engineers own entire customer stacks, drive cross-organizational change, and build the automation and frameworks that make the whole platform more resilient.
If you are the kind of engineer who wants real ownership, not just tickets — who wants to shape how a world-class SaaS platform operates, mentor the engineers around you, and leave a fingerprint on systems that millions of people depend on — this is the team for you
Your Impact
You will be the most senior technical individual contributor on the team — setting the bar for technical judgment, architectural thinking, and operational excellence across the organization
You will own the technical strategy for how the team responds to, learns from, and prevents critical incidents, serving as the designated point of escalation during P1/P2 events and making high-stakes, risk-informed decisions that protect customer uptime and trust
You will hold deep ownership of the most complex customer stacks and shape the team's automation direction and infrastructure architecture decisions with regional and business-wide impact
Your insights will directly shape how Splunk Cloud's operational processes evolve, and you will be the trusted counterpart that Engineering, Customer Success, and Release Management turn to when navigating the most demanding customer situations
You will raise the technical floor of everyone around you — senior engineers will calibrate their judgment against yours, and the frameworks you build will outlast any single incident
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors + 12 years of related experience, or Masters + 8 years of related experience, or PhD + 5 years of related experience.
7+ years of experience in SRE, cloud operations, and systems engineering with Linux administration
6+ years of hands-on experience across AWS, GCP, or Azure;
5+ years of experience in at least one scripting or automation language such as Python or Go/golang;
5+ years of experience communicating across engineering, customer-facing, and senior leadership audiences
4+ years experience leading post-mortems and root cause analysis for high-severity events driving systemic improvements, closing process gaps
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated track record of managing high-severity customer escalations and resolving critical production issues across major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), with enterprise-scale experience spanning architecture, deployment, infrastructure changes, migrations, and operational management — including the ability to manage multiple concurrent high-priority escalations with composure and sound judgment.
Deep technical ownership of premier and strategic enterprise customer environments, with experience providing authoritative guidance on complex configurations, upgrades, and feature rollouts, while partnering with Account Managers and cross-functional stakeholders to translate customer insights into measurable improvements to the cloud service experience.
Extensive background in Linux systems administration and advanced expertise in large-scale distributed systems architecture — with Splunk-specific knowledge (SPL, indexer clustering, Search Head Clusters, KVStore, and migration patterns at scale) considered a strong asset.
Proven experience operating and improving monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms (such as Splunk Observability or equivalent technologies), with a demonstrated ability to close operational process and runbook gaps — driving recurrence prevention, not just incident resolution.
Exceptional communication and technical leadership skills, with the ability to engage credibly across customers, cross-functional partners, and senior leadership, combined with prior experience in customer-facing technical advisory roles (Professional Services, Global Services, or Technical Account Management) and a track record of growing senior technical talent without a formal management mandate
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Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:The starting salary range posted for this position is $192,400.00 to $275,800.00 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.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:
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:
$214,100.00 - $356,300.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$192,400.00 - $317,200.00* 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of related experience, or master's degree plus 8 years, or PhD plus 5 years
- 7+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, cloud operations, and systems engineering with Linux administration
- 6+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
- 5+ years of experience with at least one scripting or automation language such as Python or Go
- 5+ years of experience communicating with engineering, customer-facing, and senior leadership audiences
- 4+ years of experience leading post-mortems and root-cause analysis for high-severity events
- Experience managing high-severity customer escalations and critical production issues across major cloud platforms
- Enterprise-scale experience with architecture, deployment, infrastructure changes, migrations, and operational management
- Experience owning strategic enterprise customer environments and advising on complex configurations, upgrades, and feature rollouts
- Advanced expertise in large-scale distributed systems architecture and Linux systems administration
- Splunk-specific knowledge including SPL, indexer clustering, Search Head Clusters, KVStore, and large-scale migration patterns
- Experience operating and improving monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms such as Splunk Observability
- Experience in customer-facing technical advisory roles such as Professional Services, Global Services, or Technical Account Management
- Track record of developing senior technical talent without formal management authority
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 robust with multiple plan options and access to onsite/virtual LifeConnections Health Centers on major campuses. Company materials also highlight mental-health resources and comprehensive preventive care, supporting strong core medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes company‑wide recharge days, a paid birthday, a year‑end shutdown, and paid Critical Time Off for emergencies. Paid volunteer days further expand opportunities to step away and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include a global minimum for paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving concierge services, and on‑site children’s learning centers in select locations. In the U.S., family‑building support is consolidated under Carrot with a defined lifetime maximum, indicating structured assistance across fertility, preservation, adoption, and surrogacy.
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