Meet the Team
As the Security Foundations Engineering team within the Splunk Core Platform organization, we own foundational platform security components that enable secure management of secrets, auditing, cryptography, and compliance capabilities across the Splunk product portfolio in a manner consistent with internal and external security standards, industry best practices, and rigorous compliance requirements. We are a team of 10+ engineers operating in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment and using innovative technologies. Our customers are internal engineering teams within Splunk as well as end customers, and we support use cases that are critical to keeping Splunk’s SaaS and On-Prem offerings secure, compliant, and functional. We build and operate a fleet of cloud-based, highly available Splunk platform security services running across multiple geographical regions on AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Your Impact
Build, test, debug, and maintain core security components and capabilities using C++ and Go to support secure, reliable, and scalable product functionality. Deliver well-scoped features, fixes, enhancements, automation, and operational improvements from design through implementation and completion. Write clean, maintainable, and secure code with strong unit and integration test coverage to improve product quality, reliability, and compliance. Investigate product and production issues to identify root causes and contribute to durable fixes, while participating in 24/7 on-call support and broader Ops/SRE responsibilities to help ensure service availability and operational excellence. Collaborate with senior engineers, product management, support, and engineering partners to improve system behaviour, deliver customer value, and grow ownership over broader technical areas over time.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of related experience
Professional experience delivering and maintaining production software in C++ and/or Go
Solid foundation in software design, debugging, testing and secure coding principles
Good understanding of Unix/Linux (including shell scripting), networking concepts and cybersecurity fundamentals
Ability to troubleshoot technical issues methodically and learn unfamiliar parts of a system
Experience adopting and applying GenAI tools across software engineering workflows
Growth mindset, strong desire to learn, try new technologies, and take on new challenges
Strong verbal and written English communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure across GCP, AWS, or Azure, along with DevOps practices and Site Reliability Engineering.
Proficiency in containerization technologies and container orchestration with Kubernetes
Experience with automation tools like Terraform for infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipeline management
Solid understanding of cybersecurity concepts, including secrets management, auditing, cryptography, and compliance, with practical experience using HashiCorp ecosystem and cloud-native security services.
Experience with observability, monitoring, and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk.
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of related experience
- Professional experience delivering and maintaining production software in C++ and/or Go
- Solid foundation in software design, debugging, testing and secure coding principles
- Good understanding of Unix/Linux (including shell scripting), networking concepts and cybersecurity fundamentals
- Ability to troubleshoot technical issues methodically and learn unfamiliar parts of a system
- Experience adopting and applying GenAI tools across software engineering workflows
- Growth mindset and strong desire to learn, try new technologies, and take on new challenges
- Strong verbal and written English communication skills
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure across GCP, AWS, or Azure, with DevOps practices and Site Reliability Engineering
- Proficiency in containerization technologies and container orchestration with Kubernetes
- Experience with automation tools like Terraform for infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipeline management
- Practical experience with secrets management, auditing, cryptography, compliance, and HashiCorp ecosystem or cloud-native security services
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk
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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What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
