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Solutions Engineer, GSS - Observability

Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. Our customers love our technology, but it's our caring employees that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. No matter where in the world or what level of the organization, we approach our work with kindness. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back.

Role Summary

Splunk is seeking a highly motivated, process-oriented individual to join our dynamic sales engineering team! You will be working together with Splunk’s direct sales team on the technical aspects of selling Splunk’s Observability solutions within our Commercial business sector.
Splunk is growing rapidly worldwide — we’re hiring self-starters who want to help top companies take on huge challenges by turning data into answers. At Splunk, your skills won’t go stale. Work with people you like while building, selling, and supporting products people love.

Meet the Global Field Organization Team

Do you thrive on customer delight? Are you ready to make a big impact with enterprise-level businesses from around the globe? Our passionate sales professionals drive value and impact for customers around the globe by introducing them to our unified security and observability platform. Learn more about the team, meet our leaders, and hear from Splunk’s solutions architects and leaders at splunk.com/careers/global-field.

What you'll get to do

  • Represent, own and specialize in observability practices and use cases at Splunk
  • Discovery Demonstration, proof of values and enablement of Splunk products and services with customers
  • You’re an excellent communicator, an outstanding storyteller, and you love the craft of documentation. Your communication skills shine across platforms, whether proposals, articles, emails, presentations, webinars, or in person.
  • Organized and analytical, you will be able to eliminate sales obstacles using technical capabilities or creative and adaptive approaches.
  • Important: We can teach you the technology, guide you on soft skills and educate you on processes. You should have a strong sense of self-motivation, and curiosity as well as a good grasp of how to convey "the art of the possible" with technology.

Must-have Qualifications

  • 4+ years working in a professional environment.
  • A proven track record in technical sales (or similar customer facing technical role)
  • Knowledge of Virtualization, Containerization, Kubernetes or Serverless environments.
  • Familiarity with the tools of the trade: Splunk, Splunk Observability, AppDynamics, Opentelemetry, etc
  • Capable on Unix or Windows and familiar with administrative practices
  • Experience in, or knowledge of IT operations, Software Development or DevOps.
  • Familiarity with working from a command line, scripting and programming languages.
  • Experience with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure will help you excel.
  • Experience writing and executing one or more of: Python, Ruby, NodeJS, .NET, PHP, Java or Go
  • Must be US Citizen or have work authorization, we are unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role

Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Splunk, a Cisco company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

 

Note:

OTE Pay Ranges

For sales roles the ranges are expressed as On Target Earning or OTE (OTE = base + incentives in the form of sales incentive plans).

SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area

On Target Earnings: $164,000.00 - 225,500.00 per year

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), New York (excludes NYC Metro Area), and all other states.

On Target Earnings: $156,000.00 - 214,500.00 per year

Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the On Target Earnings (OTE) range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the OTE pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to OTE, this role may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.

Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at https://splunkbenefits.com.

Splunk's Hiring Practices

Splunk turns machine data into answers. Organizations use market-leading Splunk solutions with machine learning to solve their toughest IT, Internet of Things and security challenges.

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion at Splunk and are committed to equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Click here to review the US Department of Labor’s EEO is The Law notice. Please click here to review Splunk’s Affirmative Action Policy Statement. If you need assistance or an accommodation to apply or during the hiring process, please let us know by completing our Accommodation Request form.

Splunk also has policies in place to protect the personal information candidates disclose to us as part of the application process. Please click here to review Splunk’s Career Site Privacy Policy.

Splunk does not discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Please click here to review Splunk’s Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.

Splunk is committed to the health and safety of our employees and customers. Splunk is impacted by the mandates outlined for U.S. Government contractors in President Biden’s Path out of the Pandemic: COVID-19 Action Plan. As a result, Splunk requires U.S. employees, whether assigned to an office or 100% remote, to provide proof of full vaccination, as defined by the CDC. Splunk provides reasonable accommodations for employees who have qualifying medical or religious reasons.

Splunk is also committed to providing access to all individuals who are seeking information from our website. Any individual using assistive technology (such as a screen reader, Braille reader, etc.) who experiences difficulty accessing information on any part of Splunk’s website should send comments to accessiblecareers@splunk.com. Please include the nature of the accessibility problem and your e-mail or contact address. If the accessibility problem involves a particular page, the message should include the URL of that page.

Splunk doesn't accept unsolicited agency resumes and won't pay fees to any third-party agency or firm that doesn't have a signed agreement with Splunk.

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