About the role

Technical Leader architecting high-throughput distributed systems for Cisco’s Splunk data ingestion infrastructure. Guiding reliability, observability, and multi-team technical strategy.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of large-scale data plane systems powering Splunk data ingestion infrastructure
Architect and lead high-throughput, fault-tolerant distributed systems that ingest and process metrics, logs, and traces
Define and drive the technical roadmap for platform reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency
Partner with product and engineering leadership to translate business requirements into pragmatic technical designs
Establish observability and capacity-planning best practices and standards
Participate in incident response and lead blameless post-incident reviews
Mentor and develop senior engineers through design reviews and code reviews
Own systems end-to-end from design through deployment, monitoring, and post-incident analysis
Drive multi-team technical decisions and influence architecture from prototype through production

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Golang
Experience with modern observability platforms and designing pipelines for logs, metrics, and traces
Experience designing observability for large systems, not just consuming it
Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure at a platform level, including networking, storage, and cost optimization
Experience in full-lifecycle agentic development
Understanding of context and harness engineering best practices
Technical leadership and cross-functional influence experience at Staff or Principal level
Experience driving multi-team technical decisions, producing architecture proposals, mentoring senior engineers, and aligning technical strategy with business goals
Proven experience with capacity planning, traffic management, SLI/SLO definitions, and incident response at scale
C++ proficiency
Practical experience with Docker/OCI containers and Kubernetes at scale
Experience designing systems with security-first principles
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to recognize when to prototype quickly and when to apply rigor

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, vesting following continued employment
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
Paid employee birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees
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 annually
Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies
Performance-based incentive pay for sales-plan employees