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This role can be performed anywhere in the United States. Meet the Team Join a team of Cisco Solutions Engineers. These technically skilled, solutions-focused individuals build positive relationships, understand customer needs and deliver innovative, effective outcomes.

Groundbreaking ideas impact everything; here that means we take creative ideas from the drawing board to dynamic solutions that have real world impact. Seize the opportunity to work with a close-knit group of forward-thinkers and technical problem-solvers, delivering impactful results. Your Impact

Splunk is seeking a highly motivated, inherently curious, results oriented individual to join our dynamic pre-sales team. You will be the primary technical advisor for your customers, and their technical advocate within Splunk.

• Partner with the regional sales team to develop strategic and technical account and territory plans.
• Ability to demonstrate Splunk’s products and solutions to customers either on-site or remotely, with a focus on value-based differentiators.
• Experience responding to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs
• Self-motivated with a consistent track record in technical software sales and knowledge of technology.
• Strong ability to collaborate and dynamic presentation skills and ability to communicate clearly to emails and RFPs when submitting reports.
• Ability to be organized and analytical, and will be able to eliminate sales obstacles using creative and adaptive approaches.
• Comfortable working for a dynamic technical organization with a fast growing customer base.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years related experience in selling or supporting software products to IT organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills, both written and oral, and an ability to communicate complex ideas to all levels of the business.
• Strong technical fundamentals in a relevant part of IT or Security markets (examples include networking, systems administration, development, application management, operations, data science, etc.)
• Familiarity with programming or scripting a plus (e.g. C/C++, Shell, Perl, Python, etc.)
• Knowledge of “Big Data” technologies (Map-Reduce, Hadoop, HBase, Cloudera, Cassandra) a plus.
• Knowledge of Observability technologies (OTel, APM, Open Search) is a plus.
• Should be available to travel to visit prospects and customers in the region
• Desire to learn, grow and be a part of our expanding and dynamic Team
• You live in the DC Area or Atlanta
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or substantial relevant on the job experience
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Why Cisco? 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.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $242,800.00 to $310,500.00 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 co