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:** Splunk is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Automation and Configuration Management (ACM) team. ACM is responsible for maintaining and improving an automated platform that enables internal and external customers to easily manage Splunk Enterprise Cloud (SEC) environments. As a technical leader on the team, you will maintain and improve Splunk's SaaS infrastructure, monitor system stability, investigate and solve complex problems, maintain software across multiple cloud providers, and manage cloud server/storage deployments. This is a fantastic opportunity to collaborate with exceptional teams, solve interesting problems, grow your cloud experience, and help drive the growth of Splunk Cloud! **Experience Required:** + Software development and data structures/algorithms. You will use languages like Go and Ruby, and interact with other services via RESTful APIs. + Cloud and container experience. You will build and scale secure services on different cloud providers. + Infrastructure or configuration management as code experience. You should be familiar with some sort of configuration management tool or infrastructure as code, such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi, etc. + Unix/Linux. You will use the command line terminal frequently. + Problem Solving. You are able to fix a product outage, identify performance bottlenecks, spot anomalous system behavior, and determine the root cause of incidents. + Technical excellence. You know continuous delivery, testing, security practices, performance, and disaster recovery. + Scalable system design. You will have the opportunity to design scalable services and solutions that make it easier for internal and external customers to manage Splunk Cloud infrastructure. + Technical leadership. You will provide technical guidance and mentorship on your team. You will collaborate with various leaders in the organization and represent your team on large projects. + You have experience or an interest in working with regulated computing environments such as FISMA and/or FedRAMP and are enthusiastic about doing it better. + You must be a US Citizen working on US soil to be considered. **Nice to haves:** + Kubernetes experience. Working in Kubernetes systems with experience in kubectl and Docker containers. + Distributed programming. Experience with distributed databases, distributed file systems, distributed concurrency control, consistency models, and CAP theorem. + AWS. Knowledge of Amazon EC2, including image management and storage, cross-region functionality, and high availability (HA) strategies. + GCP and/or Azure. Knowledge of similar concepts in these cloud providers. + Python and/or Bash scripting **What we provide:** + Opportunities to develop and grow as an engineer. We are always expanding into new areas and exploring new technologies. + A fantastic team. We have exceptionally skilled and dedicated peers and individual contributors. + Growth and mentorship. We believe in growing engineers through ownership and leadership opportunities. We also believe that mentors help both sides of the equation. + A stable, collaborative, and inclusive work environment. The teams work together to get things done, and adapt to the changing needs for the team. + Balance. We don't expect people to work 12-hour days. We trust our colleagues to be responsible with their time and commitment, and believe that balance helps cultivate a positive environment. + Fun. We are committed to having every employee want to do their best, and have fun while doing it! Please note: This position supports United States federal, state, and local government agency customers and is subject to certain U.S. citizenship-based restrictions imposed by law, regulation, executive order, government contract, and/or related determination by the U.S. Attorney General. As such, this position is contingent upon candidates establishing proof of U.S. citizenship status. If Splunk determines that a candidate’s citizenship status will prohibit the candidate from working in this position, Splunk expressly reserves the right to either consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions Splunk shall establish in its sole discretion, or, in the alternative, decline to move forward with the candidate’s application **Why Cisco? #WeAreCisco** + \#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. + Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best. + We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer-80 hours each year-allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do! + Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us. **Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:** + When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. + U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. + Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. **Compensation Range:** $139,800.00 - 192,000.00 per year