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** Are you passionate about tackling sophisticated, high-impact security challenges at scale? Join our dynamic Software Security Engineering team and work alongside product development teams to embed ground breaking secure software practices across the entire Splunk product portfolio. In this role, you'll dive deep into identifying evolving vulnerability patterns, analyze real-world attack tactics, and craft innovative security solutions that safeguard Splunk’s industry-leading products. Collaborating with Product Security, Risk, and Compliance teams, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring Splunk not only meets but exceeds new policy and regulatory requirements. Get ready to make a tangible impact on the future of security at Splunk! **Meet the Global Security Team** Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". 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. **What you'll get to do** + **Analyze and Innovate:** Identify emerging code vulnerability trends and research real-world attack patterns to stay ahead of evolving security threats. + **Develop Cutting-Edge Solutions:** Design and implement sophisticated security mechanisms that protect Splunk’s products from vulnerabilities and attacks. + **Collaborate Across Teams:** Work closely with Product Development, Product Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure security is woven into every phase of the software development lifecycle. + **Shape Security Strategy:** Contribute to crafting Splunk’s security strategy by integrating secure coding standards and vulnerability management into the product pipeline. + **Drive Regulatory Excellence:** Ensure Splunk remains proactive and aligned with the latest policy and regulatory requirements. **Must-have Qualifications** + 5 years in software security, with a deep understanding of secure coding practices, vulnerability management, and common security flaws (e.g., OWASP Top 10). + 5 years of programming in languages such as Python, Java, C++, or Go, and the ability to identify and remediate security issues in code. + Strong understanding of risk management principles and popular regulatory requirements (e.g., FEDRAMP, HIPAA, SOC 2) and how they impact security and software development. + Analytical and problem-solving abilities to address sophisticated security challenges at scale. + Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Security, or equivalent work experience. **Nice-to-have Qualifications** We’ve taken special care to separate the must-have qualifications from the nice-to-haves. “Nice-to-have” means just that: Nice. To. Have. So, don’t worry if you can’t check off every box. We’re not hiring a list of bullet points–we’re interested in the whole you. + Familiarity with threat modeling techniques. + Experience implementing security tooling and automation within software build pipelines. + Proven track record to work effectively in cross-functional teams to implement security practices. + Security certifications such as CompTIA Security+ or GIAC Security Essentials. **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: **Base Pay Range** Base Pay Range: $173,100 - $241,700 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. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota; 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%; 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.