Meet the Team

The Splunk Role & Domain Excellence team, part of Global Field Enablement, designs and delivers expert-led, learner-focused global enablement programs. We create role-specific learning journeys and industry-focused development for internal teams and partners, including sellers, technical sellers, renewals reps, and partner sellers. Our team shapes enablement strategy, manages global onboarding and ongoing development, builds industry vertical programs, and oversees Splunk competencies and assessments to identify strengths and inform future enablement.

Your Impact

As the Global Splunk Platform Enablement Lead, you will enhance the knowledge and expertise of our field sellers by developing and delivering Splunk Platform enablement experiences. This role focuses on driving effective use case adoption, supporting revenue teams, and ensuring customer success with Splunk’s capabilities in big data analytics, AI, and data management. Join us to lead enablement efforts, promote continuous learning, and build Splunk Platform expertise across our field teams. In this role, you will:

• Strategize & Innovate: Develop and execute the comprehensive Splunk Platform enablement strategy for our global field (Sales, Technical Sales, Partner, Digital Sales, and Renewals), collaborating with Security and Observability Enablement leads and cross-functional subject matter experts.
• Drive Adoption & Success: Identify and dismantle barriers to successful Splunk Platform selling, implementing programs that solidify foundational understanding of Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud Platform, AI, Data Management & Federation, and Edge Hub, and their integration with Security and Observability solutions.
• Content Collaboration: Partner with internal market strategists, Sales, Solution Engineering, Technical Marketing, Product Marketing, Product and Engineering, Customer Success, and Competitive Intelligence to contribute to the development of high-impact Splunk Platform content for key events and activities.
• Measure & Optimize: Evaluate leading and lagging indicators to continuously refine and improve enablement results, ensuring maximum effectiveness.
• Advocate & Influence: Advise on global and theater-based programs to enhance our Splunk Platform offerings, serving as a passionate advocate for the critical skills and expertise needed in the field.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in a customer-facing or enablement role within enterprise or SaaS software environments (e.g., sales, technical sales, solutions engineering, customer success).
• Demonstrated expertise in the Splunk Platform and its application across all Splunk solutions.
• Proven understanding of industry and competitive trends within the Security & Observability market, including market dynamics, emerging technologies, and competitor strategies in AI, Data Management, and Federation.
• The ability to articulate the value of the Splunk Platform to diverse audiences, from highly technical experts to non-technical business leaders at all organizational levels.
• Demonstrated expertise in the Splunk Platform and its application across all Splunk solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building training programs, enablement materials and curriculum development.
• Experience selling to engineering/software development teams, with knowledge of current programming languages including Java, Python, PHP, .NET, Ruby, Node.js, Go, etc.
• Desire to enable others with your domain and solution sales/technical knowledge of the Splunk Platform.

Cisco 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

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.

Competitive salary range: $165,000 – 208,000

Accommodations for Disabled and Neurodivergent Applicants

We offer the necessary guidance and access to assistive technology and services to support your application process. If you require assistance or accommodations during the application, interview, or hiring process, please contact us.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

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 $165,000.00 to $208,000.00 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 coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$180,400.00 - $261,400.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$170,000.00 - $246,300.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.