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Contract TypeFull-time
Workplace typeOn-site
LocationRiyadh

Job Description

About the Role

Cisco is seeking a Splunk Solutions Engineer to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time position, ideal for candidates with 0-1 years of professional experience. In this role, you will play a key part in the pre-sales process, providing technical expertise on Splunk’s observability solutions and partnering closely with sales teams.

Role Responsibilities

  • Establish and maintain positive relationships with clients and partners.
  • Collaborate with account teams to align with sales strategies, offering support through briefings, demonstrations, proposals, Proof of Values (POVs), integrations, and issue resolution for Splunk’s observability portfolio.
  • Engage directly with customers to understand their IT challenges and business objectives, then map these to Splunk product capabilities.
  • Demonstrate Splunk’s observability products and services onsite, remotely via webinars, and at field events such as conferences and trade shows.
  • Apply organized and analytical approaches to overcome sales obstacles.
  • Contribute to a technical organization with a growing customer base.

Required Qualifications

  • Proven experience, typically within 0-1 years of professional work, in technical sales, pre-sales, or solution engineering within Enterprise Software, ITOps, Cybersecurity, or Financial Services sectors.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver technical product demonstrations to customers in person, via webinars, or at industry events.
  • Prior experience with Splunk, AppDynamics, or equivalent APM (Application Performance Monitoring) technology stack, alongside data platforms such as Splunk Cloud/Enterprise.
  • Hands-on experience conducting proof of value engagements leveraging observability tools, including Splunk AppDynamics, for application performance, hybrid monitoring, and digital resilience.
  • Experience working with financial sector clients, understanding their regulatory, security, and operational requirements.

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Experience with modern application architectures including Kubernetes, Docker, or serverless technologies.
  • Knowledge of digital experience monitoring, including synthetics and real-user monitoring tools.
  • Familiarity with Splunk Observability Cloud, AppDynamics, or equivalent platform architecture, deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting, including setting up baselines, health rules, and proactive monitoring strategies.
  • Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
  • Knowledge of AI tools and concepts, including LLMs, GenAI frameworks, or Time Series models, relevant to observability and security analytics.
  • Knowledge of security operation standards and frameworks.
  • Understanding of digital resilience strategies and how observability and security solutions integrate to support business continuity in financial services.

Company Overview

Splunk, a Cisco company, provides an end-to-end platform designed for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, focused on building a resilient digital world. The company is dedicated to helping organizations solve complex business challenges at scale by leveraging its platform capabilities.

Application Information

We invite qualified candidates to apply for this full-time position. Further details regarding the application process will be provided upon interest.


Requirements

  • No experience required

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