Software Engineer - Hyrbid

Cisco•Durham, NC

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back. As a Software Engineer you'll be part of Splunk's core cloud platform and responsible for designing and developing Kubernetes operators that manage our Splunk upgrades, configuration changes, security changes, and right-sizing. You will be immersed in both microservices and core platforms as well as have exposure to the full portfolio of technology areas.

Requirements

Bachelors degree + 5 years of related experience, or Masters + 3 years of related experience, or PhD + 0 years of related experience
Foundation in data structures, algorithms and software design for cloud scale
Familiarity with agile development models for cloud native architectures (Microservices, automated CICD, RESTful API's SOA, etc) at cloud scale
Prior experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, Microservices Architecture, AWS/GCP, and Golang
Familiarity with data engineering standard processes to prepare data for AI/ML workloads

Nice To Haves

Experience with open source AI tools, frameworks and libraries, coding skills, LLMs, and integration with 3rd party AI services is a plus
Knowledge of networking protocol stacks (TCP/IP, HTTPx, DNS)
Understanding of cybersecurity and/or observability is beneficial
Working knowledge and expanded conceptual knowledge in primary technical domain

Responsibilities

Designing and developing algorithms/code for Splunk Enterprise roadmap for Cloud
Collaborating in a CI / CD development model for cloud native deployments
Creating high quality distributed design and code and maintain it in cloud
Analyze and improve performance, scalability and reliability
Brainstorm and influence technical decision making for features and architecture turns
Coordinate and collaborate on project timelines and continuously reviews, updates, and communicates project specifications to team members and stakeholders

Benefits

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.
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
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
Employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.