Sr Engineering Manager, Splunk Search Team

Cisco•Rtp, NC

About The Position

The Splunk Search Experience backend team sits at the core of the Splunk Platform, powering Cisco Data Fabric vision to transform machine data into AI-ready intelligence. We are seeking an expert engineering leader to guide a team of passionate distributed-systems engineers in building the next-generation, highly scalable search platform that fuels AI-driven workflows across our products. In this role, you will own the evolution of Splunk’s flagship search engine capabilities, ensuring the platform meets the next wave of customer scale, performance, and reliability needs. You will partner with engineering, product, and multi-functional teams to deliver high-performance, efficient, and resilient backend search services that delight customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s + 15 years of related experience, or Master’s + 13 years, or PhD + 10 years.
5+ years of experience building, managing, and leading engineering teams.
Proven experience leading backend or distributed-systems engineering teams.
Strong expertise in building and scaling large-scale, high-performance systems.
Deep experience with search technologies, indexing systems, distributed storage, large-scale data platforms, and information-retrieval systems.
Experience with cloud-native technologies and running cloud-based services.

Nice To Haves

Experience with internal workings of large-scale query engines such as Presto or AWS Athena.
Demonstrated ability to drive technical strategy, execution, and cross-team collaboration.
Passion for solving complex systems problems and delivering customer-impacting results.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of backend and distributed-systems engineers.
Drive the architecture, scalability, and reliability of Splunk’s search backend to support massive data volumes and advanced AI-driven use cases.
Partner with product and platform teams to define long-term strategy for search services and execution roadmaps.
Foster a culture of engineering excellence, operational rigor, and customer-centric innovation.
Own delivery of high-quality, performant backend features and services that power search across the Splunk ecosystem.
Champion best practices in distributed systems, cloud-native design, reliability engineering, and performance optimization.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
grants of Cisco restricted stock units
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
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
annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)