Senior Staff Software Engineer, Threat Analytics, Splunk (Remote)
Company: Cisco
Location: San Francisco, CA (Remote)
Salary: $210,600 - $350,800 a year
Type: Full-time
Level: Senior
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-02-15
About this role
The application window is expected to close on: 02/25/2026Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
MEET THE TEAM
Splunk Security is a unified cloud-based platform that brings together security data, analytics, and operations under one common work surface where security teams can holistically detect, manage, investigate, hunt, contain, and remediate threats - all from one place - resulting in faster, more efficient and more effective security operations. Our service collects security threats at scale from external sources, detecting unknown threats by running innovative stream processing on vast amounts of internally collected data and signals.
We are a passionate team who cares deeply about our customers, our teammates, and you. You'll be able to meet customers, build empathy toward their experiences, get a first-person view of the state-of-the-art Security Operations Centers, and collaborate across teams to define and craft new products that streamline analysts' investigations.
YOUR IMPACT
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Threat Analytics Team, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of software that directly supports security analysts globally. Our Engineering Team operates across multiple time zones: Central European, Eastern, Central, and Pacific Time
- Own and be accountable for the design, development and operation of new product features.
- Lead team design and architectural discussions
- Build reliable, scalable, and high-performance applications
- Debug and resolve customer-reported issues, delivering effective solutions
- Participate in on-call rotations, post-incident reviews, and other operational activities to ensure service reliability
- Learn, explore, and integrate new technologies into the team’s workflow
- Mentor junior members of the team with an eye toward their future career growth.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
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