Leader, Software Engineering - Data Management

Full job description
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. Our customers love our technology, but it's our caring employees that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. No matter where in the world or what level of the organization, we approach our work with kindness. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back.
Role Summary
The Senior Manager of Engineering will lead the Data Management backend team responsible for the large-scale data ingestion cloud service and the strategic connectors running on this cloud service. This service provides a highly scalable and reliable way for ingesting data from large scale cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) and SaaS (Salesforce, CrowdStrike etc.) services.
Meet the Team
Our team is a dynamic technology group with a mission to make data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. If you possess a passion for outstanding technology leadership and embrace the challenge of working on highly scalable systems that handle large volumes of data, this position is for you. This is a distributed but close-knit team in Splunk Data Platform org, focusing on building the next generation highly scalable and reliable data ingestion framework.
What you'll get to do
If you possess a passion for outstanding technology leadership and embrace the challenge of working on highly scalable systems that handle large volumes of data, this position is for you. You will partner with the engineering and product leaders to define the strategic vision and direction for this team and product area. You will translate the vision to execution plan and deliver incremental business and customer value. You will build, grow and motivate a team of highly skilled and passionate engineers to efficiently build and deliver high quality customer solutions in this area.
Must-have Qualifications
Experience leading engineering teams developing and delivering large scale data ingest and/or processing systems.
Experience building cloud native applications in an agile manner using DevOps principles like CI/CD, TDD and build/test/release automation.
Experience working with public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS services.
Experience with being the liaison between your team, Senior Management, Product Management and other cross-functional teams to drive roadmap and strategy for your product area.
BS CS/EE or equivalent with 12+ years of industry experience, of which 3+ years is in Engineering Management
Nice-to-have Qualifications
We’ve taken special care to separate the must-have qualifications from the nice-to-haves. “Nice-to-have” means just that: Nice. To. Have. So, don’t worry if you can’t check off every box. We’re not hiring a list of bullet points–we’re interested in the whole you.
Ability to champion an atmosphere of continuous improvement in the team by serving as a coach, mentor, and technical advisor.
Experiences recruiting and retaining top talent and supporting their career development.
Good understanding of emerging AI and ML technologies and concepts and how to apply those for building more intelligent customer facing solutions and products.
Experience working within geographically distributed organizations.
Broad understanding of various cloud development technologies and industry trends for enterprise-scale, distributed systems
Ability to diagnose and resolve systemic obstacles that prevent your team from delivering high-quality software.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Cisco is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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As part of Cisco's integration of Splunk and our ongoing job mapping process, the [job title and/or range] for this position was updated on June 28, 2025. This change reflects our commitment to aligning roles across the organization while ensuring consistency and clarity. The responsibilities and expectations for this role remain unchanged.
Base Pay Range
Base Pay Range: $154,800 - 214,000 CAD per year
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
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.
Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.+2 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. Read more