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Meet the Team

The Ingest Processor Team serves as the foundational engine of the Splunk Integrated Data Platform, responsible for building and maintaining high-throughput pipelines that process petabytes of data daily. Our work sits at the heart of the Cisco and Splunk integration, providing the critical infrastructure that enables real-time observability and security for our global enterprise customers. We are a collaborative, high-performing group of engineers who value clean code, rigorous testing, and pragmatic architectural decision-making. We foster a supportive, hybrid/remote environment where technical excellence and continuous learning are the norms. Joining us is an opportunity to solve complex distributed systems challenges at a scale few other organizations can offer.

Your Impact

Architect scalable backend services using Go or Java to process data pipelines with minimal latency and maximum reliability. Optimize existing ingestion pipelines to improve system throughput and reduce operational overhead, ensuring low latency and availability for our production environments. Collaborate with cross-functional infrastructure and data engineering teams to define robust APIs and data schemas that support seamless platform integration. Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and technical design discussions to elevate the team's overall engineering standards and foster professional growth. Lead the design of distributed systems to ensure our infrastructure remains resilient and capable of handling the evolving data needs of our global user base.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.

• 5+ years of professional experience in backend software development with a focus on distributed systems.

• Expert-level proficiency in at least one modern programming language: Go or Java.

• Experience building and scaling systems using high-volume data pipelines and streaming technologies.

• Experience with cloud-native architecture, including containerization via Docker and Kubernetes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex architectural decisions to diverse stakeholders.

• Proven ability to provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineering team members.

• Experience in strategic technical planning and translating complex business requirements into actionable roadmaps.

• A proactive problem-solving mindset with a demonstrated ability to adapt to fast-paced, evolving environments.

• Proficiency in performance tuning and observability practices to maintain high-availability production systems.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:The starting salary range posted for this position is $128,600.00 to $184,900.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

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. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 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 ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto 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

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$155,000.00 - $256,000.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$138,100.00 - $227,900.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.