Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". 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.Role SummarySplunk is looking for a seasoned professional engineer to join the effort to define and build the future of Splunk. Splunk is rapidly expanding their presence in the cloud, and we are looking for engineers who are interested in being founding members of the Deployment Tooling team (D4S) that defines and builds tools to optimize how Splunk services are deployed to the public cloud. This is a great opportunity to both lead and to learn. In this role you will help Splunk to orchestrate deployments of its multi-tenant cloud platform across multiple regions, and to manage continuous deployment to these regions via Argo CD to provide for automated rolling deployments. We are looking for candidates who have experience transitioning from operationalized deploys to automated deploys. This is a position with broad impact–what you build will be used across all of Splunk cloud. You need to be able to build robust solutions that are easy to use and provide exponential impact to an organization.Meet the Products and Technology TeamWant to build security and observability products people love AND work with people as smart (and humble) as you are? Our products and technology team delivers digital resilience at enterprise scale with a self-service Splunk portfolio that offers unified security analytics, full stack observability and real-time visibility of streaming data. Learn more about the team, meet our leaders, and hear from Splunk technologists and engineers at splunk.com/careers/products-and-technology.What you'll get to doExperience in building and deploying cloud-native applications/services. If you have built cloud-native microservices, that’s great! Even better is if you have experience developing CI/CD systems integrating terraform, vault, Kubernetes, AWS. In depth experience with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Gitlab, Argo, Spinnaker, Artifactory are a definite plus!Experience in systems-level programming and distributed systems. You have knowledge of operating systems, networking and network protocols, messaging, consensus, failure modes, and parallel programming.Demonstrated ability to advocate for simple and clear APIs for complex functionality. You have an API-first mentality, with the ability to build straightforward APIs to help services configure the service mesh routing, maintaining API contracts, etc.Passion. Our customers are passionate about Splunk, and we want the same from our engineers. You actively own your work and be excited about your projects.Ability to work with Golang and Python. Most of our services are written in Golang and tools are written in Python; if you are an expert at another language we can consider you, but you will be expected to program in Python and Golang.Must-have QualificationsRequires 5+ years of related experience with a technical Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent practical experience; or 3 years and a technical Master’s degree; or equivalent practical experience3-5 years experience in programming languages: Python, GoLang, Java, C2 years building and deploying cloud-native applications/services on AWS or other cloud services like GCP, Azure, etc.Some experience with any of the following:TerraformKubernetesVaultArtifactoryGitlabArgoWhat We ProvideOpportunities to develop and grow as an engineer. We are at the forefront of our industry, always expanding into new areas, and working with open source & new technologies. A set of talented and dedicated peers, all the way from engineering and QA to product management and customer support. Breadth and depth. You may be diving deep into CI/CD tools and best practices, but you’ll have the freedom to work on other areas you are passionate about. Growth and mentorship. We believe in growing engineers through ownership and leadership opportunities. We also believe mentors help both mentor and mentee alike. An open, collaborative and supportive work environment. We embody the scrum values. We also have a number of Employee Resource Groups for employees of all backgrounds.Splunk is an Equal Opportunity EmployerAt Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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Base Pay Range
SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area
Base Pay Range: $146,400.00 - 201,300.00 per year
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts
Base Pay Range: $131,760.00 - 181,170.00 per year
All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.
Base Pay Range: $117,120.00 - 161,040.00 per year
Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.
Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.
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