Platform Architect
Description
Role:
Responsibilities:
- Engage directly with leading experts to co-develop innovative strategies that redefine how customers manage, monitor, and analyze their infrastructure, applications, and business services
- Partner with multi-functional teams, including Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Sales Engineering, Professional Services, Customer Success, Technical Enablement, Education, and Support to improve product offerings and service delivery
- Maintain consistent engagement with all organizational levels, from executive leadership (C-suite) to technical staff (developers and Site Reliability Engineers), ensuring strategic alignment and operational execution
- Serve as a thought leader in architecting innovative solutions to sophisticated technical and business challenges involving multiple stakeholder groups
- Champion continuous improvement and innovation, ensuring solutions meet immediate requirements and align with long-term strategic goals
- Collaborate closely with Splunk’s product and technical teams to tailor solutions that meet customer needs and influence product improvements based on customer feedback
- Commit to continuous professional development to keep abreast of the latest Splunk products, technological advancements, and industry best practices
- Foster a culture of teamwork, ensuring a two-way flow of relevant and timely information across the organization for efficient resource deployment
Requirements:
- 5+ years experience in technical consulting or sales engineering
- Proven experience with Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Cloud in large scale and highly distributed architectures
- Demonstrated ability with Cloud providers: AWS, AZURE, or GCP
- Splunk Certified Core Consultant Certification
- Demonstrated ability to support customer-facing multi-tenant infrastructure (SaaS) or similar cloud-related services
- Experience with virtualization technologies
- Experience with both the Unix and Windows operating systems; comfortable with the command line interface
- Experience developing technical documentation to include architecture diagrams, user guides, white papers or product manuals
- Solid understanding or recent experience with scripting languages (bash), application development (java, python, .NET), databases, and analytical tools
- Experience with automation/orchestration tools, at least two of the following: Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Terraform
- Strong track record of aligning stakeholders by influencing without authority
- Highly collaborative teammate that flourishes with a hard-working, innovative team
- Well organized and ability to meet SLAs and ambitious target dates!
- Familiarity with Agile work management and/or the ability to effectively communicate sophisticated processes within and across teams
- Self-motivated, independent and self-educating, yet willing to stop, collaborate and listen with partner community and fellow Splunkers!
- Willingness to travel (remote position)
Note:
Base Pay Range
SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area
Base Pay Range: $181,200.00 - 249,150.00 per year
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts
Base Pay Range: $163,080.00 - 224,235.00 per year
All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.
Base Pay Range: $144,960.00 - 199,320.00 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 next-level benefits at https://splunkbenefits.com.
Thank you for your interest in Splunk!