Splunk - Washington, DC
posted 3 months ago
Splunk is seeking a highly motivated and inherently curious individual to join our dynamic pre-sales team as a Senior Solutions Engineer. In this role, you will be the primary technical advisor for your customers, acting as their technical advocate within Splunk. You will partner with the regional sales team to develop strategic and technical account and territory plans, ensuring that our customers receive the best possible solutions tailored to their needs. Your ability to demonstrate Splunk's products and solutions to customers, whether on-site or remotely, will be crucial, with a focus on value-based differentiators that set us apart from the competition. As a Senior Solutions Engineer, you will be responsible for responding to functional and technical elements of RFIs and RFPs, showcasing your self-motivation and consistent track record in technical software sales. You will need to possess strong interpersonal skills, both written and oral, allowing you to communicate complex ideas clearly to all levels of the business. Your technical fundamentals in relevant areas of IT or Security markets will be essential, as will your familiarity with programming or scripting languages such as C/C++, Shell, Perl, or Python. Knowledge of Big Data technologies like Map-Reduce, Hadoop, HBase, Cloudera, and Cassandra will be advantageous. The ideal candidate will be organized and analytical, capable of eliminating sales obstacles using creative and adaptive approaches. You should be comfortable working in a dynamic technical organization with a fast-growing customer base. Splunk values a strong sense of self-motivation and an insatiable curiosity about what is possible with technology. We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, grow, and be part of our expanding and dynamic team. If you are passionate about groundbreaking technology and helping your customers and peers succeed, we want to hear from you!