Splunk Security Core AI Agentic SOC, Technical Lead

Cisco

. Design and deliver complex components across shared Security AI runtime, orchestration, evaluation, and applied quality .

Posted 10/28/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesSenior💰 $166,300 - $238,300 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and operating production software, particularly in Python and Golang, while leveraging AI tools for system design and implementation. Proven ability to mentor engineers and enhance engineering practices within collaborative environments.

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Python DevelopmentGolang DevelopmentAI Systems EngineeringCloud-Native Software DeliverySecurity and Privacy Compliance

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Hard Skills

Production Software EngineeringAgent Runtime DevelopmentOrchestration TechniquesEvaluation FrameworksRegression AnalysisContainerizationTelemetry and Trace AnalysisSecure Code WritingBehavioral EvaluationExperimentation Systems

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationKnowledge Sharing

Tools & Technologies

Cisco TechnologiesSplunk TechnologiesAI ToolsSOCSIEM

Industry Keywords

Identity PropagationAuthorizationPolicy EnforcementAuditabilityTenant Isolation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsPythonSplunkGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and deliver complex components across shared Security AI runtime, orchestration, evaluation, and applied quality
Own substantial features from requirements and design through implementation, testing, integration, deployment, and continuous improvement
Contribute to architecture and technical direction using prototypes, evaluations, telemetry, and production evidence
Build reusable capabilities for agent execution, governed tool use, context and memory, shared APIs, telemetry, evaluation, trace analysis, and experimentation
Develop agents and supporting systems for grounded reasoning, planning, delegation, human oversight, traceability, and safe failure handling
Improve AI behavior using golden datasets, offline and online evaluations, production traces, trajectory analysis, regression gates, and model, prompt, or tool experiments
Design systems for cloud, on-premises, sovereign cloud, and air-gapped environments
Implement identity propagation, authorization, tenant isolation, policy enforcement, privacy, auditability, and permission-aware actions
Integrate and promote adoption of shared Cisco and Splunk technologies
Leverage AI tools across requirements, design, coding, review, testing, documentation, debugging, release, and production analysis
Balance AI quality, latency, performance, cost, reliability, security, operability, and delivery
Diagnose failures across models, prompts, tools, data, orchestration, services, infrastructure, and product integrations
Write maintainable and secure code and contribute to architecture, testing, reviews, and technical documentation
Collaborate with product, domain, deployment, quality, release, and support teams
Mentor engineers and improve engineering practices and knowledge sharing

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience developing, testing, and/or operating production software
Experience in production software engineering
Experience developing in Python and/or Golang
Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of related experience, or Master’s degree plus 6 years of related experience, or PhD plus 3 years of related experience
Preferred: Experience developing and operating production AI, agentic, or distributed systems
Preferred: Experience with agent runtime, orchestration, shared APIs, context and memory, evaluation frameworks, experimentation systems, or production tracing
Preferred: Experience with LLM and agentic-system concepts, including grounding and retrieval, planning, delegation, tool use, human oversight, behavioral evaluation, and regression analysis
Preferred: Experience delivering containerized or cloud-native software across public cloud, on-premises, sovereign cloud, or air-gapped environments
Preferred: Familiarity with SOC, SIEM, detections, incidents, investigations, response, identity, authorization, policy, privacy, tenancy, and auditability
Preferred: Experience evaluating, integrating, or adopting shared technologies across large organizations
Preferred: Experience with Cisco, Splunk, or comparable security, data, and AI platforms
Preferred: Responsible use of AI-assisted engineering across the software development lifecycle

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
Annual bonuses for non-sales roles
Opportunities to grow and build on a global scale