# Partner Strategy Manager - Splunk CX Technical Partner Strategy

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: RTP, North Carolina
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $155,500.00 to $226,800.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world.

You will help craft Cisco's CX partner strategy with a focus on Splunk Observability, collaborating closely with senior leaders to scale partner programs that drive global growth for Cisco.

As a Technical Partner Strategy Manager, you will:

- Act as the consultative technical authority on Observability Cloud and OpenTelemetry (OTel) for Partner CX Practice Leads and Principal Architects.

- Whiteboard, review, and advise on complex multi-cloud monitoring architectures (APM, Infrastructure Monitoring, Log/Digital Experience/Synthetic Monitoring) delivered by partner technical teams.

- Guide partners on Kubernetes instrumentation standards, distributed tracing methodologies, and standardizing data ingestion pipelines using the OpenTelemetry Collector.

- Provide expert consultative guidance to partner delivery teams to de-risk complex implementations, eliminate deployment friction, and accelerate customer time-to-value.

- Develop and execute partner-led customer success strategies, drive strategic business model projects, and influence cross-functional leaders to formulate long-term priorities for ecosystem growth.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience.

- 10+ years of total experience across enterprise architecture, partner solutions architecture, technical consulting, or partner strategy.

- 5+ years of experience focused on cloud-native observability, APM, or distributed systems monitoring.

- Deep architectural proficiency in modern observability domains (APM, RUM, Metrics/Logs/Traces correlation, and OpenTelemetry standards) and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).

- Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills to influence senior leaders across various geographies.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Current certifications or consultant accreditations in Splunk (e.g., Splunk Observability Consultant I/II, Splunk Core Certified Consultant) or equivalent enterprise platforms (Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic).

- Current Cloud-Native & Open Source Accreditations such as CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), CKAD, OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA), or Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA).

- Current Hyperscaler Certifications including AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, or Google Cloud Certified Professional.

- Excellence in strategy development, including project management, business analysis, and complex problem-solving.

- Outstanding business judgment with the ability to combine strategic decision-making with tactical execution.

**Benefits**

- 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

- 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

- Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year

- Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program

- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter

- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

## Skills

### Required
- Cloud-native observability
- APM
- Distributed systems monitoring
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- OpenTelemetry

### Nice to have
- Splunk Observability Consultant
- CKA
- CKAD
- OTCA
- PCA
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Azure Solutions Architect
- Google Cloud Certified Professional

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