Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. Role: Sr Sales EngineerLocation: Greater Washington DC areaThe Sales Engineer is pre-sales technical role responsible for guiding customers to solve data-focused problems using Splunk solutions. Splunk Sales Engineers will be able to answer technical inquiries from customers regarding Splunk technology, features, solutions, applications as well as articulate Splunk technology and product positioning to both business and technical users. The Sales Engineer will not only maintain deep technical understanding of Splunk products and services, but also build trusted technical advisor relationships with customers. Roles and Responsibilities: Provide insight as to how Splunk can transform customer operationsHelp customers understand that Splunk's underlying technology is the only solution of its kindIdentify and build Splunk champions within your customersHelp your customers map their transition to the cloudCelebrate your customer's success (You'll be doing a lot of this) Our Most Successful Sales Engineers: Are visionaries who demonstrate that real experience is more important than time servedTreat their job as their craft, and are serious about constantly improving itLove technology, but more importantly, love articulating the value of technologyPrepare themselves to go as broad as possible and as deep as necessaryRelish being challenged by customers and constantly challenging themselves Highly desirable attributes: Practical experience with Federal Acquisition processes (RFC, RFI, RFP, etc.) and DoD/IC cyber security practicesPassionate about crafting client-ready presentations, whitepapers, discussion documents, and RFP responses that are appropriately scoped, technically accurate, as well as structurally and grammatically preciseCommitted to delivering software or other technical demonstrations to both technical and non-technical audiences -- experience doing so with Splunk is highly desirableExperience administering Linux or Windows systems - Linux expertise is helpfulExperience writing code / scripting to automate common tasks (Python, bash, Ruby, etc.)Prior technical sales / technical services experience 5+ yearsCurrent Intelligence Community Security clearance Other desirable differentiators: Experience working in or supporting the US Intelligence CommunityPrior experience using Splunk in an operational contextExperience designing and implementing analytic dashboards or other visualization improvements in a production environmentBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or similar course of study - equivalent professional experience will be consideredMust currently be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basisMilitary Veterans Encouraged to Apply We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Thank you for your interest in Splunk!