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# Senior Software Engineer - Splunk Platform Authorization

- **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Miami, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** User Authentication, C++ (Programming Language), Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, Performance Tuning, Software Architecture, Role-Based Access Control, Cloud Platform System, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Kubernetes, Splunk, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_df183032014bd6f78c8cb408f7da60a5

## About the Role

Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of relevant experience, a master's degree and at least 4 years, or a PhD and at least 1 year. Candidates need C++ experience developing complex backend systems, production experience with distributed systems, architectural and technical design expertise, and a record of leading initiatives through delivery; Go, Kubernetes, access control, and legacy-system modernization are preferred., C++, Go, Distributed Systems, Backend Services, Software Architecture, Technical Design, Cloud-Native Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Microservices, Identity and Access Management, Authentication, Authorization, RBAC, ABAC, System Reliability, Performance Optimization

## Description

Design and develop high-performance authorization backend services, primarily in C++, while contributing to Go-based services and modernizing Splunk's platform for cloud-native and Kubernetes-based environments. Lead complex technical initiatives and architectural decisions, coordinate engineering work, guide design and code reviews, and support production reliability and troubleshooting.