Product Designer - Splunk

The application window is expected to close on 09/22/2026. This role is remote within the United States, with a strong preference for locations outside of CA, WA, DC, MD, NJ, NY, CT, MA, VA, and AK.

About the role

The Splunk Security Design team is a multidisciplinary group of UX designers, researchers, content strategists, accessibility specialists, and systems problem solvers focused on helping organizations detect, investigate, and respond to threats faster and more effectively. We partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Research, and security teams to design scalable, human-centered experiences across security operations, investigation workflows, threat detection, and AI-assisted experiences. Our designers work across the product lifecycle and contribute to broader initiatives including research and design systems. Our team values curiosity, collaboration, experimentation, strong design craft, and customer empathy. This is an opportunity to solve complex problems for security professionals while helping shape the evolving Splunk experience within Cisco.

Responsibilities

• Focus primarily on Splunk Security experiences supporting Security Operations Center (SOC) users.
• Partner closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and other designers to understand complex security workflows, identify gaps and opportunities, explore concepts, and translate them into intuitive product experiences.
• Bring a strong user perspective to complex problems and help cross-functional teams move from requirements and technical capabilities to thoughtful, usable solutions.
• Develop user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for Splunk Security experiences.
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering to understand product requirements, technical capabilities, and constraints and translate them into effective user experiences.
• Evaluate complex workflows from the user’s perspective, identify gaps and opportunities, and develop design options that help teams arrive at well-informed solutions.
• Iterate on designs using feedback from users, research, designers, product partners, and engineers, and collaborate with Engineering through implementation.
• Apply established design systems and use modern design and AI-assisted tools to explore concepts and accelerate prototyping.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of related experience or Master’s degree with 3+ years of related experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience in product design, UX design, or UI/UX design creating digital product experiences.
• Experience creating user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity product designs using Figma or similar design and prototyping tools.
• Experience designing complex workflows or data-rich experiences and translating product requirements and technical capabilities into user-centered design solutions.
• Experience using AI-enabled design or prototyping tools to develop, iterate, or enhance product design concepts.

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise software, SaaS, cybersecurity, IT, or other technically complex products.
• Familiarity with Security Operations Center (SOC) workflows or security concepts such as threat detection, investigation, triage, intelligence, or incident response.
• Strong visual and interaction design skills, including experience evaluating end-to-end workflows and identifying usability or experience gaps.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and curiosity when exploring complex product or user problems, including the ability to identify gaps and ask questions that improve the solution.
• Experience working with or contributing to established design systems and exploring emerging AI-assisted design approaches such as Figma Make, Claude, MCP-based workflows, or similar technologies.

Pay

The starting salary range posted for this position is $115,800.00 to $163,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

Applicable full salary ranges by specific state:

• New York City Metro Area: $138,100.00 – $226,000.00
• Non-Metro New York State & Washington State: $124,000.00 – $201,000.00

For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with 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.
• Paid day off for employee’s birthday.
• Paid year‑end holiday shutdown.
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco.
• Non‑exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at 4.92 hours per pay period for full‑time employees.
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit (subject to availability and some business limitations).
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, with up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward.
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.
• Eligibility for annual bonuses (non‑sales roles) and performance‑based incentive pay (sales roles) per Cisco policies.
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units that vest following continued employment.