Leader, Solutions Engineer (Gulf & North Africa)

About the role

As the Leader of Solutions Engineering you will head a regional team of Splunk Solutions Engineers serving customers across the Gulf, North Africa and Levant (NALE) regions. You will set technical direction, align resources with business priorities and partner closely with Sales, Product and Customer Success to drive customer outcomes and regional growth.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Splunk Solutions Engineers, fostering technical expertise and consistent customer experiences.
• Build trusted relationships with customers, defining technical strategy at regional and account levels.
• Collaborate with Sales leadership, Product and partners to support strategic opportunities and guide solution evaluation and adoption.
• Provide technical leadership across the Splunk Security and Observability portfolio, including solution design, architecture workshops, demos and proof‑of‑concepts.
• Establish consistent technical sales practices, manage team objectives, allocate resources and serve as senior escalation point for complex engagements.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience leading technical sales or solution engineering teams, preferably in cybersecurity or observability domains.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive performance against business goals.
• Strong collaboration skills with Sales, Product and Customer Success stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities for senior‑level customer interactions.

Required skills

• ITSI
• Security Operations
• DevOps practices
• Splunk Observability Cloud
• AI/ML applications
• SOAR
• Splunk Security
• Cloud‑native technologies
• Digital observability
• Threat detection
• UEBA
• Observability
• Enterprise Security
• IT Operations
• Incident Response
• AppDynamics