**About Splunk** Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world through our end-to-end platform designed for today’s hybrid, multi-cloud environments. Our unified security and observability solutions help leading enterprises keep their digital systems secure, reliable, and performant. Our people are what truly make Splunk stand out. We approach our work with empathy, inclusion, and collaboration. Bring your expertise, your curiosity, and your whole self—we’ll support your growth while you help organizations reach their full potential. **The Role** We’re looking for a **Data Analyst** to join our **Marketing Operations** team. In this role, you’ll help drive data-informed decision-making across the Marketing organization by delivering actionable insights and ensuring the accuracy and usability of our marketing data. You’ll serve as a trusted partner to stakeholders across Marketing and Digital Sales, collaborate closely with our Data Engineering team, and play a key role in the development of scalable reporting and analytics solutions. **What You’ll Do** + Partner with Marketing stakeholders to understand goals, define KPIs, and provide data-driven recommendations + Build, maintain, and enhance Tableau dashboards to track marketing performance and uncover insights + Write efficient and optimized SQL queries for testing, ad hoc reporting and exploratory data analysis + Proactively analyze large datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for growth + Serve as a subject matter expert on marketing data, supporting the team with questions and data troubleshooting + Collaborate with Data Engineering to ensure data pipeline reliability and analytical usability + Develop process documentation, standardized reporting templates, and enablement materials + Maintain a high bar for data quality, consistency, and accuracy **What You Bring** + **3–5 years** of experience in Marketing Operations, Sales/Business Operations, or a related analytics function + **Advanced SQL skills** , with the ability to write complex queries and work with large datasets + **Proficiency in Tableau** (or equivalent BI tools) for building clear, insightful data visualizations + Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and a bias for action + Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical data into clear business narratives + Collaborative mindset and comfort engaging with stakeholders at all levels of the organization + Proven ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment **Nice to Have** + Familiarity with marketing platforms (e.g., Marketo, Salesforce, Google Analytics) + Experience working in a large, cross-functional organization + Exposure to data warehousing and cloud-based analytics environments (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery) Cisco, is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Pay Range: $108,000 - $129,600. When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long -term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota; 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%; 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.