# Distinguished AI Engineer (Hybrid)

The application window is expected to close on: 11/12/2026This position is a hybrid role, requiring the employee to work both onsite and remotely. Candidates should be comfortable with a flexible work arrangement that balances in-office collaboration and remote work. Specific onsite days and remote days will be coordinated with the team and manager. Meet the Team Artificial Intelligence is a foundational pillar in the product strategy for Splunk and Cisco, and we are building best-in-class AI capabilities into our platform, security and observability products to help our customers to accelerate their journey to digital resilience. We are looking for a Distinguished Engineer with outstanding technical leadership in the AI/ML area to drive our high-priority AI initiatives with a clear technology roadmap to deliver innovations across our product portfolio. This role will partner closely with ML Scientists, ML Engineers and Product Managers, and provide technical guidance to the cross-functional teams throughout the product development life cycle, from critical thinking and architecture design to implementation, execution and holding the teams accountable for delivery goals. Your Impac

- **Id**: 41972
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cisco-systems-distinguished-ai-engineer-hybrid>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States, Austin, United States, Seattle, United States, New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 14
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-05T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-25
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T16:21:53Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-14T16:21:53Z
- **Days open**: 101
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7958
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual bonuses, Equity, Flexible schedule, Life insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Network Security, Unified Communications, Endpoint Security, Observability & APM

## Company

- **Id**: 90
- **Name**: Cisco Systems
- **Domain**: cisco.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cisco-systems>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 284
- **Ghost share**: 0.063
- **Stale share**: 0.447
- **Repost share**: 0.106
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 342700
- **Max**: 498400
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 498400

## Technologies

- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Splunk** — Optional: no
- **Time Series** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 2
- **Flags**: stale, repost
- **Days open**: 101

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 14
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-08-05T00:00:00Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-08-07T04:24:30Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-10T20:19:27Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-19T20:25:41Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-28T05:32:14Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-14T16:21:53Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1,384 · green card filings: 608; Filings 12m: 1384

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 498400
- **Is top pay**: yes

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