Data Scientist

About the Data Scientist Role at Cisco

We are looking for a skilled Data Scientist to drive advanced analytics and predictive modeling initiatives that power growth across the Splunk and Cisco portfolios. In this role, you will serve as a hands-on individual contributor—applying your data science expertise to real business challenges, collaborating across teams, and transforming complex data into actionable insights.

As part of the Growth Acceleration Office, you will support the Targeted Account Selling (TAS) program by operationalizing data-driven recommendations for our go-to-market teams. Your work will directly enable more scalable, consistent, and customer-focused sales strategies. This role focuses on execution, model development, and production support, working closely with senior data scientists on broader strategy and advanced projects. This role can be performed anywhere in the United States.

Your Impact as a Data Scientist

• Design, develop, and maintain predictive models and analytical workflows to drive revenue growth, customer engagement, and sales effectiveness.
• Apply analytics and machine learning techniques to account prioritization, propensity modeling, and tailored sales recommendations within the TAS framework.
• Conduct statistical and exploratory data analyses across large, multi-source datasets to uncover meaningful patterns and insights.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Product, Partner, and Customer Success teams to understand business questions and translate them into impactful data science solutions.
• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and features to support ongoing model development and refresh cycles.
• Support deployment, monitoring, and validation of models in production environments.
• Create clear documentation, dashboards, and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Apply data quality checks and validation methods to ensure the reliability of analytical outputs.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of analytics processes, tools, and best practices.
• Collaborate with and support senior data scientists on complex modeling, experimentation, and AI-driven initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience in data science, analytics, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience applying predictive modeling, statistical analysis, or machine learning to business problems.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience using cloud data platforms such as Snowflake.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with common data science and machine learning tools, frameworks, and workflows.
• Experience working with large, complex datasets from multiple sources.
• Exposure to model deployment, monitoring, or production analytics environments.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain analytical results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, work independently within a defined scope, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Interest in applied AI, responsible AI practices, and continuous learning.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Compensation and Benefits

The starting salary range posted for this Data Scientist position is $155,900.00 to $214,100.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires 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. U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away including 10 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, 4 paid days off for personal wellness, vacation time, and sick time. Additional paid time away may be requested, and optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer are available. For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses. The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below: New York City Metro Area: $155,900.00 - $246,200.00. Non-Metro New York State & Washington State: $149,600.00 - $218,500.00.

Key skills/competency

• Predictive Modeling
• Machine Learning
• SQL
• Python
• Snowflake
• Data Analysis
• Statistical Analysis
• Data Pipelines
• Model Deployment
• Communication Skills