Principal Architect, Splunk

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The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Architect with deep expertise in Splunk architecture engineering and implementation to join our Professional Services organization. This role is both technical and strategic and is responsible for leading complex customer engagements advising executives and technical stakeholders and ensuring successful deployments of Splunk-based solutions.

The Principal Architect brings senior-level engineering expertise thought leadership and a customer-first mindset. You will serve as a trusted advisor guiding customers through best practices data strategy operational maturity and long-term value realization from their Splunk investments.

Responsibilities include:

• Customer Engagement & Delivery
  • Lead end-to-end delivery of Splunk Professional Services engagements including architecture design implementation optimization and troubleshooting.
  • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers throughout the engagement lifecycle.
  • Conduct discovery workshops to understand business goals data sources and operational challenges.
  • Translate customer requirements into scalable secure and performant Splunk solutions.
  • Deliver high-quality documentation diagrams runbooks and knowledge transfer sessions.
• Technical Expertise
  • Architect and deploy complex Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud environments.
  • Develop advanced searches dashboards alerts and custom visualizations.
  • Create and tune props/transforms CIM mappings data onboarding configurations and TA customizations.
  • Integrate Splunk with external systems including security tools cloud platforms and SIEM/SOAR solutions.
  • Troubleshoot performance issues ingestion gaps and search inefficiencies in large distributed environments.
  • Apply Splunk best practices for scaling clustering security data retention and platform governance.
• Thought Leadership & Advisory
  • Act as a strategic advisor to senior customer stakeholders helping them mature their Splunk practice.
  • Recommend operational models use cases dashboards data strategies and governance frameworks.
  • Provide guidance on observability security analytics IT operations or business analytics depending on customer need.
  • Mentor junior engineers and consultants on Splunk practices and delivery excellence.
• Project & Stakeholder Management
  • Partner with Project Managers to ensure on-time on-scope delivery with exceptional customer satisfaction.
  • Communicate technical risks issues and recommendations in a clear executive-ready manner.
  • Contribute to scoping level-of-effort estimates and Statements of Work (SOWs).
  • Work closely with the Account Executive/Account Manager to identify expansion opportunities support account growth strategies and help drive additional business within the customers you serve.

Required Skills and Professional Experience:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience
• 7 years of relevant industry experience with a demonstrated track record delivering solutions in complex enterprise environments
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience
• Expertise across Splunk Enterprise Splunk Cloud and associated components (indexers SHC deployment server ingestion pipelines).
• Proven experience delivering customer-facing Professional Services or consulting engagements.
• Deep knowledge of SPL data modeling CIM and advanced dashboarding.
• Strong understanding of Linux networking fundamentals scripting languages (Python Bash) and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and experience with large-scale distributed environments.

Preferred Skills and Professional Experience:

• Splunk certifications (Architect Consultant II ES/SOAR certifications or O11y certifications).
• Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security ITSI or Observability Suite.
• Experience integrating Splunk with SIEM/SOAR platforms cloud security or DevOps pipelines.
• Prior experience in a Professional Services pre-sales or customer-facing engineering role.

Your future at Presidio
JoiningâPresidioâmeans stepping into aâculture of trailblazersthinkers builders and collaboratorswho push the boundaries of whats possible. With our expertise inâAI-driven analytics cloud solutions cybersecurity and next-gen infrastructure we enable businesses to stay ahead in an ever-evolving digital world.

Hereâyour impact is real.âWhether youre harnessing the power ofâGenerative AI architecting resilientâdigital ecosystems or drivingâdata-driven transformation youll be part of a team that is shaping the future.

Ready to innovate Lets redefine whats nexttogether.

About Presidio
At Presidio speed and quality meet technology and innovation. Presidio is a trusted ally for organizations across industries with a decades-long history of building traditional IT foundations and deep expertise in AI and automation security networking digital transformation and cloud computing. Presidio fills gaps removes hurdles optimizes costs and reduces risk. Presidios expert technical team develops custom applications provides managed services enables actionable data insights and builds forward-thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally. For more information visit .

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