Dami Solabi

I'm a Splunk Engineer with 6 years of hands-on experience in architecting, deploying, and optimizing Splunk environments across diverse industries including finance, healthcare, and technology. My expertise spans log ingestion, data normalization, SPL development, dashboard creation, and alerting, with a strong focus on Enterprise Security (ES) and ensuring CIM compliance. I’ve supported both on-prem and cloud-based Splunk environments, worked closely with cross-functional teams, and helped organizations enhance their observability, security posture, and operational efficiency through data-driven insights.

I am a highly skilled Splunk Engineer with 6 years of experience designing, deploying, and administering Splunk solutions across diverse industries including finance, healthcare, transportation, and technology. I have a strong background in managing both Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud environments, with deep expertise in log ingestion, parsing, field extractions, data normalization, and CIM compliance to support real-time monitoring, advanced analytics, and security use cases.

My responsibilities have included building and maintaining complex data pipelines, creating custom dashboards and visualizations, developing correlation searches, and implementing alerting frameworks to improve operational efficiency and threat detection capabilities. I’ve led initiatives around onboarding new data sources, troubleshooting performance issues, upgrading Splunk versions, and ensuring environment stability and scalability.

With a collaborative mindset, I’ve worked closely with SOC teams, DevOps, application owners, and infrastructure engineers to deliver tailored observability and security solutions. My hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES), search head clustering, indexer clustering, and forwarder management has enabled organizations to gain end-to-end visibility and actionable insights from their machine data.

I hold relevant Splunk certifications and continuously strive to stay current with best practices and evolving platform capabilities. My approach is proactive, detail-oriented, and driven by a passion for using data to solve business challenges and improve decision-making.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biochemistry
University of Lagos – Lagos, Nigeria
Graduated with a strong foundation in analytical thinking, data interpretation, and scientific methodology.

Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering
Acquired comprehensive training in software development, systems architecture, and application lifecycle management, bridging the gap between science and technology to support a transition into IT and data engineering roles.