Summary
Mikael Bjerkeland is a Principal Solutions Engineer based in Oslo with 13 years of hands-on experience across networking, security, Linux operations, real-time audio/video streaming, and Splunk enterprise solutions. He has progressed through technical and customer-facing engineering roles at Splunk, where he built expertise in SIEM use cases and authored multiple Splunk apps and add-ons. Previously he led IT operations teams for critical infrastructure—covering OpenShift, BigIP, Cisco security stacks and MFA—and designed network and log-analysis solutions for enterprise clients. Comfortable bridging deep technical implementation with presales and customer enablement, Mikael brings both systems-level rigor and practical product integration skills. An uncommon strength is his background in VoIP and live streaming systems, which informs robust, real-time observability and troubleshooting approaches.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
IT - language logics and psychology Computer Science, IT - language logics and psychology Computer Science at University of Oslo
English, Norwegian, Spanish