Summary
Mike Walker is a Senior Manager of Enterprise Architecture with 13 years of experience building and scaling observability and systems solutions, now leading architecture at Splunk. He moved up through hands-on roles from Site Reliability and system administration to senior sales and staff architect positions, combining deep Linux/UNIX expertise (RedHat, Debian, Solaris) with practical knowledge of Splunk, Nagios, Apache and LAMP/SAMP stacks. Known for translating operational data into actionable intelligence, he helps organizations tame machine data to improve security, reliability and business outcomes. Based in Solon, Ohio, he pairs technical leadership with customer-facing engineering, having spent a decade shaping Splunk’s solutions and go-to-market approach. An avid cyclist and certified League Cycling Instructor, he brings the same methodical, safety-first mindset to architecture and operations.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachlors of Science - Computer Information Science, Bachlors of Science - Computer Information Science at Cleveland State University