Principal AI & Data Solution Architect (Splunk)

Iron Bow Technologies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Iron Bow Technologies is seeking a Principal Solution Architect with deep Splunk expertise to lead technical pre-sales and architecture in the CTO office’s AI & Data practice. You will drive SIEM modernization, observability strategies, and machine data workflows across security, networking, cloud, and data platforms, integrating Splunk with Cisco technologies and Iron Bow partner ecosystems.

The role emphasizes government/regulatory deployments (FedRAMP/DoD), hybrid designs, and end-to-end

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, mathematics, electrical engineering, information technology, or equivalent.
• 12+ years engineering/consulting experience in security/IT operations or data platforms.
• 7+ years designing and deploying Splunk in enterprise/government environments.
• Experience with multivendor security/observability solutions and FedRAMP/DoD contexts.

Responsibilities

• Research and evaluate Splunk, Cisco, and adjacent security/observability technologies to meet customer requirements.
• Lead customer discovery, assessments, and solution development for SIEM modernization and observability.
• Architect Splunk deployments (Enterprise/Cloud) including hybrid designs, clustering, sizing, and data retention strategies.
• Design data onboarding pipelines and normalization to CIM/OCSF with cost control.
• Develop migration plans from legacy SIEM to Splunk Cloud and provide pre-sales support and technical guidance.

Skills

Splunk architecture

Pre-sales leadership

Gov't/compliance knowledge

Security & observability data

Python & REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Splunk Enterprise

Splunk Cloud Platform

AppDynamics

ThousandEyes

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

Job description

Iron Bow Technologies is seeking a Principal Solution Architect with deep Splunk expertise to lead technical pre-sales and architecture in the CTO office’s AI & Data practice. You will drive SIEM modernization, observability strategies, and machine data workflows across security, networking, cloud, and data platforms, integrating Splunk with Cisco technologies and Iron Bow partner ecosystems.

The role emphasizes government/regulatory deployments (FedRAMP/DoD), hybrid designs, and end-to-end