The Splunk Core User Study Companion: Achieve Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin and Gain Architect Essentials

Carlos Moreno Buitrago is a cybersecurity and observability specialist focused on Splunk architecture, operations, and administration. He designs end-to-end data pipelines related to log, metric, and event flows, from source to search, with a strong emphasis on governance, reliability, and cost control. Carlos has deep hands-on experience with Cribl for routing, shaping, enrichment, and ROI optimization, alongside Splunk features like indexer/search head clustering, HEC, CIM/data models, and Enterprise Security content. Additionally, Carlos has worked across leading security and networking stacks, bridging security operations with platform engineering. That experience helps teams turn messy telemetry into trustworthy, searchable data that powers real-world detections and business insights.

Deep Mehta is an AWS Certified Associate Architect, Docker Certified Associate, Certified Splunk Architect (ongoing), and Certified Splunk User, Power User, and Admin. He's worked on the Splunk platform since 2017, having experience consulting in the telecommunication, aviation, and healthcare industries. Apart from being passionate about big data technologies, he also loves playing squash and badminton.