Matthew Kilgore

Tucson, Arizona

Supported security operations for multiple classified information systems throughout the Risk Management Framework lifecycle, including vulnerability management, risk assessment, remediation coordination, continuous monitoring, change analysis, and authorization support.

• Assessed vulnerabilities and system risk using Tenable ACAS, Nessus, Splunk, and security assessment data.
• Analyzed system logs, vulnerability results, and security telemetry to identify unauthorized software, malicious files, hardcoded credentials, stale accounts, and insecure configurations.
• Evaluated the security impact of proposed hardware, software, configuration, and system changes before implementation.
• Automated reporting, account reviews, compliance checks, and recurring administrative tasks with PowerShell.

Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Completed a Department of Defense SkillBridge internship supporting enterprise web and database environments.

• Supported administration, patching, configuration management, and vulnerability remediation across more than 300 Microsoft SQL Server databases and associated enterprise web systems.
• Used Burp Suite to identify web application vulnerabilities before code changes were deployed.
• Automated recurring deployment and administrative tasks with PowerShell.
• Supported server and database migrations with zero data loss while validating functionality, availability, and data integrity.

Germany

Led network and communications operations supporting more than 850 users across 10 departments and five countries while supervising a 30-person technical team.

• Configured and maintained routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, SATCOM, VoIP, and secure voice, data, and video services.
• Administered Active Directory, Windows, and Linux environments.
• Led the migration of more than 200 user accounts to Army 365.
• Maintained accountability and operational readiness for more than $20 million in network and communications equipment.