Matthew Voleskymahlke

Supervisor Enterprise Applications

(701)-540-3503


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• Proven technology leader who transformed a DevOps team into a high-performing, security-first powerhouse—cutting cloud costs by 62% and slashing recurring task time by 70% in under a year. With over 10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure and communications systems, I specialize in building resilient environments and driving continuous improvement.

• Adept at leading ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications, I prioritize security, automation, and operational excellence at every level.

• I use my homelab for professional development, using it as a sandbox for exploring new technologies, as well as running a security lab for pentesting and vulnerability exploitation testing.

Education & Certifications

University of Maryland Global Campus - Adelphi, MD

BS - Computers and CyberSsecurity — Magna cum laude

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • CompTIA PenTest+
  • CompTIA Sec+
  • CompTIA Net+

Employment History

Aviat Networks

Supervisor Enterprise Applications

August 2021 - Present

  • As DevOps Manager, I lead a cross-functional team of 3 DevOps Engineers in designing, building, and maintaining stable, secure, and efficient infrastructure to optimize service delivery throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Streamline maintenance tasks, software deployment, and server baselining using Python, PowerShell scripting, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, cutting recurring task time by 70% within 1 month.
  • Leverage rightsizing and savings plans to improve cost efficiency while maintaining system resilience, resulting in a reduction of AWS cloud spend by 62% over 8 months.
  • Lead ISO 27001 certification and SOC 2 Type II annual assessments, enhancing documentation and implementing security controls to meet evolving standards and best practices, obtaining both with zero critical findings within 6 months.
  • Build and manage dashboards, visualizations, and alerts using integrations between Splunk, Zabbix, and Slack, increasing visibility of assets and data by 65%.

Aviat Networks

NOC Technical Support Supervisor

January 2019 - August 2021

  • Supervised 24x7 NOC monitoring, triaging, and supporting critical network infrastructure using real-time fault alarming, troubleshooting, and analytics to notify and provide recommendations to our customers.
  • Improved incident response time by analyzing trends, identifying obstacles, and revising escalation and resolution procedures, resulting in SLA met percentage consistently being above 99% within 6 months
  • Spearheaded ISO 27001 recertification efforts, updated update policies, procedures, and implemented security controls, achieving certification within 9 months with zero non-conformances.
  • Enabled continued TAC function during COVID19 pandemic by deploying virtual desktop infrastructure, providing effective remote access to isolated lab resources within 2 weeks.

U.S. Army

SATCOM Controller Supervisor

April 2016 - December 2018

  • Led a team of 11 satellite controllers in the daily operation of a wideband satellite control facility, ensuring the health of multiple DoD communications satellite payloads, enabling reliable strategic and tactical network connectivity world-wide.
  • Provided customer support and troubleshooting to thousands of customers worldwide for the DoD on TDMA, FDMA, and FH-SSMA networks utilizing X, Ka, Ku, L, and C band frequencies.
  • Controlled, operated, and maintained a variety of antenna systems, to include AN/GSC-53 MET, AN/GSC-39, STT, and SNAP VSAT.

Technical

  • Homelab
  • Linux
  • Ansible
  • Python
  • Terraform
  • ISO 27001
  • SOC2
  • Splunk
  • Git
  • IaaS
  • Threat and Vulnerability Management
  • Virtualization
  • Windows Administration
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Information Security

Projects

Cloud Resume Challenge

May 2022

CTFs

May 2022

Matthew Voleskymahlke - mvoleskym@gmail.com - 701-540-3503

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