Overview

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My name is Matthew Hancock or also known as TheCyberAstronaut, I am a graduate from the University of Tulsa with a Bachelor’s of Science in Cyber Security.

Work Experience

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SOC Analyst @ University of Tulsa

June 2023 - May 2026

• Investigated incidents & alerts using Microsoft Defender XDR and Elastic.
• Implemented Cribl for log pipeline management, improving observability across the university’s security infrastructure.
• Maintained an Elastic Stack to ingest and analyze logs across multiple systems for improved visibility and detection.

Application Security Intern @ Paycom

May 2025 - August 2025

• Performed web penetration testing and code review on the Paycom application.
• Contributed to multiple projects gaining real world exposure on secure development practices and SaaS business operations.

Cyber Security Intern @ ONEOK

May 2024 - August 2024

• Assisted in automation of configuration and analysis for ONEOK’s IdP.
• Learned and developed PowerShell scripts and modules to automate recurring tasks.

Activities

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Infrastructure Lead @ Root66Tulsa Cyber Clubs

Maintained the infrastructure to host events, labs, and competition infrastructure.

• Maintained systems such as Authentik, Gitlab, Elastic, Netbird, and the clubs website.
• Set up and configured competition practice environments for the CCDC, CPTC, and CyberForce competition teams.
• Ran the infrastructure for a mini-CTF held by Root66Tulsa, TUCTF, and TU WiCyS.

CCDC (Collegiate Cyber Defense Competiton)

March 2026

Was the Co-Captain of the CCDC team with Root66Tulsa Cyber Clubs in the 2026 season.

• Coordinated team efforts across technical and operational responsibilities.
• Led network security operations while defending against an active Red Team.
• Created technical and business impact reviews of network components to the competition’s executive panel.

March 2024 - March 2025

Competed in the 2024 and 2025 seasons on the team focused towards DNS and logging.

• Maintained and secured the team’s SaaS DNS
• Worked on implementing centralized logging and alerting using Graylog and Elastic Agents.
• Secured servers and workstations while actively defending against Red Team.

Placement

• 2nd Place in March 2024 SWCCDC

CPTC (Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition)

November 2025

Was the Co-Captain of the CPTC team with Root66Tulsa Cyber Clubs in the 2025 season.

• Coordinated the teams penetration testing engagement.
• Helped organize and set up a practice environment using old CPTC VM images found here.
• Led web application penetration testing efforts in the competition environment to identify and document vulnerabilities in the client’s web infrastructure.

November 2024

Competed in the 2024 season where I was focused towards web application testing with guidance from team captains and members.

• Conducted a web application penetration test in the competition environment.

Placement

• 3rd Place in November 2024 Central Regional

CyberForce

Department of Energy (DOE) CyberForce Competition

November 2023

Competed on the CyberForce team with Root66Tulsa Cyber Clubs in the 2023 season.

• Configured and hardened machines to defend against an active Red Team.
• Securely configured and set up a database and React web application.

Placement

• 45th Place

NCAE-C (National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity)

March 2023 - April 2023

Competed on the NCAE team with Root66Tulsa Cyber Clubs in the 2023 season.

• Maintained and secured the team’s network in the national event against an active Red Team.
• Maintained and secured the team’s DNS, database, and web servers in Regionals against an active Red Team.

Placement

• 8th Place in National Finals
• 1st Place in Southwest Regionals