About Me
Practical Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and Application Building
I am a Cyber Defense graduate with hands-on IT support experience and a focus on practical cybersecurity, defensive security, infrastructure, and long-term technical project building.
What I Do
- Support Windows and Linux systems in a production IT environment
- Build segmented lab networks using Proxmox, OPNsense, VLANs, and Active Directory
- Use Security Onion and monitoring tools to practice SOC-style investigation workflows
- Build a custom full-stack D&D app using Next.js, Supabase, PostgreSQL, and TypeScript
Cybersecurity Homelab
Enterprise-style segmented lab with Red Team, Blue Team, victim, DMZ, and IoT networks.
D&D Campaign App
Full-stack software platform with character tools, achievements, inventory, campaigns, and backend systems.
Security Onion SOC Lab
Monitoring and detection environment for visibility, alerts, packet analysis, and investigation practice.
Skills
Infrastructure: Proxmox, VLANs, OPNsense, Cisco switching, DNS, VPNs, Active Directory.
Security: Security Onion, segmentation, monitoring, access control, traffic analysis, lab simulations.
Development: HTML, CSS, Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, PostgreSQL, schema design, UI organization.
Resume
Download my current resume for experience, education, technical skills, and project background.
Contact
GitHub: github.com/notxes
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/matthew-sexton-858699362/
Email: msexton@notxes.com