Travis Gunter
Pleasant Grove,UT
Summary
Security Analyst Tier 2 & SIEM Engineer at Security Metrics. Architected and led our Elastic Stack SIEM platform, including PoCs, threat intelligence integrations, and monitoring firewalls/Sophos endpoints via Kibana. Conducting proactive threat hunting with OSINT/IOC detection and mitigated APTs like Blind Eagle. CySA+, Linux+, Sophos certified. Top 1% TryHackMe.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Security Analyst Tier 2 / SIEM Engineer
Security Metrics
Orem, UT
02.2025 - Current
- Analyzed perimeter firewall/syslog traffic, Sophos endpoint alerts, and logs with Kibana for SMB clients.
- Proactively threat hunt large datasets using OSINT to uncover IOCs/anomalies; detected and mitigated Blind Eagle APT campaign.
- Led architecture and PoCs for a new Elastic Stack SIEM platform, integrating Sophos endpoints and threat feeds.
- Built and optimized Kibana dashboards, visualizations, and queries, reducing incident resolution time by 20% and improving team efficiency.
IT Technician
Utah Tech University
St. George, UT
06.2023 - 02.2025
- Delivered tier-1 support for Mac, Windows, and mobile devices, resolving 50+ issues weekly with 95% first-contact resolution.
- Led Windows 11 upgrade for 500+ campus devices, including compatibility testing and Intune enrollment for remote management.
Database Administrator
TEL Electronics Inc
St. George, UT
04.2022 - 06.2023
- Optimized ZOHO CRM database, eliminating data redundancies and improving system performance by 30%.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Utah Tech University
St. George, UT12-2024
Professional Certificate - Full Stack Development
Bottega University
Salt Lake City, UT01-2024
Skills
- SIEM & Monitoring: Elastic Stack, OpenSearch, Sophos Endpoint Protection
- Intrusion detection: Syslog/Firewall Log Analysis, Network Traffic Monitoring
- Threat Detection: Threat Hunting, IOC Identification, OSINT, Anomaly Detection, Incident Triage
- OS & Endpoint: Linux (Ubuntu/Debian, System Administration), Windows & macOS
- Automation: Python, Bash Scripting
- Networking & Cloud: Firewalls, TCP/IP, Protocols, AWS, Azure
Certification
- CompTIA CySA+
- CompTIA Linux+
- Sophos Certified Engineer
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- CompTIA Security+
- (ISC)² Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
- TryHackMe Security Analyst (SAL1)
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Cybersecurity Achievements
- President & Blue Team Lead, Utah Tech Cyber Security Club — Mentored members; led CTF prep in OSINT, forensics, SIEM, and pen testing.
- Top 1% globally on TryHackMe
- HTB Season 10: Underground - [Rank Here]
- HTB Holmes 2025 - 487th / 7,085 teams
- HTB Hack The Boo 2025 - 305th / 2,893 players
- HTB Cyber Apocalypse 2025 - 423rd / 8,130 teams
- HTB Intermountain 2024 - 8th / 23 teams
- HTB Hack The Boo 2024 - 301st / 8,950 players
- HTB Binary Badlands 2024 - 250th / 1,128 teams
- NCL Spring 2024 - Top 7% nationally (8,000+ competitors)
- HTB Cyber Apocalypse 2024 - Competitor
Timeline
Security Analyst Tier 2 / SIEM Engineer
Security Metrics
02.2025 - Current
IT Technician
Utah Tech University
06.2023 - 02.2025
Database Administrator
TEL Electronics Inc
04.2022 - 06.2023
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Utah Tech University
Professional Certificate - Full Stack Development
Bottega University