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Paul Sudduth

@paulsudduth

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GIAC-certified cybersecurity analyst specializing in SOC operations, incident response, and automation.

Japan

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles focused on SOC operations or incident response where I can apply automation, detection engineering, and cross-functional leadership to improve detection and response outcomes.

I am a GIAC-certified cybersecurity analyst with nearly 20 years of combined experience in SOC operations, incident response, and technical systems troubleshooting. I bring a disciplined, mission-focused approach from 20 years of U.S. Navy service, proven leadership in high-pressure environments, and hands-on expertise tuning detection, triaging EDR/XDR alerts, and automating workflows with Python and Bash.

I have delivered measurable improvements in detection coverage and compliance readiness, authored runbooks and post-mortems, and collaborated across engineering and customer teams to increase service reliability. My technical toolkit includes CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender, AWS CloudTrail/GuardDuty, Suricata, Splunk, and a strong foundation in MITRE ATT&CK and NIST frameworks.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Cybersecurity Analyst

SenseOn

Oct 2023 - Jun 2025 (1 year 8 months)

Monitored and investigated alerts across global customer environments and tuned SIEM correlation logic to reduce false positives; developed Python and Bash automation to streamline triage and reporting workflows.

AWS CloudTrail GuardDuty Microsoft Defender SIEM Tuning Python BASH Incident Response

SOC Analyst Intern

ViPR-SOC

Feb 2023 - Sep 2023 (7 months)

Conducted packet capture and log analysis to detect security anomalies, triaged alerts and supported containment during live and simulated IR exercises, and automated threat-hunting tasks to improve reporting consistency.

Log Analysis Threat Hunting Triage Automation Wireshark

Internal Audit & Compliance Manager

U.S. Navy

Dec 2019 - Feb 2023 (3 years 2 months)

Directed audit and risk assessment programs across technical units, enforced cybersecurity standards aligned with DoD/NIST frameworks, and improved compliance readiness scores by 11% through targeted training and policy alignment.

NIST 800 53 DoD RMF Compliance Management Policy Development Training

Project Manager

U.S. Navy

Nov 2016 - Dec 2019 (3 years 1 month)

Managed a $4.3M aircraft maintenance project overseeing 27 technical staff, streamlined workflows to increase efficiency by 20% and reduced maintenance turnaround time by 15%.

Project Management Budget Management Team Leadership Process Improvement Stakeholder Management

Avionics Department Manager

U.S. Navy

Nov 2013 - Nov 2016 (3 years)

Supervised avionics maintenance for 13 aircraft and led 37 technicians, managed 1,900+ maintenance tickets and 800+ audits to reduce backlog by 18% and maintained aircraft data-link network systems.

Team Leadership Maintenance Management Audit Management Process Optimization