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Michael Venturella

Cybersecurity Professional

Securing cloud and enterprise environments with 5 years of experience in threat modeling, secure architecture, and automated defense.

Michael Venturella

Professional Experience

Jul 2025 - Nov 2025

Senior SOC Analyst

Zyston

Proactively identified emerging threat trends and attacker TTPs aligning to MITRE ATT&CK. Conducted threat hunting in Azure Sentinel, Splunk, and Sumo Logic to uncover stealthy persistence techniques.

Feb 2025 - Jul 2025

Senior Security Analyst

Lennar

Conducted hands-on security testing of enterprise controls. Analyzed threat intelligence using OpenCTI and leveraged Microsoft Sentinel (KQL) to refine detection logic. Authored Python automation for investigative workflows.

Mar 2022 - Feb 2025

Senior SOC Analyst

LevelBlue (formerly AT&T)

Led AlienVault SIEM monitoring, analyzing millions of daily log events with 99% accuracy. Built custom dashboards improving detection rates by 25% and utilized SentinelOne EDR for real-time threat hunting.

Jul 2021 - Apr 2022

Cybersecurity Analyst

Daytona State College

Monitored Azure/M365 environments against credential abuse. Supported compliance initiatives and developed Python automation for CIS Control 1 asset inventory.

Technical Skills

SOC & SIEM

Azure Sentinel AlienVault Splunk Sumo Logic Wazuh LogRhythm

Automation & Code

Python PowerShell KQL Bash HTML/CSS SQL

Threat Intel & Vuln

MITRE ATT&CK OpenCTI Nessus Rapid7 Burp Suite Nmap

Cloud & Endpoint

Microsoft 365 Azure AWS SentinelOne CrowdStrike Microsoft XDR

Education & Certifications

Degrees

  • MBA
    Western Governors University (2026)
  • M.S. Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
    Western Governors University (2024)
  • B.S. Information Technology
    Western Governors University (2023)

Publications

Certifications

CISSP (Associate) CASP+ CySA+ Pentest+ SC-200 SC-900 AZ-900 MS-900 AWS Cloud Prac. PJPT PSAA PORP THM Jr. Pentester CCNA Security+ Network+ Project+ A+