Mateus Reis Bastos

GigaCandanga is a Science and Technology Institution (ICT) responsible for managing Redecomep, the metropolitan education and research network of Brazil's Federal District.

• Conducted proof-of-concept (PoC) implementations in a lab environment with Wazuh (SIEM), Suricata (IDS/IPS), and OpenVAS (vulnerability management) for Linux server security monitoring, with production rollout planned for future project phases.
• Configured and validated JumpServer (PAM) as a Bastion Host in a test environment, centralizing SSH access to Linux servers, enabling session auditing, and reducing direct credential exposure.
• Administered Linux systems and operated Zabbix and Grafana for high-capacity network observability.

Technologies: Wazuh · Suricata · OpenVAS · Docker · Docker Compose · Linux · JumpServer · Zabbix · Grafana · TCP/IP · DNS · Firewall · Python

Participated in the initial structuring stage of a multi-tenant SOC-as-a-Service project.

• Participated in the project's initial structuring stage through the study and review of technical proposals and documentation.
• Researched public threat intelligence (IOC) feeds as input for future integration with detection tools.
• Developed the project's technical glossary, covering threat concepts, monitoring tools (SIEM/IDS/IPS/SOAR), network protocols, and multi-tenant architecture.

Technologies: Wazuh · Threat Intelligence (IOCs) · Networks & Protocols

Multidisciplinary curriculum in Network Engineering, Telecommunications, and Computing.

Supporting students in developing hands-on skills for offensive-security challenges and CTF (Capture The Flag) competitions.

• Management team member; structured and conducted the 2026 recruitment process featuring two weeks of hands-on lectures and elimination challenges, requiring a technical write-up as the final evaluation (29 accepted).
• Recon Track Instructor: conducted weekly hands-on TryHackMe labs covering enumeration, exploitation, initial access, and privilege escalation on Linux and Windows, authoring 7 technical write-ups.

Participated in communication and networking projects and events; volunteer at the IEEE ComSoc Student Leadership Tech Conference Centro-Norte Brasil (Oct 2025).