UTRGV · Security Engineer

Mauricio Martinez

Hands-on experience in vulnerability management, incident triage, and cloud computing. I like playing music, games, and look forward to becoming a homeowner and beekeeper.

Student Role
Student Analyst
UTRGV RSOC
Internship
Information Security Intern
Cameron County — Tenable Nessus scanning, XDR alert triage, XQL threat hunting
Student Role
Academic Assistant & Mentor
UTRGV — Mentored 21 students, providing guidance on programming and tooling setup.
Highlight
Homelab (Ongoing)
Windows Server 2025 with pfSense for firewall and VLAN segmentation, Wazuh for SIEM monitoring. Configured DHCP and DNS services, simulates IT & SOC system alerts.
Cloud / Azure
Virtual SOC Lab
Azure-hosted red/blue team training environment. Features PentAGI + Ollama AI pentesting on the red team, and Wazuh SIEM monitoring on the blue team against vulnerable Linux and Windows VMs.
Automation
Combines Claude Code, Dockerized security tooling, CVE intelligence, and LLM-assisted analysis into a modular offensive security workflow. Includes automated reconnaissance and vulnerability triage.
Vaquero Information Security Initiative
Vulnerability Management Workshop
Demonstrated OpenVAS, Nmap network discovery, and live SQL injection/path traversal attacks.
Vaquero Information Security Initiative
Open-Source Intelligence Framework
Created a comprehensive toolkit covering Identity Lookup, Breach Intelligence, and Geospatial tracking.