Michael Bauer
Splunk Administrator
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Bauer is a seasoned Splunk Administrator and security professional with nine years of experience blending system and network defense, automation, and incident response across public and private sectors. He has leveraged military cyber operations experience in the Air National Guard and USAF to secure enterprise environments at Meredith, DLL, Malwarebytes, and now Hurricane Labs. Michael emphasizes layered detection and prevention, and specializes in compartmentalization and automating response workflows to minimize disruption. As co-owner of BauerHoldings LLC, he brings operational and managerial perspective alongside hands-on technical skills. Based in Des Moines, he pairs disciplined, defense-in-depth thinking with a practical focus on shipping scalable security telemetry and playbooks. Notably, he declines unsolicited sales or contract outreach, prioritizing mission-focused engagements.
9 years of coding experience
Associate of Science - AS, Information Systems Technologies, Associate of Science - AS, Information Systems Technologies at Community College of the Air ForceHigh School, High School, High School, High School at Adel Desoto Minburn
Github Skills (50)
firmware10
gitlab10
hosting10
arduino10
ansible-role10
git9
ruby9
ansible9
3d-printer9
3d-printing9
raspberry-pi-zero9
esp329
32-bit8
avr8
microcontroller8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mbauer599/PowerShell-FileSearch
Jan 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
mbauer599/DIYRubberDucky
Jan 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 release, 31 commits, 30 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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