Matthew Busby

Security Engineer with 6+ years designing and delivering enterprise security solutions across firewall architecture, cloud security, and CNAPP. Experienced working with organizations from SOHO and MSP to government, with deep expertise in Check Point technologies, CloudGuard, and ITSG-33 compliance frameworks. Reinforced by a self-managed homelab SOC environment with Check Point firewalls, UniFi segmentation, and Wazuh SIEM.

Security Engineer / Associate Security Engineer - Check Point Software Ltd.

• Calgary, AB (2020-02 - 2026-02) Built strategic relations, advised and engineered security solutions for Check Point customers from SOHO to MSP and government. Mentored new employees and students at local colleges. Presented security materials to customers, partners, and employees. Delivered firewall and CNAPP training to customers and Check Point employees.
• Successfully overachieved key performance targets by 25%.
• Grew account base an average of 10% per year on a 3 million dollar quota.
• Built an ITSG-33 Azure compliance ruleset for the CloudGuard CNAPP product, enabling government clients to meet Canadian federal security standards. Intern - Dome9 Security / Check Point Software Ltd.
• Calgary, AB (2018-01 - 2019-01) Received, coordinated, and managed RFx requests for major clients including AT&T and Starbucks. Developed and implemented sales tools using Python and Bash scripts to streamline operations.
• Improved product functionality by building and integrating CloudGuard CNAPP into third-party platforms such as Discord and creating onboarding scripts. SAIT Industry Mentor & Program Advisory Committee Member - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) - Calgary, AB (2021-01) Served on SAIT's Cyber Security Program Advisory Committee, shaping curriculum with industry expertise. Guided six student groups through final-year IT capstone projects with strategic direction and hands-on support. Led SAIT classroom sessions sharing real-world career insights with aspiring IT professionals.
• Mentored 30–35 SAIT IT students through capstone projects, delivering hands-on equipment and guidance for industry-grade solutions.
• Appointed to SAIT's Cyber Security Program Advisory Committee, shaping curriculum with active industry expertise. Director - SAIT Student Association (2017-01 - 2019-01) Lab Administrator - Personal Homelab & Security Lab Maintains a multi-node Proxmox environment across three servers hosting a dedicated SOC lab and game servers. Security architecture includes Check Point firewalls for perimeter defence, UniFi for east-west segmentation, and Wazuh for centralized SIEM, EDR, and threat monitoring.

Diploma - Information Technology Networking Systems - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) (2017-01 - 2019-01)