matt-taylor.tech

Matt Taylor · Huntersville, NC

IT Director + hands-on engineer building scalable Microsoft infrastructure, automation, and internal platforms.

I lead enterprise IT operations while staying deeply technical: architecture, automation, integrations, and platform delivery. This site highlights the work most relevant to employer conversations—what role I hold now, what I recently shipped, and the skills I use in production.

Latest role

Oct 2022 — Present

IT Manager → IT Director · Affinity Group

Hired as IT Manager in Oct 2022, promoted to IT Director effective May 16, 2024. National food brokerage that scaled from ~650 users / 40 offices in 2024 to ~1,100 users / 80+ sites by 2026 via acquisitions and MSP-to-internal absorption. Hands-on the whole time.

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Top projects

v2.0 May 2026

M&A IT Integration Toolkit

Reusable cross-tenant PowerShell migration tooling and a 26-page operating playbook generated by a Node.js + docx document builder. Backed by a 293-task work inventory inside a nine-domain repo template.

PowerShell · Movebot · Microsoft Graph

May 2026

Authorized penetration testing

External web-app pentests on 3 production properties under written authorization. 47 findings, demonstrated unauthenticated RCE, GCP service-account key exposure confirmed.

nmap · subfinder · SecLists

2026

Darwinbox HRIS integration via Entra ID SCIM

SCIM-based integration making Darwinbox the system of record for employee lifecycle events fanned out through Entra ID. User attribute standardization, SCIM connector config, UAT, vendor handoff, plus a downstream Darwinbox-to-CRM notification flow.

Darwinbox · Microsoft Entra SCIM · Entra ID

Top skills

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If your team needs a leader who can both set technical direction and execute hands-on, I’m open to the right opportunities. LinkedIn ↗ is the easiest way to reach me.