Carlos López
Junior DevOps Engineer at Wazuh
Armilla, Andalusia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolCarlos López is a Junior DevOps Engineer based in Armilla, Spain, with six years of experience blending backend development and operational automation. Currently at Wazuh, he moved from a DevOps intern role into a full engineering position, contributing to the open-source Wazuh security platform by enhancing the analysisd component and rules engine for improved rule processing and SCA checks. He also contributes technical documentation to the widely used Wazuh project, demonstrating a rare mix of hands-on backend coding and clear, user-focused writing. Trained in Computer Engineering at the Universidad de Granada and fluent at a B2 English level, he brings disciplined academic grounding to security-focused tooling. Colleagues describe him as detail-oriented and pragmatic, comfortable navigating both code and docs to make security features more reliable and understandable. He enjoys tackling rule logic and startup optimization—work that quietly improves detection accuracy and system robustness for many users.
6 years of coding experience
Ingeniería Informática, Tecnología de la información, Ingeniería Informática, Tecnología de la información at Universidad de GranadaEnglish Level B2, Inglés B2, English Level B2, Inglés B2 at Trinity College London
Github Skills (15)
rs10
configurations10
wazuh10
engine10
incident-response10
restructuredtext10
c-programming10
sia10
rule-engine10
documentation10
security10
security-automation9
vulnerability-detection9
compliance5
python4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
wazuh/wazuh
Jul 2019 - Nov 2019
Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 6 PRs, 105 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Carlos contributed to the Wazuh security platform by implementing core backend functionalities and improving existing features. They focused on enhancing the `analysisd` component, optimizing its startup behavior and adding features for rule processing. The commits also involved modifying the rules engine and associated data structures to incorporate static fields, and further improved SCA(Security Configuration Assessment) features by adding a condition check, demonstrating a deep understanding of security rule logic.
malware-detectionendpointscompliancecloud-securitysecurity-hardening
wazuh/wazuh-documentation
Sep 2019 - Sep 2019
Wazuh - Project documentation
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:5 commits, 6 PRs, 3 pushes in 10 days
Contributions summary:Carlos's contributions primarily involve modifying documentation related to the Wazuh ruleset. The changes include updates to the `rules.rst` file, adding and modifying descriptions for various rule-related fields. Further modifications encompass reformatting and adding a note to the CDB list documentation file, indicating an understanding of the documentation structure. These changes indicate a focus on enhancing the clarity and completeness of the documentation within the Wazuh project.
loganalyzerreferenceintrusion-detectionosseccompliance
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