Gabriel Valenzuela
Senior Software Engineer at Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales
Cordoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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Top SchoolGabriel Valenzuela is a senior software engineer and computer engineer from Córdoba, Argentina, with nine years of experience building high-performance C/C++ and Go systems focused on security and scalability. He has driven security-focused work at Wazuh—contributing to its core agent and documentation around Windows file monitoring—and now builds secure payment services at Mercado Libre. In parallel he teaches algorithms, data structures, and operating systems at two universities, blending hands-on systems expertise with curriculum development and mentorship. Gabriel holds a diploma in cybersecurity and is pursuing a master’s in software engineering, underscoring a strong academic commitment to secure, reliable software. His background includes game-engine level C++ work at Globant and practical cross-platform security hardening for real-time detection systems, a combination that makes him equally at home in performance-critical and security-sensitive codebases. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who turns deep low-level knowledge into clearer documentation, safer defaults, and maintainable systems.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineer Computer Engineering, Computer Engineer Computer Engineering at Ingeniería en Computación - Escuela - FCEFyN - UNCDiploma in Cybersecurity Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Diploma in Cybersecurity Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Universidad de PalermoMaster's degree in Software Engineering Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree in Software Engineering Computer Software Engineering at Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Github Skills (17)
restructuredtext10
windows10
it-security10
rs10
c1110
windows-xp10
security10
c1710
documentation10
wazuh9
configuration-management9
refactoring8
compliance8
refactor8
testing8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
wazuh/wazuh
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:589 reviews, 34 commits, 95 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Gabriel's commits primarily focus on enhancing the system's security features, including disabling redirection in Windows environments for accessing specific folders and implementing security-related adjustments to configuration paths. The user also refactored code, removing test-related functions and adding guards for Windows OS. The contributions also involve code reviews, addressing comments and improving code quality.
malware-detectionendpointscompliancecloud-securitysecurity-hardening
wazuh/wazuh-documentation
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Wazuh - Project documentation
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:51 reviews, 5 commits, 18 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Gabriel's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the Wazuh documentation, specifically within the file integrity monitoring (FIM) section. Their work involved clarifying the behavior of monitoring Windows directories, particularly concerning the interaction between System32, SysWOW64, and Sysnative, including corrections and semantic improvements. These commits also included removing version numbers, refining the documentation's clarity, and improving the overall user experience by correcting ambiguous language.
loganalyzerreferenceintrusion-detectionosseccompliance
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