Grant Burgess
OT Infrastructure And Application Security Specialist
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolGrant Burgess is an OT infrastructure and application security specialist based in Queensland with nine years of engineering experience and over seven years focused on cybersecurity. Currently securing industrial systems at Powerlink Queensland, he blends software engineering rigor from a BEng (Hons) in Software Engineering with practical threat-mitigation for operational technology. He brings hands-on development experience as a backend contributor to notable open-source tooling like the Browser Exploitation Framework, where he improved documentation, WebRTC JSDoc clarity, and introduced safer YAML handling and security-focused changes. Known for turning complex, safety-critical requirements into maintainable, auditable solutions, he balances developer empathy with a proactive security mindset. Colleagues value his ability to translate low-level technical detail into operational controls that reduce risk across OT and IT environments.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours - BEng, Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours - BEng, Software Engineering at Griffith University
Swedish, English
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Github Skills (4)
javascript10
webrtc10
documentation10
yaml9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
beefproject/beef
Dec 2019 - Apr 2020
The Browser Exploitation Framework Project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:31 commits, 14 PRs, 10 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Grant primarily focused on updating and enhancing the documentation within the repository. They added detailed JSDoc comments to the `webrtc.js` file to clarify the functionality and usage of WebRTC components, including peer-to-peer communication and stealth mode features. The contributions improved the codebase's readability and maintainability by incorporating comprehensive documentation. Further contributions involved the replacement of `yaml.load` with `yaml.safe_load` and implementation of security features.
browsersecuritypentestingexploitationbrowser-exploitation
s1766594/assignment2
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 11 days
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