Jeremias Palacios is a software developer engineer from Argentina with six years of professional experience building secure, low-level systems in C/C++ and embedded firmware. He has held technical and team leadership roles at Wazuh and McAfee, where he focused on authentication, authorization, and backend security features for large-scale detection and response platforms. At Wazuh he initiated and refactored the authd component and improved agent parsing for IPs, names and groups, contributing to a well-known open-source SIEM/XDR project. His background spans firmware and PCB design for microcontroller-based products, PLC/HMI control systems, and payment terminal firmware, giving him a rare full-stack hardware-to-software perspective. Currently at Tarmac.IO, he applies that cross-domain expertise to deliver robust backend solutions with a security-first mindset. He combines hands-on engineering with practical leadership and a track record of turning complex security requirements into maintainable, production-ready code.
6 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ing. Electrónico, Ingeniería eléctrica y electrónica, Ing. Electrónico, Ingeniería eléctrica y electrónica at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
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
Contributions:476 reviews, 52 commits, 136 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Jeremias's contributions focused on enhancing the authentication and authorization components of the Wazuh security platform. They initiated the `authd` component within the Worker Manager and refactored related code, suggesting improvements in the authentication flow. Furthermore, the user's work included the introduction and refinement of parsing functionalities for agent-related data like IPs, names, and groups, adding a layer of security and management to the system.
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Jeremias Palacios - Software Developer Engineer at Tarmac.IO