Jesús Bolaños
Greater Granada Metropolitan Area Spain
Summary
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RockstarJesús Bolaños is a cybersecurity and cloud engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building and operating enterprise security products, particularly in EDR and SIEM. He led the end-to-end creation of a SaaS platform on AWS and Kubernetes to deliver Wazuh-based security services, owning both functional and non-functional strategy while recruiting and managing a 20+ person team. Technically fluent across DevOps, backend development (including C and Python), scripting and automation, he has contributed to core Wazuh modules, ruleset automation, and documentation for a widely used open-source security platform. Comfortable engaging stakeholders from engineers to C-level, he blends deep technical execution with product and people leadership. Known for a pragmatic, hands-on approach, he repeatedly turns complex security requirements into auditable, production-ready solutions. Based in the Granada metropolitan area, he brings global collaboration experience and a passion for continuous improvement in cybersecurity and cloud-native operations.
10 years of coding experience
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (36)
wazuh10
python10
security-txt10
scripting10
technical-writing10
bash10
openscap10
c1110
security10
c1710
automation10
script10
vulnerability-detection10
system-administration10
xml10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
wazuh/wazuh-ruleset
Oct 2015 - Jan 2019
Wazuh - Ruleset
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:24 releases, 424 commits, 85 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jesús's contributions focused on automating the installation and configuration of Wazuh rulesets. They developed and maintained shell scripts (`autoinstall_rules.sh`, `install_rules.sh`) to streamline the deployment process, including adding and modifying rules, decoders, and configurations. The user's work also extended to updating existing installations by introducing version control features. The user demonstrated strong skills in scripting, system administration, and potentially CI/CD workflows through their involvement in these automation tasks.
loganalyzerpolicy-monitoringintrusion-detectionosseccompliance
wazuh/wazuh
Dec 2015 - Jan 2020
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:8 releases, 1 review, 263 commits in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jesús contributed to the development of Wazuh's OpenSCAP module, including initial implementation and subsequent updates. They wrote C code for the module's core functionality, focusing on integrating OpenSCAP scanning capabilities. Additionally, they implemented a Python script to execute OpenSCAP policies and format the results, demonstrating a focus on security auditing and vulnerability detection within the Wazuh framework.
malware-detectionendpointscompliancecloud-securitysecurity-hardening
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