Joao Ceron
Solutions Architect at Torq
Brazil
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Top SchoolJoao Ceron is a Solutions Architect and seasoned security engineer based in Brazil, combining over two decades of hands-on network security experience with nine years in focused professional roles across industry and academia. He has led SOC teams and network security projects at high-profile organizations including Nubank, ProtonMail and Torq, and previously advanced DDoS, botnet and IoT malware research as a postdoctoral researcher. Comfortable bridging research and operations, Joao has deep expertise in routing, incident response and security tooling from early PoP administration to modern SOC leadership. He holds an advanced PhD in Computer Engineering and has a track record of founding and running incident response teams, reflecting both technical depth and operational ownership. Notably, his background blends academic rigor with pragmatic security engineering—making him effective at turning complex threat research into deployable defenses.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos SinosUniversity of São PauloMsc, Computer Science, Msc, Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (40)
ddos10
botnet10
traffic10
dos10
zip9
python9
fileio6
slack-commands6
git-checkout6
firewall6
docker6
iptables6
venn-diagram6
container6
ubuntu6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
joaoceron/matrix-tail-bot
Jun 2019 - Feb 2021
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
joaoceron/joaoceron.github.io
May 2018 - May 2020
Contributions:154 pushes in 2 years
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