John Berkers
Senior Security Engineer at IPSec Pty Ltd
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolJohn Berkers is a senior security engineer based in Melbourne with 25 years in IT and 15 focused exclusively on security, currently leading architecture and operations at IPSec Pty Ltd. He designs and deploys end-to-end security stacks—firewalls, strong authentication, remote access, NAC, IDS/IPS, SIEM and content filtering—using a broad portfolio of enterprise vendors including Juniper, CheckPoint, Cisco, SourceFire and Qradar. Experienced in both managed security services and professional services, he bridges hands-on implementation with long-term maintenance and support across complex network environments. Known for pragmatic security systems integration, he translates legacy and heterogeneous infrastructures into cohesive, auditable solutions. Beyond tooling, his career reflects steady progression from systems engineering to senior consulting roles, bringing institutional knowledge of Australian enterprises and mission-critical operations.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
HSC, HSC at Upwey High SchoolAssociate Diploma, Associate Diploma at Swinburne University of TechnologyEngineering, Engineering at Monash University
Dutch
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (92)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
IPSecMSSP/ip.tools
Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
PowerShell module for the analysis and manipulation of IP Address related information.
Contributions:4 releases, 14 commits, 14 PRs in 9 months
manipulationdataminingpowershelladdresspowershell-module
IPSecMSSP/Elastic.Helper
Jul 2021 - May 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 3 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 9 months
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