Jose Fernandez is a QE Automation Engineer with nine years of experience building and testing secure, automated deployments across Linux and Windows environments. He combines hands-on DevOps skills—Ansible, Docker, Jenkins pipelines (Groovy), Terraform, AWS—with deep QA automation using Pytest and cross-platform packaging for Debian/RHEL/Windows/MacOS/Solaris. As a former Automation Team Lead at Wazuh, he contributed code and security-focused installer and API improvements to the well-known open-source Wazuh project while also improving its documentation. He runs a personal Proxmox server for experiments, maintains a freelance File Integrity Monitor project, and has shipped a Play Store game, reflecting a wide technical curiosity from security and infrastructure to game development. With dual Master’s degrees in Computer Science and Business Process Management, he pairs technical craft with operational and team-management instincts.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master in management and business process technology Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry, Master in management and business process technology Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry at Universidad de Granada
Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Security Engineer
Contributions:18 reviews, 55 commits, 16 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jose's contributions primarily involve modifications to the Wazuh installer, particularly on the Windows platform. These changes include altering service stopping procedures, modifying variable handling for manager configuration, and adding authorization pass path. Furthermore, there are adjustments to the codebase related to API authentication and security configurations, indicating a focus on security and platform integration. The work also encompasses updates to the build process and system information retrieval within the context of the Wazuh security platform.
Contributions:10 reviews, 17 commits, 8 PRs in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the documentation of the Wazuh project. Their work involved adding, modifying, and improving various sections within the documentation, including installation guides, user manuals, and configuration references. The user focused on clarifying procedures, updating package lists, and improving the overall clarity and accuracy of the documentation. They also addressed spelling errors and ensured consistency throughout the documentation.
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