Joshua Fernandes
Principal DevSecOps Engineer at Consensys
Greater Brisbane Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Fernandes is a Principal DevSecOps Engineer based in Greater Brisbane with over a decade of hands-on experience designing secure, cloud-native infrastructure for blockchain, finance, and high-scale SaaS systems. At ConsenSys he led DevSecOps efforts across Hyperledger Besu and Quorum deployments, achieving ISO27001 certification, building AI-driven support bots, and architecting cross-cloud, permissioned blockchain networks. He combines deep infrastructure automation and CI/CD expertise with security-first practices—having modernized legacy platforms to zero-downtime deployments and led audited cloud governance at scale. An active contributor to Hyperledger Besu, Joshua has improved testing and build workflows and helped harden artifact verification and Docker configurations for an enterprise-grade Ethereum client. Trained as a mechatronics engineer with an MPhil, he brings a rare blend of robotics-rooted systems thinking and pragmatic DevSecOps leadership that drives resilient, auditable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Philosophy - MPhil Mechatronics specializing in Robotics and Aerospace Engineering, Master of Philosophy - MPhil Mechatronics specializing in Robotics and Aerospace Engineering at The University of QueenslandBachelor of Engineering with Honours - BE(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering specializing in Robotics and Power Electronics, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours - BE(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering specializing in Robotics and Power Electronics at The University of Auckland
Github Skills (11)
javas10
bash10
docker10
dockers10
cicd10
java10
blockchain9
gradlew9
ethereum9
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Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
besu-eth/besu
Jun 2019 - Jun 2022
An enterprise-grade Java-based, Apache 2.0 licensed Ethereum client https://github.com/besu-eth/besu/wiki
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 19 reviews, 61 commits in 3 years
Contributions summary:Joshua's contributions primarily involve improving the project's infrastructure and testing workflows, as well as backend code modifications. They made changes to Docker configurations and testing scripts. They also updated the project's build process with an SPDX license check and implemented a workflow to verify project artifacts, and reverted a change related to pruning. Additionally, they are seen working in areas related to project backend and cli.
ethereumjavabesublockchainp2p
Consensys/ansible-role-lighthouse
Jul 2023 - May 2026
Contributions:4 reviews, 8 PRs, 42 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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