Juan Botes
A&I Electrical Engineering Technologist at BVi Consulting Engineers - BVi Group
Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolJuan Botes is an A&I Electrical Engineering Technologist with six years of hands-on experience spanning control systems, power systems, and embedded electronics. Based in the Northern Cape, he progressed from oceanographic electronics and product development into automation and instrumentation roles at BVi Consulting Engineers, combining firmware, desktop interfacing, and 3D housing design with project management. He holds advanced and national diplomas in electrical engineering with a focus on control and power systems, and brings practical trade-level skills that help bridge field service and systems design. On GitHub he demonstrates a strong interest in security automation, scripting Python exploits and SQLi/DOM XSS techniques for web-app testing, showing an uncommon crossover between industrial control engineering and offensive security tooling. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that integrate embedded firmware, control logic and test automation. He is a continuous learner who pairs technical curiosity with measurable delivery in challenging, resource-constrained environments.
6 years of coding experience
N3: Electrical Trade Engineering, N3: Electrical Trade Engineering at High School NamakwalandNational Diploma: Electrical Engineering (Control Systems) Electrical Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology, National Diploma: Electrical Engineering (Control Systems) Electrical Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology at Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyUniversity of South Africa
Afrikaans, English
Github Skills (10)
web-security10
sql-injection10
penetration-testing10
burp10
python10
xss10
http-request10
vulnerability10
automation9
automations9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
botesjuan/Burp-Suite-Certified-Practitioner-Exam-Study
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
Burp Suite Certified Practitioner Exam Study
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:611 commits, 685 pushes, 12 branches in 2 months
Contributions summary:Juan primarily focused on automating and scripting exploits for web application security testing. Their contributions centered on crafting Python scripts to interact with and exploit vulnerabilities within a web application, specifically targeting PortSwigger's Web Security Academy labs. The user demonstrated expertise in crafting and automating tasks using Python and requests. The user's work involved implementing SQL injection bypasses and DOM XSS exploits, demonstrating skills in penetration testing.
bscpburppayloadpentestingportswigger
botesjuan/PenTestMethodology
May 2020 - Nov 2022
Penetration Test Methodology
Contributions:200 commits, 183 pushes in 2 years 7 months
infosecoffsecoscppenetration-testingpentesting
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