Menachem Weinfeld
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Kefar Habad, Center District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolMenachem Weinfeld is a Staff Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks with four years of professional experience building backend systems and automation for security products. He progressed from Software Engineer to Staff within the same company, demonstrating rapid technical growth and impact on security orchestration. On GitHub he contributes to the high-profile Cortex XSOAR (demisto/content) repository, improving integrations like Cisco Umbrella Investigate, migrating scripts to Python 3, and adding tests to boost reliability. His hands-on work spans core integration fixes, parameterized thresholds, and automation—skills that bridge development and security operations. Based in Kefar Habad, Israel, he combines formal software development training from Mefathim Tech Excellence with practical open-source contributions to deliver maintainable, production-ready code. A detail that stands out is his focus on both fixing cross-integration issues and enhancing test coverage, reflecting an emphasis on long-term system health rather than just feature delivery.
4 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Software Development, Software Development at Mefathim Tech Excellence - מפתחים מצוינות בהייטק
Github Skills (9)
automation10
intergration10
automations10
integrate10
python10
integrations10
testing10
json8
cicd8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
demisto/content
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Demisto is now Cortex XSOAR. Automate and orchestrate your Security Operations with Cortex XSOAR's ever-growing Content Repository. Pull Requests are always welcome and highly appreciated!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:334 reviews, 65 commits, 583 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Menachem primarily focused on enhancing and maintaining the Cisco Umbrella Investigate integration, adding parameterized thresholds and addressing a related issue. They also contributed to upgrading scripts to Python3 and adding test files for enhanced functionality and maintainability, particularly for OSQuery and GetStringsDistance scripts. Furthermore, the user was involved in resolving issues across multiple integrations by modifying core functionalities, demonstrating an understanding of diverse areas in the project. The user's contributions included automation and code changes related to security operations.
securityxsoar-contentactive-repository
mmhw/content
Mar 2023 - Mar 2023
Demisto is now Cortex XSOAR. Automate and orchestrate your Security Operations with Cortex XSOAR's ever-growing Content Repository. Pull Requests are always welcome and highly appreciated!
Contributions:3 PRs, 26 pushes, 4 branches in 1 day
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