Said Cortes
Backend Developer
Mexico
Summary
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Top SchoolSaid Cortes is a backend developer and seasoned cybersecurity professional with 11 years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, secure code review, and cloud security across AWS and Azure. He has led security engagements, designed GDPR/ISO27000/NIS2-aligned policies, and integrated automated SAST/DAST and CI/CD checks to shift security left in the SDLC. As a former Synack Red Team bug bounty hunter and CTF creator, he blends practical offensive skills with developer-facing remediation, helping teams fix issues before deployment. His background in Java, Docker, ELK, and DevOps practices enables him to bridge development and security effectively. Based in Mexico, he also teaches and automates security workflows with Python and Bash, demonstrating a passion for mentoring and reproducible tooling. Notably, he pairs deep pentesting experience with infrastructure hardening and compliance-driven security program design—making him as comfortable breaking systems as building resilient ones.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniería Ingeniería informática, Ingeniería Ingeniería informática at Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería y Ciencias Sociales y Administrativas
English, SpanishProgramming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
saidc/bookstore
Feb 2024 - Apr 2024
Contributions:217 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
saidc/RubikCube
Sep 2018 - May 2022
solve the rubik cube
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 8 months
cubesolverubyrubik-cuberubik
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