Simeon Miteff
Lead Security Researcher at Corelight
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolSimeon Miteff is a Lead Security Researcher with 15 years of experience designing and operating networks and building software across enterprise to national scale. He blends deep infrastructure and DevOps expertise with hands-on security research—authoring detection engineering, NDR features and a YARA-based static analysis integration for Corelight. His background spans network engineering leadership (including SANReN and Berkeley Lab), cloud-native development in Go/Python with Kubernetes, and governance of the FAUCET OpenFlow project where he improved user-facing documentation. Simeon holds an MSc in Electrical and Information Engineering and is known for turning complex network and security requirements into practical, production-ready tools and workflows. He brings a rare mix of carrier-grade network design, applied research, and product-focused delivery informed by both academic and operational roles.
15 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Electrical and Information Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Electrical and Information Engineering at University of the WitwatersrandUniversity of South AfricaBachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology at University of Pretoria
Github Skills (3)
restructuredtext10
documentation10
sdn5
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
faucetsdn/faucet
May 2016 - May 2019
FAUCET is an OpenFlow controller for multi table OpenFlow 1.3 switches, that implements layer 2 switching, VLANs, ACLs, and layer 3 IPv4 and IPv6 routing.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:44 commits, 9 PRs, 10 comments in 3 years
Contributions summary:Simeon primarily contributed to the repository by editing and reformatting the FAQ documentation. These changes involved converting the content to ReStructuredText, improving readability, and addressing formatting issues to ensure proper rendering on the web. The user also added copyright and metadata to the documentation, demonstrating a focus on improving the documentation's structure and presentation. These efforts indicate a contribution focused on enhancing the project's user-facing documentation.
faucet-sdncontrolleripv4sdn-controllersdn
simeonmiteff/faucet
May 2016 - May 2019
Contributions:16 pushes, 12 branches in 3 years
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