Julian Morales
Software Engineer at Wazuh, Inc.
Cordoba, Córdoba, Argentina
Summary
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Top SchoolJulian Morales is a software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in C and C++ development, Linux systems, and open source security. He currently architects and implements core engine work at Wazuh, driving a C++ rewrite (Wazuh-Engine) while contributing meaningful back-end parsing logic and documentation to the widely used Wazuh project. His background in OS administration and HPC — including integrating Linux on Nvidia Shield consoles and building an Infiniband-enabled heterogenous cluster — demonstrates an uncommon blend of low-level systems hacking and production-grade security engineering. Julian’s contributions span code, tests, and technical writing, reflecting a practical focus on clarity and robustness. Based in Córdoba, Argentina, he continues to deepen expertise in operating systems, C/C++, and IT security while actively supporting the open source community.
12 years of coding experience
Ingeniero en Computación, Ingeniero en Computación at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
English
Github Skills (9)
technical-writing10
unit-testing10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
data-parsing10
documentation10
security10
database-management8
compliance8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
wazuh/wazuh
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:804 reviews, 488 commits, 248 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Julian primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Wazuh security platform, focusing on code related to IP parsing, Key-Value maps, and the addition of a between parser. The user implemented unit tests to validate the new functionality implemented. This work involved changes to core engine files related to parsing and logic implementation, including enhancing test acceptance tests and improving database handling.
securitywazuhxdrcompliancelog-analysis
wazuh/wazuh-documentation
Sep 2020 - Jul 2022
Wazuh - Project documentation
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:39 reviews, 14 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Julian primarily contributed to the project by updating and enhancing the documentation. They added detailed explanations of features like PCRE2 regex, updated the "How it works" section for the Wazuh Logtest tool, and corrected grammatical errors. Their contributions focused on improving the clarity and accuracy of the documentation for various aspects of the Wazuh security platform.
wazuhreferenceossecopenscapelasticsearch
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