Hello 👋

🚀 I'm a DevSurfOps engineer passionate about helping startups secure their infrastructure and streamline their development processes. When I'm not diving deep into code or fortifying systems, you'll find me catching waves on my surfboard 🏄‍♂️ or working on exciting side projects that fuel my love for innovation! 💻✨

About

About me

• Strong foundation in computer science with early achievements in programming competitions, followed by formal education covering C++, C, and Assembly.

• Developed automation systems using LabView for laser research during bachelor's studies.

• Built extensive software development experience at HP and partners, working across full development lifecycle using JavaScript, Java, Jython, and SQL.

• Transitioned to Application Security, specialising in secure software development across various technologies (CI/CD, containers, TypeScript, Python, React, MongoDB).

• Led security initiatives at Swyftx as founding security member, growing team from 1 to 20+ while focusing on application security.

• Gained blockchain expertise through smart contract development using Solidity and React frontend integration.

• Drove security awareness and best practices at Officeworks through implementation of security scanning tools and threat assessments.

• Enhanced SSDLC maturity at Belong through stakeholder engagement and security risk mitigation.

• Currently helping multiple startups with DevSecOps and working on my own coding projects.

Location:QLD, Australia
Interests:Coding, Surfing
Study:Computer Science / Physics

Currently working on a Finance Tracking App

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Skills

DevSecOps & Cloud

AWS

8/10

Docker

8/10

Kubernetes

7/10

GitHub Actions

9/10

GitLab CI/CD

7/10

Terraform

6/10

Security & Infrastructure

OWASP ASVS

9/10

Penetration Testing

8/10

Threat Modeling

8/10

NIST Framework

7/10

GDPR Compliance

7/10

ISO 27001

6/10

Frontend Development

React

8/10

TypeScript

8/10

Next.js

7/10

JavaScript

9/10

Tailwind CSS

7/10

Angular

6/10

Backend & Blockchain

Node.js

7/10

Solidity

8/10

Python

8/10

C++

7/10

Java

6/10

Rust

5/10

Database & Analytics

MongoDB

6/10

PostgreSQL

8/10

Oracle

7/10

Redis

6/10

ElasticSearch

5/10

AI & Machine Learning

ChatGPT/LLMs

8/10

Claude

7/10

AI Code Generation

8/10

Prompt Engineering

8/10

AutoML

5/10

Red Graz and I worked together in Swyftx security. For our entire time together, he was always supremely adaptable, eager to learn, kind hearted, and passionate about making Swyftx great. He has strong technical skills, stretching across a broad range of topics. He was most recently in an Application Security role, in which he was supporting a number of our engineering squads. I will be eagerly following where your career will take you!

-- Head of Security at Swyftx

I thoroughly enjoyed working with Red Graz during his time at Swyftx. Given his previous experience at Microfocus with Fortify, I found Red Graz to have a good knowledge of the AppSec space and was engaged & inquisitive to learn more on Snyk’s approach. During the roll out Snyk, our Customer Success Team who assisted during implementation, found Red Graz to be a great communicator and his proactive nature resulted in a huge amount of progress in a short period of time. I wish Red Graz all the best and look forward to seeing what his next move is.

-- Senior Account Executive at Snyk

Red Graz is a fantastic teammate to work alongside. He is diligent, thorough, knowledgeable, and considerate of the needs of others. He brings humour and a unique perspective and I have enjoyed all the time spent working with him.

-- Peer at Swyftx

Red Graz is a very thorough individual, Always ensuring that tasks are completed to ensure that customers of our team are aware of what we expect of them as well as what they should expect from us. Red Graz is incredibly knowledgeable across many disciplines and applies his knowledge learned elsewhere to all aspects of his work.

-- Lead Solution Architect at Micro Focus