Specialising in web infrastructure and web security solutions, LDAP administration, linux/unix web application support and standards-based web development, I have proven skill and professional excellence with several clients both in Belgium as in the UK. My experience and career achievements include :

Being a sociable and versatile individual, skilled in taking responsibilities and commitments, I'm available for freelance assignments at an affordable rate. Please read my full resume for detailed information on my profile or browse directly to skills, work, learning or personal info. References about past projects can be consulted on my Linkedin profile.



Skills

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1 = some knowledge but cannot support, 2 = able to support, 3 = expert level, able to teach
Security, network- and web infrastructure123Years of experience
HTTP Webservers (Apache, Sun-ONE)  •8
(reverse) proxy servers (Apache, Sun-ONE, Cisco Content Engine, Squid)  •8
Firewalls (Checkpoint, ipchains) • 5
Loadbalancers (Cisco CSS, Cisco CSM, F5, Apache mod_jk)  •5
SSL/HTTPS infrastructure (Cisco SCA, Sun-ONE secure proxy)  •5
URL-filtering (websense)  •5
General LAN / WAN troubleshooting  •8
TCP/IP (+ protocols …)  •8
PKI administration  •5
Routers, switches • 2
DNS  •8
Wireless (broadband routers, WPA, WEP)  •3
Encryption and hashing (3DES, AES, MD5, PGP, …) • 3
OS and server operations123Years of experience
Server backups • 8
Server hardware • 8
Server installations, tuning, patching, OS hardening • 5
OS emulation and virtualisation solutions (Vmware) • 3
Sun Solaris Unix (v8, v9, v10)  •8
HPUX  •4
Linux (Red Hat, Debian, BSD)  •8
Server room operations • 4
Server applications123Years of experience
Basic DBA duties (DB queries, export, …)  •6
Task automation (cron, $universe)  •6
Network packet analysis (snoop, tcpdump, sniffer pro)  •6
General OS troubleshooting skills  •8
Java/J2EE Application servers (Novell, BEA weblogic, Jboss, Tomcat)  •6
Database servers (Oracle, Sybase, informix, mysql, postgres, ODBC - JDBC) • 6
Monitoring and reporting (BMC Patrol, Nagios, HP openview)  •6
CMS, Content Management (Joomla, Drupal, Interwoven, ...) • 2
DRM (Digital Rights Management)  • 2
Mail and identity management123Years of experience
Mail servers (sendmail, postfix, ...)  • 2
LDAP (Sun-ONE Directory server) + LDAP Proxy  •8
PHPlist e-mail marketing management software  •3
Radius • 3
Coding and scripting skills123Years of experience
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP)  •6
(X)HTML, CSS, javascript, AJAX, web standards  •5
PERL  •8
PHP  •5
Unix shell scripting  •8
Regex  •8
awk, sed, vi, …  •8
Web forms  •8
Source control (PVCS, SVN subversion)  •4
Ant • 2
Presentation and communication skills123Years of experience
Dutch language  •mothertongue
French language  •n/a
English language  •n/a
German, Spanish languages • n/a
Written skills  •n/a
Working within a team  •n/a
Managing difficult customers • n/a
Adapting to company culture • n/a
Managing stress  •n/a
Presentation skills  •n/a
Fault diagnosis and problem analysis • n/a
Ability to work autonomously  •n/a
Service management skills123Years of experience
Knowledge of ITIL Service Management • 3
Understanding SLA methods  •3
Able to operationally support SLA's  •6
Understanding KPI methods • 3
Understanding Service Statements • 3
Knowledge of Project Management skills • 6


Work

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De Post Brussels

Belgians publicly owned mail company

Linux support engineer

From oct/08 to dec/09 (freelance via Pyramid)

Tasks :
  • Implementation of a secure, highly available ATM-solution based on Linux, jBoss
  • Configuration of Apache SSL ciphers, PKI infrastructure
  • Perl scripting of a monitoring solution for the above

PROMOBUTLER - NETMEDIA Europe Diepenbeek

Internet start-up offering print-based ads in an online format

Web infrastructure manager

From jan/08 to dec/09 (freelance side project)

Tasks :
  • Consolidation of server-farm
  • Setup of loadbalancing / disaster recovery architecture
  • Maintenance of www.promobutler.be website, Linux OS, Tomcat 5.5 application servers, Apache ActiveMQ 5.x, mailserver, DNS, ...
  • Troubleshooting on production issues

TELINDUS Leuven

ICT solutions and services integrator

UNIX support engineer

From jan/08 to oct/08 (freelance via Data Flow Consultancy)

Tasks :
  • Supporting the (Sun Messaging Server) mail infrastructure of the Belgian Treasury (FPS Finance)
  • Technical support and consultancy on Proximus LDAP infrastructure

Web development for several small business

Freelance side projects

AXA TECH Brussels

Infrastructure subsidiary of AXA Group (banking & insurance)

LDAP SUPPORT ENGINEER

From aug/07 to dec/07 (freelance via Intrasoft)

Tasks :
  • LDAP-training of AXA Tech staff
  • Creation and modification of perl / shell scripts that manage LDAP content
  • Unix and linux systems administration
  • Troubleshooting of production issues

ATOS ORIGIN Brussels

Leading international business and technology integrator

LDAP ADMINISTRATOR

From oct/06 to sept/07 (freelance via Contracts-IT)

Tasks :
  • Providing LDAP technical support on de-centralised, globally replicated directory server farm
  • Creation and modification of perl / shell scripts that manage the data flow and monitor the LDAP infrastructure
  • unix and linux systems administration
  • integration Sun LDAP / Sun IDM / Microsoft AD

VRT-SPORZA Brussels

The public broadcaster of the Flemish community in Belgium

INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT ENGINEER

July/06 (freelance via HP / Beecom)

Tasks :
  • Supporting Tour de France 2006 Live website
  • 3rd line technical support on unix, web- & application servers

PROXIMUS Brussels

Belgian mobile telecom operator, subsidiary of Belgacom Group

WEB INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER / APPLICATION SUPPORT ENGINEER

From feb/01 to mar/03 and from may/04 to oct/06 (freelance via Computer Futures and Volt Europe)

Tasks :
  • Building, maintaining and supporting a 24/7 available, load-balanced, secured, wap (GPRS/3G), internet and intranet environment: web/wap applications, proxies, DNS, firewalls/DMZ, VPN, HTTPS/SSL, directory services (LDAP), Sun Solaris unix, WAP Portal, SMS, MMS, …
  • Troubleshooting on a variety of critical production issues and looking for workarounds to limit service impact
  • Conducting root-cause analysis on production incidents and defining strategies for preventing these
  • Support of SilverStream, Novell exteNd, BEA Weblogic application server software
  • Support of Siemens / Openwave Wap Gateway software
  • Technical authoring of procedures, documentation, network diagrams, road maps
  • Organizing demo- and learning sessions for colleagues and management on a variety of technologies and products
  • Task delegation to incident management layers and single-service desk
  • Task automation through cron, $Universe, perl scripts, shell scripts
  • Monitoring of production infrastructure and services through BMC Patrol, HPOV
  • Oncall support
Achievements :
  • LDAP upgrade (2002/2006): preparing and executing the migration of all LDAP services at Proximus from Netscape Directory Server v3 to iPlanet Directory Server v4 and from Directory Server v5.2 to Sun Java System Directory Server v6
  • Webserver upgrade (2003/2006) : preparing and executing the migration of all Proximus HTTP servers from iPlanet Webserver v4 to Sun ONE Webserver v6 and preparing migration to Apache HTTP server
  • Vodafone Live! : ER / M-PAY / FTMD : preparation and implementation of the Vodafone Live wap portal network infrastructure and billing (ER); operational responsible of the Proximus M-Pay platform ; installation, tuning, support of Full Track Music Download / DRM platform on the Proximus wap portal
  • Implementation of Websense URL-filtering for Proximus outbound internet access
  • Proxy server migration (2003/2005): preparation and execution of iPlanet proxy server migration to Cisco Content Engine (CE) ; preparation and execution of single-signon authentication (NTLM, Active Directory) on outbound (Cisco CE) user proxies
  • Loadbalancing : introduction of loadbalancing mechanism for all Proximus IT infrastructure and applications, through Cisco CSS and CSM
  • Senior technical position in the Proximus IT infrastructure department

BASE Brussels

Belgian mobile telecom operator

APPLICATION SUPPORT ENGINEER

From jul/03 to mar/04 (freelance via Imalink)

Tasks :
  • take care of the day-to-day support of the Mobile Numbering Portability (MNP) application
  • installation and tuning of BEA weblogic application server
  • defining migration strategies and executing releases
Achievements :
  • creation of an MNP support portal (linux, perl, SQL+), facilitating monitoring and application support
  • upgrade of MNP application version
  • ensuring day-to-day stability of the MNP application

NETVALUE London

Internet audience measurement company, now allied with comScore

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

From jan/00 to jan/01 (permanent via Merrow)

Tasks :
  • Web servers (IIS, Apache, Netscape), proxy, firewall : d2d management
  • Install, configure, troubleshoot and interconnect FreeBSD UNIX, Red Hat Linux and Windows 98 & NT farm (Samba)
  • Taking care of multilingual liaisons between London-Paris-NY-HK offices
  • End user support and troubleshooting on a variety of issues
Achievements :
  • Performing the setup and administration of this London sales office

BANKSYS Brussels

Electronic financial transactions - E-commerce

IT SUPPORT ENGINEER

From jan/99 to dec/99 (Permanent via Dart Resourcing)

Tasks :
  • Tri-lingual 2nd and 3rd line support (hard - soft - network)
  • Y2K migration
Achievements :
  • Ensure year-2000 compliancy of Banksys PC-Park


Learning

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Personal info

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