Wim Looijen

Background

About Wim Looijen

The facts: Network Security Consultant Highly experienced in managing Check Point and SonicWall firewalls and maintaining network interconnections. SAP Certified Technology Associate (NW7.31 Unix/Oracle), 2015 SAP Certified Technology Associate (SAP Solution Manager Configuration 7.1 SP8), 2017 Vast experience with SAP R/3 and S/4 systems on various operating systems (Windows, HP-Unix, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, Linux) with different databases (Oracle, MSSQL, SAPDB/MaxDB, HANA, DB2). Specialisations: Check Point R56 NGX, R60, R65 (on IPSO and SPLAT), R77.30, R80.20, R81.10 (on GAiA) SonicOS Enhanced 5 Cisco IOS, CatOS SAP BasisComponents (SAP Certified Technology Associate) Windows NT thru 2016 Unix / Linux (Solaris, HP-UX, SLES, RHEL) SAP HANA 1 and 2 Oracle 8 thru 12i MSSQL thru 2016 The story: Having started in IT in 1986, Wim has some 33 odd years of IT experience. Having worked as a mainframe operator and network administrator, Wim switched to technical consultancy for midrange SAP systems in in hosted environments, having worked with various releases of SAP R/3 and S/4 systems on various operating systems and databases (including HANA). Certified as SAP Technology Consultant / Associate since 2001. At present SAP Technology Associate (NW7.31 Oracle + Solution Manager 7.1SP8). Has a strong focus on networking and networksecurity (Cisco, Check Point and SonicWall based) and an extensive networking experience and a good knowledge of TCP/IP networking. Wim has added focus in SAP Security and SAP Solution Manager, to be able to counter system security in hosted SAP environments in a more holistic way. A teamplayer with a strong personality. Does not beat around the bush, is communicative and direct, pragmatic and able to act in a senior role, both in teams and autonomously.