Tim Ooms
System Administrator
Zemst, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Ooms is a seasoned system administrator with 11 years of experience managing servers, networks and web applications across academic, research and commercial environments in Belgium. He currently strengthens IT operations at the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy with a focus on LDAP, VMware and thin-client infrastructure, and previously ran critical services for university networks and student communities. Tim pairs hands‑on server and network administration with web-app development experience, having built and maintained applications used by over 10,000 users. He is an active open-source contributor on notable projects like Joomla CMS, where his backend and QA work improved LDAP authentication and testability. Comfortable across many languages and platforms, he often bridges the gap between sysadmin reliability and application-level fixes. His background in both university IT ecosystems and space research gives him a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to complex infrastructure problems.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Spes Nostra HeuleMaster of Engineering, Computer Science, Master of Engineering, Computer Science at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (16)
unit-testing10
ldap10
authentication10
php10
user-authentication10
mysql10
testing10
issue-tracking9
postgresql8
cms8
back-end-development7
content-management7
symfony-ux7
symfony7
content-management-system7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
thebuggenie/thebuggenie
Mar 2019 - Jan 2021
The Bug Genie is a friendly project management and issue tracking tool
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 12 PRs, 3 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Tim primarily focused on bug fixes and implementing changes related to authentication, particularly with the LDAP module, as well as core functionalities. The commits demonstrate adjustments to the authentication backend and the handling of user sessions and logins. Furthermore, the user addressed issues in the issue tracking and commenting sections, including fixes related to user access and notification emails, indicating work in the core application logic.
timetrackingissue-trackingproject-planningtrackingproject-management
joomla/joomla-cms
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
Home of the Joomla! Content Management System
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 3 commits, 9 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Tim primarily contributed to the Joomla CMS by fixing bugs related to LDAP authentication and facilitating the testing framework. Their commits include fixing issues with the LDAP "Bind Directly as User" feature, restoring LDAP debugging functionality, and addressing SSL/TLS related authentication. They also updated test configurations and refactored existing tests to improve the testability and reliability of the LDAP authentication plugin.
cmsmanagement-systemjoomla-extensionsjoomla-componentphp
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