Jochen C.

I have been working in the IT industry since 2001. I currently focus on web application development and web application security. The latter necessarily includes securing the underlying layers as well, in particular the operating system, the database engine and the web server software. I have been developing software in various programming languages since I was a teenager, starting with small programs written in BASIC and Turbo Pascal and extending my skills ever since. Nowadays -- with my focus on developing responsive web applications -- PHP, Python and Java are my favorite programming languages and those I'm most experienced with, but I'm also familiar with Perl and Ruby. A significant part of my web application related work revolves around the WordPress blog engine. With the exception of web design, I have thorough experience with all the aspects of installing and maintaining a WordPress site: the installation and customization of WordPress with its themes and plugins, the optimization for performance ("tuning") and security ("hardening"), and adding or modifying functionality by developing custom plugins. I'm a Linux enthusiast since my very first encounter with Linux back in 1995. I've become a seasoned server administrator during my time at university, when I took care of various Linux servers at the university data center. I have been administrating Linux servers ever since and I could refine my skills on many challenging projects. Besides all that "technical stuff", I have successfully completed various translation and copywriting projects here on Freelancer.com. Being a native speaker of German with a strong background in English, that's another interesting opportunity for me.