Matthias Weigel - Network Security Expert, 37 Years

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Petersaurach, Germany

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Experience

Jan 2005 - Present

21 years 8 months

Petersaurach, Germany

Self-employed

maweos GmbH

Jan 1994 - Dec 2004

11 years

Senior Staff Member and Project Manager

maweos GmbH

Jan 1989 - Dec 1994

6 years

Diploma Studies in Computer Science (FH)

FH Nürnberg

Industry experience

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Experienced in Education.

Education

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Experienced in Project Management and Information Technology.

Project Management

Information Technology

Skills

Cisco Ios: Extensive Hands-On Experience Since 1992 (Version 9), Along With A Large Number Of Certifications (Ccnp, Ccsp, Ccdp, Cds, Trusted Technical Advisor, Infosec Professional, Etc.).
Cisco Pix/Asa: Extensive Hands-On Experience Since 1995, Including Vendor Certification.
Checkpoint Firewall: Extensive Hands-On Experience Since 1996 (Version 1.2).
Linux: Extensive Hands-On Experience In Enterprise Use Since 1994 (Kernel Version 0.96).
Network, Communication, And Network Security Technology.
Core Technologies: Fiber Optics, Ethernet, Wan, Sdh, Spanning Tree, Vlan, Pvlan, Switching, 802.1d, 802.1x, Etc.
Tcp/Ip Technology: Ospf, Vrrp, Hsrp, Policy Routing, Mpls/Vrf/Bgp, Rip, L2tp, Nat, Pat, Policy Nat, Vc-Nat, Qos-Nat, Nbma Routing, Ipv6, Etc.
Wireless Lan Technology: Coverage Planning, Wpa, 802.1x, Wlan Qos, Wlan Vlan, Capwap, Mimo, Emc/Emi, Eap.
Vpn Technology: Ipsec, Ike, Ikev2, Dmvpn, Gre, Vrf, Mpls, Vpn Qos, Ssl Vpn, Dial-In Vpn, Clientless Ssl/Tls Vpn, Socks, Etc.
Network Protection: Firewalls, Ids/Ips, Otp, Oath, Radius, Tacacs, Aaa, Kerberos, Ldap, Proxies, Pam, Nss, Rsa, Etc.
Email Technology: Smtp, Sendmail, Postfix, Spam Filters, Dane, Dkim, Spf, Starttls, Dnsbl, Etc.
Dns Technology: Bind, Dnssec, Split Horizon, Etc.
Certificate Infrastructure: Private Ca, Third-Party Ca, X.509, Pkcs12, Pem, Revocation, Asn.1, Etc.
Linux Environments: Redhat, Centos, Alma, Squid, Mysql, Owncloud, Openssl, Openldap, Freeradius, Bind, Dhcpd, Apache, Kvm, Virtualization, Syslog, Perl, Etc.
Databases: Mysql, Mariadb, Postgresql, Sql.
Snmp: Status, Availability, Functionality And Performance Monitoring, Blackbox And Whitebox Monitoring, Reporting, Logging, Etc.
High Availability And Clustering, Load Balancers, Reverse Proxies.
Edi: As2, As4, X.400, Odette, Etc.
Frameworks: Bsi Basic Protection, Iso 27000, Itil, Nist 800, Vds 10000.
Other: Certified Electrician According To Vde1000, Trei.

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 1989 - Jun 1994

FH Nürnberg

Diploma in Computer Science (FH) · Computer Science · Nuremberg, Germany

Certifications & licenses

TREI

ZVEH

CCDP

CDS

Cisco PIX/ASA Vendor Certification

Certified electrician according to VDE1000, TREI

Infosec Professional

Trusted Technical Advisor

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 3

Experience in Education 6 y

Avg length 12 y 10 m

Longest experience 21 y 7 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Self-employed, Senior Staff Member and Project Manager, Diploma Studies in Computer Science (FH)

Main industries Education

Main business areas Project Management, Information Technology

Qualifications

Certifications earned 9

Profile

Member since

January 2026

Last update

June 2026

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Matthias is based in Petersaurach, Germany.

Matthias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Matthias has at least 38 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 2 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 13 years and 6 months. Note that Matthias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Matthias would be well-suited for roles such as: Self-employed, Senior Staff Member and Project Manager, Diploma Studies in Computer Science (FH).

Matthias's most recent position is Self-employed at maweos GmbH.

In recent years, Matthias has worked for maweos GmbH.

Matthias is most experienced in industries like Education.

Matthias is most experienced in business areas like Project Management and Information Technology.

Matthias attended FH Nürnberg for Computer Science.

Matthias has 9 certificates. Among them, these include: TREI, CCDP, and CCNP.

Matthias is immediately available for suitable projects.

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