Self Evaluation - 2023

 Working as a TAC engineer, encourages me to work-on, test-on and learn different

technical areas in LEARN while with the responsibility for providing the technical assistance for

LEARN member institutes. Maintaining LIAF, TAC system, Indico, Own cloud for LEARN staff,

eduvpn, eduroam and Zvsession request approval is being done. Also Zoom assistance is being

provided if it is needed.

LEARN shares the knowledge and the technology by having the workshops and webinars

for the LEARN institutional professionals. I was able to work as a moderator (registering,

updating participants, feedbacks and scheduling) on recent workshops. In Campus Systems

Linux Essentials workshop in December 2022, I was be able to support participants on getting

idea about package management, filters scripting in Linux and Github. I got an opportunity to

support to Moodle workshop which was organized by LEARN in collaboration with EduNET.LK.

And I was an instructor for Identity Access Management workshop in April 2023. Manuals were

created and tested for version migration of Identity Providers (IDP) (from Version 3 to version 4)

and installing Openldap on Ubuntu 22.04. Also, backend support was given to enabling SP

registration in IAM workshop on registering in LIAF.

I got an opportunity to participate APRICOT56 in Manila, Philippines as a fellow. Not only

that but also, I was able to participate APAN55 in Kathmandu, Nepal for Ifirexman project. And

support for APAN56 which was organized by LEARN in Galleface Hotel, Colombo. Yoga session in

Galleface green and a jogging session in Portcity were organized for the participants in APAN56.

I have had a chance to support to team in NREN in Nepal on identifying admin GUI which

is used for eduroam. Myself and Senior Network manager are bearing responsibility for

eduGAIN Membership voting behalf of LEARN. I was responsible on giving updated on

Federation and eduroam to taskforce behalf of LEARN team in APAN55 and APAN56. I was a part

of the team for case testing for bigbluebutton instance which was initiated by Senior Network

manager.

Currently supporting on advising and supporting on version upgrading in IDPs in the

institutes. I am engaged on implementing multifactor authentication for IDP (testing on

Shibboleth version 4), IDP as a service and Lets-wifi portal for eduroam. Also, discussion for

implementing a service for research papers with NSF is initialized which would be able to use via

LIAF.

I have finished and got the certificates on Introduction to cyber security UwashingtonX,

Introduction to Blockchain by IBM, Opensource and the 5G transition by LinuxfoundationX,

Introduction to SQL by IBM, Blockchain: Understanding it’s uses and implications by

LinuxfoundationX, Introduction to Hyperledger Blockchain Technologies by LinuxfoundationX

and Linux commands and shell scripting basics by IBM on EdX.

Currently I am referring materials for Linux administrator exam. I am planning to have the

hands-on experience on Dev-ops and more networking activities to learn new technologies to

border my knowledge.

While improving the technical skills, soft skills have been improved while engaging in

team working in office environment, interacting with professionals in LEARN member institutes

and professionals from the workshops from different cultures and countries, online conferences

and discussions. Being a supporter and an instructor has been helping to mature myself to

handle the situations. Also having the responsibilities has changed me to more matured person

than the person I was back in a year ago.

Also, I am creating contents for my personal blog on BlogSpot(techieladder.blogspot.com) and learning about traditional art(paintings) on my personal interest.