Self Evaluation - 2024

 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(LEARN Identity Access Federation),

maintaining IaMI (Identity Access Management Infrastructure), Events Management

systems, Eduroam and TAC is being done.

I was able to support for APAN56 and present updates on LIAF for APAN56 which was

hosted by LEARN and recorded video sessions were uploaded to LEARN official Youtube

channel and APAN57 as a fellow, January 2024 behalf of LEARN. I was able to be an

instructor in Network Monitoring Workshop in LKNOG8 where manual creation/testing were

done for librenms, icinga, basic linux and supported participants on troubleshooting the issues

while implementation and hands-on lab exercises.

As LEARN is sharing knowledge with workshops for LEARN member institutes, I was able

to get more experience while engaging with workshops. Registrations were handled for

workshop on containerization (Docker and Kubernetes) and NOC Meeting. The TAC updates

were presented at NOC meeting and workshop report was created and supported participants

for lab sessions. As a LEARN staff member, support is given on registration online for

participants and participated the workshop on Network security by APNIC with collaboration

with LEARN. Support for registration for AIDE workshop was given and participated the

workshop as a participant. Manuals were created and tested for the workshop on Campus wifi

and Eduroam as an instructor and workshop report was written.

In written guidance were created and tested for implementation of OpenLDAP for ubuntu 24,

IRS(Eduroam) for Ubuntu 22 and Ubuntu 24, Eduroam-tools for Ubuntu 22, Federation

Registry Installation Manual for Ubuntu 22 in the LEARN official Github Page where

LEARN shares the knowledge and the guidance for implementations with the LEARN

member institutes. The manual for shibboleth version 5 – Identity Peroviedr is being created

and will be released once the implementation, testing and the manual is completed.

Event Management system was upgraded where the LEARN event registrations are handled.

Also, Eduid – Identity Provider, Eduid – LDAP which are mainly use for login to Office365

services and other R&S service, and IRS for Eduid (For Eduroam), IRS for University of

Peradeniya were installed with latest versions and have been supporting institutes on

implementing IRS and troubleshooting. National Roaming servers (NRS - Eduroam) were

upgraded with Freeradius 3.2 and new Eduroam-admin, Eduroam-monitoring, Eduroam-

metrics for LEARN were installed with latest versions. LIAF and Eduroam - LEARN

websites were migrated to new servers. Support is being given to associate engineer to

document the guidance for Moodle SSO enabling with the supervision of Senior network and

systems manager.

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, countries, online conferences,

discussions and working groups. By presenting the updates on Federation, LIAF in task force

meetings, APAN and LKNOG have been an opportunity to me to interact with local and

foreign teams.

I am presenting deputy contact person, security contact person in eduGAIN for LEARN and

also got an opportunity to sign the eduGAIN declaration digitally behalf of LEARN.

Working as an instructor and a moderator for workshops have been helping to mature myself

to handle the situations and interact with people. Also having the responsibilities has changed

me to more matured person than the person I was back in a year ago.

Currently I am following MSc in Cyber Security in Staffordshire University and also,

following a Kubernetes basics course to get familiar with the technology. Apart for technical

backgrounds, I have been attending a pottery workshop, paper recycling and blogging as

leisure activities.