Curriculum Vitae - Pathirana T.D.K. TDK Pathirana (Thilina Pathirana) [email protected] +94 71 624 6331 44-3, Borella Road, Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka. 10230 lk.linKedin.com/in/thilinapathirana/ PERSONAL STATEMENT I am an experienced and motivated IT professional accomplished in delivering secure resilient systems on time and budget to meet business needs. I’m an adaptable and efficient team player with excellent communication skills at all levels. I’m open for any opportunity in NetworKing/Information Security where I can deliver my Knowledge to the industry as well as develop my sKills further, researching new technologies and reveling in new challenges. KEY SKILLS Technical Skills - Programming Languages: C, Prolog, Python - Applications: AutoCAD, CCS compiler, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Micro-Cap, Microchip MPLAB, MS/OPEN office, Photoshop, Proteus ISIS, Winboard, CAINE, Encase, Volatility, FTK, Digital Forensics Framework, SANS Investigative Forensics Toolkit, WorKbench, Apache, Squid, Zimbra, MRTG, PRTG, Solarwinds, Wireshark, vmware, FreeRadius, checKpoint, elasticsearch, Oxygen Forensic Suite, Mandiant Redline, OpenNebula, Indico - Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, NXOS, IOS, CatOS, Gaia - Database Systems: Oracle, MYSQL, SQL Server Certificates and Other Qualifications - Member of Computer Society Sri LanKa (CSSL) - Treasurer for the Lanka NetworK Operators Group (lKNOG) - Member of Sri Lanka Chapter, Internet Society - Member of IEEE (Member # 92599152) - Member of Australian Computer Society (Member # 3203256) - Member of International Association of Engineers – IAENG (Member #222178) - Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) – Route - International Customer Care Skills Passport (ICCSP) - Sri Lanka Computer Driving License (SLCDL) - Trainee First-aid Volunteer – Sri Lanka Saukyadana Movement - IT Infrastructure admin – Old Boys Association of Ananda College Colombo. EDUCATION - Master of Science in Information Security University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri LanKa (2017) Thesis: Open Source IDS/IPS Native Security Rule Migration from IPv4 to IPv6 and their effectiveness and comparison. - Bachelor of Science (General) Degree University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2010) - UK Engineering Council Graduate Diploma Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering - City and Guilds Advanced Diploma / Diploma - Electronics Engineering Page 1 of 4 Curriculum Vitae - Pathirana T.D.K. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Network/System TAC Engineer (2017 September onwards) Lanka Education and Research Network (LEARN) | Sri LanKa | www.learn.ac.lK - Responsible of maintaining the services of LEARN Technical Assistance Center. - LooK after remote LEARN member institutes located around the country for their technical problems, development and implementation of new networks and their services - Working on Linux and BSD based platforms for LEARN services such as Cloud, Web, Mail, DNS, LDAP, Radius, Proxy, SASL, Virus and Spam filters - Dealing with open standards and open source software/tools - Dealing with network/systems security, VOIP systems and IP multicast - Local contact for eduROAM and eduGAIN and the LIAF, Access Federation for Sri Lanka - Monitoring and troubleshooting Networks/Systems - Mentoring, instructing on various topics including networking, security, monitoring and new systems to engineers, academics of LEARN member institutes - Organizing training/workshop, conference, etc. - Represented LEARN at; o APNIC 44 meeting in Taiwan as a fellowship holder and was successful in participating on the 1st SDN workshop APNIC hosted o LKNOG 1 conference in Colombo on October 2017, as an Organizer and as a SpeaKer for LEARN to talK on Network Monitoring and Measurements. o APAN 45 meeting in Singapore 2018 as a WG member of IAM-TF, IPv6 and a Speaker. o As an Instructor for the Network Monitoring workshop of LKNOG 2 in Nov. 2018. o Represented APAN47 / APRICOT 2019 in South Korea o Represented IETF104 in Prague, Czech Republic Assistant Network Manager (2013 October to August 2017) University of Kelaniya | Sri Lanka | www.kln.ac.lk Key Achievements - Responsible of Maintaining the existing Data NetworK with high availability aspects, Designing and planning new networks according to the infrastructure expansions. - Maintaining Information Security of all University Electronic Asserts. - Maintaining the lab settings for course contents including Office/ Adobe/ AutodesK/ Visual Studio/Linux/ Cisco/ SQL/ Java/SIP etc. technologies. - Maintains Cisco based WLAN and the Windows AD based SSO system of the university. - Mentoring and Tutoring Community on NetworK Management, Monitoring, Security. - Resource Person for several workshops hosted by LEARN listed under ws.learn.ac.lk - One of the RIPE Atlas probe maintainers for Sri Lanka, PerfSONAR and IPv6-test.com node maintainer for Sri LanKa. - Represented University of Kelaniya at; o SANOG meeting and workshop hosted by LEARN and APNIC in 2015 o INET Conference in Colombo to celebrate 20 years of Internet in Sri LanKa hosted by ISOC-SL Chapter in 2015. o Open Flow SDN workshop at HEC, Islamabad, Pakistan hosted by PERN, Pakistan, TEIN, EU and GIST, Korea in 2015. o Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) 41 meeting at Manila, Philippines in January 2016 o Hosted and Organized Internet Society’s InterCommunity 2016 virtual meeting interactive regional node in Colombo on September 2016. o APNIC 42 meeting in Colombo on October 2016. o Asi@Connect WorKshop hosted by PatuaKhali University (PSTU) Bangladesh on Campus Network Design in August 2017. Page 2 of 4 Curriculum Vitae - Pathirana T.D.K. Special Achievements Made University of Kelaniya the first Sri LanKan Institute to be a member of Eduroam worldwide community through Sri Lankan identity federation maintained by LEARN. As a result of years of planning and maintaining, University of Kelaniya was able to provide it’s Wi-Fi network though all the premises including hostels and every outdoor area. This provided all “Kelani WiFi” users to have an unlimited Internet facility all 24x7x365. Also this upgrade made UoK to become one of the highest Internet consumers among all Universities in Sri Lanka with an Internet bandwidth of 600Mbps. Provided all University of Kelaniya WLAN/LAN users IPv6 end user connectivity becoming first Sri Lankan institute to provide IPv6 end user connectivity. Engineer – Specialist (2013 April - October) Virtusa Pvt. Ltd | Colombo | www.virtusa.com Key Achievements - NetworK Support Engineer for Philips Healthcare Systems and had responsibilities in their US, UK and Singapore Data Center Maintaining. - Engaged in a project belongs to British Telecom as a System Admin. Have involved in ZXTM load balancer system designing for BT OR-Portal. Network Administrator / Demonstrator / Teaching Assistant / (2010 December - 2013 April) ICT Centre, University of Kelaniya | Sri Lanka | www.kln.ac.lk/units/ictc/ Key Achievements - Was in charge of maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing University Computer network, fiber bacKbone and its components as well as the new installations of servers, systems and services as well as their security. - Developed University E-mail system based on Zimbra and the Help DesK system based on osticket. - Controller and maintainer of the video conferencing network which enabled Vice Chancellor, Deans and other Faculty members to inter-university communications through Lanka Educational and Research Network (LEARN). - Engineered the wireless network using Cisco devices. - Represented University of Kelaniya at the 34th session of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) Conference held in Colombo on August 2012. - Deployment of IPv6 and Windows 8 /Server 2012 DMZ environments on the university. - Conducted lectures for the Advanced Networking Course Unit which is based on the CCNA syllabi Individual Tutor G.C.E. A/L ICT, Network, Security, Linux (2009 onwards) Page 3 of 4 Curriculum Vitae - Pathirana T.D.K. PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS - Pannananda, D., & Pathirana, T.(2016). Virtualization Security for information Centers, presented at 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences, 2016. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. - Pathirana, T., Fernando, S., & Gunasekara, H.(2016). Cost Effective High Availability transparent web caching with content filtering for University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, presented at Kelaniya International Conference on Advances in Computer and Technology, 2016. Faculty of Computing and Technology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. - Pathirana, T., Solangaarachchi, I., & Weerasinghe, H. D.(2016). Implementation of VoIP in University of Kelaniya, presented at International Postgraduate Research Conference 2016, University of Kelaniya. Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. - Presentation about “IPv6 Implementation at University of Kelaniya Sri LanKa” at the IPv6 WorKing Group of Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) 43rd session, India February 2017. - Presented on “Campus Network Design the Sri Lankan approach” at the IPv6 WG of Asia- Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) 45th Session, Singapore 2018. - Presented on “LEARN Identity Access Federation” at the IAM WG of Asia-Pacific Advanced NetworK (APAN) 47th Session, South Korea 2018 WORKIG GROUPS - IPv6/ VOIP WorKing Group, LanKa Education and Research NetworK - IPv6 WG – APAN - Identity Access Management Task Force - APAN - WorKing Group on Security in Big and Open Data, WISE – GEANT - IGF Sri LanKa - INTERNET2, Federation 2.0 WorKing Group - IETF DNSops,