Professional Certificate in Network and System Administration

About this course

Run by the IIT Professional Development Unit, this certificate prepares learners for junior network and system administration roles. Classes are on Saturdays from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm in Colombo, with instructor-led teaching and hands-on work. The page gives the length as two and a half months. The ten modules include networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, subnetting), operating systems and Python, network services such as DNS, DHCP and SSH, routers, switches, VLANs and VPNs, system security, virtualisation and cloud basics, monitoring, disaster recovery and IT service management concepts like ITIL. It suits new IT entrants, help desk staff, small business owners who manage their own networks, and IT students.