December 23 to March 24 Outreachy round: Introduce yourselves here!

[jufajardini]

Hi there, all Outreachy applicants for the December 2023 - March 2024 Outreachy round!!

We hope you feel very welcome to this forum space OISF has created for you. If you haven’t done so, please go through the pinned post that explains this category.

This thread is for all the mentors and applicants to introduce themselves and only that. If you have any questions/suggestions, do feel free to create a new topic for that.

You can choose the length of the introduction you want to give, we just want to hear a bit about yourselves

Now, let’s get things started!

I am Juliana.
Pronouns: She/Her (They/Them is also fine).
Timezone: UTC-3 (Brasília/Brazil)
I am a member of OISF, working on parts of Suricata, mostly, and its documentation. I am also the Outreachy community coordinator for OISF.
In the past, I have worked on projects with C/C++, PHP, PostgreSQL, Drupal; but also as a Service Desk and Customer Support call center agent, and as a freelancer translator.
I’ll be one of your mentors for OISF.
I’m also available for any questions related to the Redmine tickets, Suricata project, Git, Rust, C, how to cope with anxiety…
Contact me at jufajardini [at] oisf [dot] net in case of any CoC violations or anything you might not feel comfortable sharing in public.
Juliana’s blog
@jufajardini
mastodon: jufajardini (@jufajardini@infosec.exchange) - Infosec Exchange

I am from Brazil =]
I love biking, rollerblade skating, swimming, and parkouring, when possible.
I love cats, and animals and nature in general
I like traveling, and try to do that a lot.
I am an Outreachy alum
Extra info: I like emojis a lot.

[vjulien (Victor Julien)]

Hi all!

I am Victor
Pronouns: He/Him
Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
I’ll be one of your mentors for OISF.
Leading the Suricata development effort,
I’m also available for any questions related to the Redmine tickets, Suricata project, Git, Rust, C…
Contact me at vjulien@oisf.net in case of any CoC violations or anything you might not feel comfortable sharing in public.
In the past, I’ve mostly done Open source C development.
Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@inliniac
Blog at https://blog.inliniac.net/
I am from the Netherlands

[ish (Jason Ish)]

I am Jason.
Pronouns: He/Him
Timezone: UTC-6 (Saskatchewan)
I work full time for the OISF working on Suricata
Software development and management usually in the information security space
I’ll be one of your mentors for OISF.
I’m available for any questions you might have during your Suricata journey
Contact me at jish@oisf.net in case of any CoC violations or anything you might not feel comfortable sharing in public.
Twitter, Mastodon, LinkedIn, ish-ca on Discord
I am from Canada
I have a dog that I like
I also have 2 cats

[sbhardwaj (Shivani)]

Hi, all!

I am Shivani.
Pronouns: She/Her.
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata.
I am a member of OISF working on parts of Suricata and its auxiliary tools using C, and
In the past, I have worked on projects with C, Python, Django, AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, and more as a developer and a DevOps engineer.
I’ll be one of your mentors for OISF.
I’m available for any questions related to the Redmine tickets, Suricata project, Git, Rust, C.
Contact me at shivani@oisf.net in case of any CoC violations or anything you might want to improve that you’re not comfortable sharing in public.
I’m from India.

Good luck!

[hadiqaalamdar (Hadiqa Alamdar Bukhari)]

Hello Everyone!

I am an Outreachy applicant and really excited to be a part of this community. I’m currently setting up the environment on my laptop and will let you know if I have any issues.

:I am Hadiqa
: Pronouns: She / her
Timezone:PKT (Islamabad/Pakistan)
Data engineer mainly working on platforms like Snowflake, SQL, Python, Tableau
A Potential Outreachy Intern
I’m from Pakistan

[maham_tariq]

Hello everyone! I am Maham Tariq from Pakistan, an Outreachy applicant and I have done computer engineering from COMSATS university Islamabad. Looking forward to make meaningful contributions to OISF community and learn new things.

[zazie-codes (Opar Liza)]

Hello everyone,
I am Liza Opar(she/her) from Kenya ,Africa
Time zone: EAT
I am a Cloud Security Engineer working to maintain security in Azure.
I have experience with Microsoft Sentinel- SIEM,SOAR.Identity and Access Management.Authentication methods;MFA,Conditional Access.Command Line Interface.I have a CCNA certification and experience using Cisco Packet Tracer for networking and troubleshooting.I have working Python knowledge.

I am an Outreachy Intern

Im so happy to work with you,gaining knowledge as well as contributing to OISF
I look forward to working with the community.

Thank you. Happy to meet everyone.

[Comfort_Amaechi]

Hello, everyone🙂
I am glad to be here
I am Comfort Amaechi
pronoun: She/her
Time zone: WAT
I am a Cyber Security Analyst and have knowledge in wireshark, python, SIEM like splunk, linux, Active Directory, scripting, documentation e.t.c
Looking forward to learning from everyone, networking, contributing to the project and being a potential Intern
I’m from Nigeria
Thank you for having me here

[FayCarsons]

Hi all! My name’s Fay, pronouns she/her, EST, US. I am a self-taught dev dabbling in various areas but trying to focus in on embedded systems and cyber security.

I have been programming for around two years, starting with Rust and Clojure, and have co-authored a creative coding framework, as well as CLI tools and embedded music devices on my own. I am currently working on a custom Lisp dialect for music composition that I hope to turn into both a native app and an embedded device.

Super excited to learn more about Suricata and cyber security and hopefully have some fun writing some Rust code

[Ytemi (Temi)]

Hi i am Temi
pronouns: he/him
Timezone : WAT(Nigeria)
Hello community i am an Outreachy applicant willing to contribute to the Suricata project.
in the past, i have worked with Swift, C, Python, Wireshark and a couple of computer security tools. i am a strong IPS/IDS enthusiast. I possess skills in computer networking, Network Security and Technical writing. I am also a graduate of Computer Engineering

[Bruno_Franca]

Hi!!! I am Bruno França.
Pronouns: he/Him (They/Them is also fine).
Timezone: UTC-3 (Brasília/Brazil)
I am a computer science student and interested in networking stuffs
I have worked on projects with C/C++ and java, focusing on developing security tools for Linux systems
I am also from Brazil =]
I love beach
I love meeting people, so it will be a pleasure to work with everyone

[jufajardini]

I’m always happy to see you all sharing a bit about yourselves.

I hope you’re having a good experience, so far!

In case you haven’t asked to be granted dev role on our Redmine project, please do so on this post, when you want to claim your first ticket: Outreachy Applicants: please share your OISF redmine user accounts here!.

[DeborahLanyero]

Hello, everyone🙂
I am happy to be here
I am Deborah Lanyero
pronoun: She/her
Time zone: EAT
I am a potential Outreachy Intern curious about Cyber Security and look forward to having a great time here.
I am from Uganda
Thank you for having me here

[gray]

Nice to meet you all.
I am Gray.
Pronouns: He/Him
Timezone: EAT (Nairobi)
Learning to code
Outreachy Applicant
I am from Kenya
: I have no pet

[malima (Samaila Anthony Malima)]

Hey everybody, nice to meet you all.
I am Samaila Anthony Malima, You can call me Malima.
Pronouns: He/Him
Timezone: WAT (Lagos)
Have experience in DevRel, Rust, JavaScript, C, Typescript, and Solidity
Outreachy Applicant
I am from Nigeria
I have no pet

[0xEniola (Daniel Olatunji)]

Hello Everyone!

I am Daniel Eniola Olatunji.
Pronouns: He/Him.
Timezone: WAT.
I am a Cyber Security Enthusiast, interested in Network Security, with knowledge in several Networking tools, Python, Linux, e.t.c.
I have mostly worked on Networks in sandboxed environment and written Python mostly for personal projects; this is my second time being an Outreachy Applicant.
: I am from the Nigeria.

[bakriabbas (Abubakr Mohammed)]

I am Abubakr.
Pronouns: He/Him.
Timezone: UTC+3.
I am a Network and Security Engineers, Linux system administrator.
Outreachy Applicant
I am from Sudan

[Kushal_Pokharel]

I am Kushal.
Pronouns: He/Him.
Timezone: UTC+5:45.
I am a software engineer, mostly used Haskell and pivoted to Rust recently
Outreachy Applicant
I am from Nepal

[Behroz_karim]

Hi everyone,
I am Behroz Karim, a recent computer science graduate from Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan. I am currently living in Pakistan as well. Over the past eight months, I have had the privilege of working as a software engineer, gaining invaluable experience that has deepened my passion for open-source contributions.

The world of open source has always intrigued me, and I have a personal connection to it as well. In one of the startups, we were actively developing products with the intention of eventually open-sourcing them. One such product, which you can find more about at nozl.dev, remains close to my heart. We were building this product on top of Nats which itself is an open-source project. Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, I had to leave the startup, and the dream of open-sourcing the product is still a work in progress.

Outreachy, to me, is the ideal platform to merge my passion for open source with the opportunity to learn and grow under the mentorship of experienced professionals in the field.

A fun fact about me is that besides knowing some programming languages, I know some natural languages as well. I’m fluent in Urdu, Balochi, Punjabi, Hindi, and Saraiki languages and I can understand some basic Arabic(Traditional) and Persian as well. Would love to meet someone who knows any of these languages.

[maitreyamarg (maitreya)]

Hi everyone, this is maitreya.
Pronouns: he/they
Timezone: UTC + 5.30 (India)

I’m a 30-something researcher and writer from India. I’ve dreamed of honing my programming skills and applying to Outreachy for a few years, and I’m really glad I’ve gotten this far this year.

I’ve been interested in open-source for more than 10 years, when I worked with a tech-activism nonprofit that helped me understand the value of open-source public goods. I remember doing some Drupal/Joomla migration stuff there and generally being fascinated!

I’m also really interested in security, which is why I’m keen to contribute to this project. Of late, I’ve been sharpening my Python skills, taking some basic courses in cybersecurity, and preparing to contribute to Outreachy projects!