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Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Accomplishments
Software
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Amila Gunawardana

Senior Software Engineer - Analytics Engineering
Colombo,Western

Summary

I’m currently working as a Senior Software Engineer - Analytics Engineering at Wiley Global Pvt. Ltd. I’m looking forward to work in an environment which provides an opportunity to enhance skills and apply them to grow parallel with the organization, and also expect to achieve career goals with dedication hard work. Seeking to use proven Business Intelligence and modeling skills to improve quality, cost and time metrics for upcoming and existing projects. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certifications

Work History

Senior Software Engineer Analytics Engineering

Wiley Global
Colombo, Western Province
08.2021 - Current
  • Building Data Warehouses for financial data in research publications on snowflake database this has been impacted to sales teams directly.
  • Writing ETLs and ELTs using Apache Airflow
  • Creating Power BI repots for executive board for sales teams, Earlier practice was to analyze data manually for each month and historical data were not available
  • Create data quality dashboards for better transparency of data
  • Creating and maintaining data models inside Data warehouses
  • Worked with customers to understand needs and provide excellent service.
  • Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues.
  • Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity.
  • Managing and mentoring junior colleges

Senior Business Intelligence Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group
Colombo, Western
06.2021 - 08.2021
  • Creating and managing Sprints
  • Review junior code and perform code Freeze
  • Design and Implement Data Warehouses using Microsoft BI Stack
  • Create and Manage Power BI reports for Executive boards overlooking interdepartmental data
  • Create and Monitor ETL systems using SSIS

Business Intelligence Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group
Colombo, Western
10.2019 - 06.2021
  • Writing Data custom pipelines using python
  • Automating data gathering from JIRA for dashboards for further analysis
  • Create Dashboards using PowerBI for LEI/SEDOL team for monitor performance of the team
  • Create Outlier Detection Report by using python integration in PowerBI
  • Build a tool (Python Flask web application) for LEI for searching GLEIF Registration Authorities and other related entry searching
  • Maintaining and building Data Warehouses using Microsoft BI Stack (SQL server, SSIS,SSAS) for Company Fundamentals and Securities Dividends data
  • Gathering requirements from end users and implement data warehouse solutions
  • Worked with UI path and figuring out the Processes that can be automated
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems

Business Intelligence Engineer

Ayra Analytics Pvt (Ltd.) (now goes as Octopus BI)
Colombo, Western
08.2017 - 10.2019
  • Developed DANN (Data Analytics Neural Network) For generating SQL queries from Any Dataset Given (Python)
  • Creating a Sentiment Analysis system for analyzing teacher comments for students.
  • Power BI Reporting
  • Data Warehousing in On-prem MSSQL server environments
  • Creating and managing AWS Cloud System resources (EC2, S3, Redshift)
  • Azure VDI Creation and Maintenance
  • Azure ML Studio and Azure SQL server
  • Started a IoT Device project that is Capable of monitoring plant growth and watering in Australian K12 schools.
  • Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electronics and IT

University of Colombo
Colombo
01.2014 - 12.2017

GED -

St Sebastian's College
Moratuwa
01.2010 - 12.2012

Skills

  • Ability to communicate with stake holders to Engineers
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Certification

  • Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate (https://bit.ly/3lBAwJo)

Affiliations

Former LEO member of university of Colombo and member of Moratuwa Centennial.

Accomplishments

  • Got Meraki Award for best project in LSEG regarding a automation project for LEI team in year 2020.
  • Got award for best team in the LSEG BSL Sri Lanka in year 2020
  • Two times Youngest Speaker in SLDC (Sri Lankan Data Community)
  • Got selected to final 24 of "kotiyak watina adahasak" reality program organized by Sirasa TV (MBC/ MTV Channels (Pvt) Ltd). (https://kva.mobitel.lk/index.php/teams/)
  • Best team leader at LEO Leadership camp (ACCIO 17

Software

  • Python
  • Power BI
  • DAX
  • Airflow
  • Core Java
  • C#
  • TSQL
  • Snowflake
  • MySQL
  • SSIS
  • Tabular

Interests

  • Enthusiasm in searching new electronic devices and components for enhance the effectiveness day to day life activities
  • Blogging and learning new technologies
  • Robotics and AI Machine Learning using Python
  • Troubleshooting computers and other electronic devices (mobile phones etc)
  • Passionate about teaching
  • Playing Rugby as a hobby

REFEREES

  • Gogula Aryalingam,

Lead Architect – Business Intelligence | MVP, Data Platform,

Fortude Pvt Ltd, 146 Kynsey Road, Colombo 7,

Email : gogulaa@gmail.com,

Phone : 0773066440


  • Dr. Hiran H E Jayaweera

Senior Lecturer Department of Physics,

University of Colombo, Colombo 03.

Email : hiran@phys.cmb.ac.lk,

Phone : 011 215 8351/0716029334

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer Analytics Engineering

Wiley Global
08.2021 - Current

Senior Business Intelligence Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group
06.2021 - 08.2021
  • Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate (https://bit.ly/3lBAwJo)
01-2021

Business Intelligence Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group
10.2019 - 06.2021

Business Intelligence Engineer

Ayra Analytics Pvt (Ltd.) (now goes as Octopus BI)
08.2017 - 10.2019

Bachelor of Science - Electronics and IT

University of Colombo
01.2014 - 12.2017

GED -

St Sebastian's College
01.2010 - 12.2012
Amila GunawardanaSenior Software Engineer - Analytics Engineering