PASINDU DISSANAYAKE
Gampaha
Summary
Professional DevOps engineer prepared to bring innovative solutions to complex challenges. Extensive experience in automating workflows and maintaining high availability systems. Known for reliability and adaptability, with strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Skilled in containerization, cloud services, and monitoring tools.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior DevOps Engineer
ITelaSoft Pty Ltd
01.2024 - Current
- Reduced deployment times with the introduction of CI/CD pipelines for 10+ projects.
- Streamlined infrastructure management, achieving a 50% reduction in configuration time, by leveraging automation tools like Kubernetes and Terraform.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement in the software delivery process.
- Evaluated emerging technologies in the DevOps space and recommended strategic adoption of solutions that aligned with organizational goals and requirements.
- Optimized cloud resource usage by analyzing cost metrics and making recommendations for more efficient configurations.
- Mentored 2 junior team members, fostering professional growth and improving overall team performance.
- Contributed to architectural decisions, ensuring scalable and maintainable designs for future expansions of application services.
- Documented software development methodologies in technical manuals to be used by IT personnel in future projects.
- Successfully delivered high-quality results within tight deadlines, completing 80% of projects on or ahead of schedule in a fast-paced environment.
DevOps Engineer
ITelaSoft Pty Ltd
10.2022 - 12.2023
- Built CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitHub/GitLab) focusing on DevSecOps best practices, resulting in faster and more secure software delivery.
- Setting up and working with code quality and security vulnerability code scanners, such as SonarQube.
- Containerizing applications using Docker for efficient deployment and scalability.
- Improved code deployment efficiency by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines.
- Provisioning and configuring AWS resources following industry best practices.
- Deployed and administered AWS EKS Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration, enabling efficient management of containerized applications.
- Deploying resources on Kubernetes clusters using Helm charts, Kustomize, and Kubernetes operators.
- Implementing load balancing solutions in AWS Cloud using Nginx, HAProxy, and AWS ELB.
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for automated and reproducible infrastructure provisioning, reducing manual errors and enabling easy replication of environments.
- Extensive experience with multiple AWS services, leveraging their capabilities to optimize system performance.
- Developing workarounds for limitations with Open Source tools to ensure smooth operations.
- Incorporating version control practices with existing application source code bases for efficient collaboration and tracking.
- Implemented MS Intune controls and SentinelOne EDR for company devices, enhancing device security and reducing the risk of cyber threats.
Junior DevOps Engineer
ITelaSoft Pty Ltd
02.2021 - 07.2021
- Assisting in day-to-day cloud monitoring operations to ensure the availability and performance of cloud infrastructure.
- Deploying and managing resources in AWS Cloud, following best practices for scalability and cost optimization.
- Provisioning configurations and implementing other AWS services in accordance with security best practices, such as CIS Compliance with more 90% compliance status in AWS benchmarks.
- Automating security and deployments through CI/CD pipelines, utilizing tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins.
- Implementing cloud automation tools like Terraform and Cloud Custodian to streamline and automate infrastructure management.
Associate Engineer - Information Security - SOC Operation Deputy Lead
CryptoGen
02.2021 - 07.2021
- Served as a Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst, responsible for security event monitoring, incident escalation, cyber threat intelligence analysis, and client report preparation.
- Promoted to the lead position dedicated to one customer (13000 endpoints to monitor), ensuring strong customer relationships, process improvements, and adherence to customer requirements for security monitoring services provided by Crypto SOC.
- Demonstrated proficiency in scripting (including PowerShell), Linux, EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response), Linux system administration, and SIEM, ensuring smooth operations and quick issue resolution.
- Served as a subject matter expert providing guidance on engineering best practices throughout the organization during various stages of project development cycles.
Intern - SOC Analyst
CryptoGen
01.2021 - 02.2021
- Assisted in SOC operations, including event monitoring, incident escalation, and analysis, ensuring optimal security.
- Supported the team in conducting cyber threat intelligence analysis and preparing client reports.
- Gained hands-on experience with honeypot deployments.
- Gained experience related to Cyber Threat platform deployments such as OpenCTI.
- Tested various security products related to logging and other open-source tools.
- Supported staff members in their daily tasks, reducing workload burden and allowing for increased focus on higher-priority assignments.
OS Troubleshooting Assistant - (Part Time)
Singer Sri Lanka
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Troubleshooted OS issues of the customers.
- Got experience in customer service.
- Determined the issues of laptops (whether they were hardware related or software related issues).
- Greeted guests in with friendliness and professionalism.
- Contributed to a positive work environment with strong interpersonal skills and proactive teamwork attitude.
Education
Bachelor of Cyber Security - Cyber Security
Deakin University
Australia09-2021
Advanced Diploma - Cyber Security
CICRA Campus
Sri Lanka08-2019
Skills
- Microservices architecture
- Cloud computing expertise
- Containerization technologies
- Scripting languages
- Incident management
- Infrastructure automation
Certification
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
- Issued on Dec 2024
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- Issued on Dec 2021
Certified Ethical Hacker CEH v10
- Issued on Oct 2022
CyberArk Trustee Level Certification (v10.6)
- Issued on Mar 2019
Splunk 7.x Fundamentals Part 1 (eLearning)
- Issued on Jun 2019
Splunk User Behavior Analytics (eLearning)
- Issued on Jun 2019
CCNA Cyber Security Operations Professional Certificate) SLIIT
- Issued on 2019
Hobbies
- Studying on how to deploy blockchain nodes.
- Testing/Studying Crypto mining models.
- Testing/Deploying AI models in Cloud (StableDifusion).
- Watching Movies
Timeline
Senior DevOps Engineer
ITelaSoft Pty Ltd
01.2024 - Current
DevOps Engineer
ITelaSoft Pty Ltd
10.2022 - 12.2023
Junior DevOps Engineer
ITelaSoft Pty Ltd
02.2021 - 07.2021
Associate Engineer - Information Security - SOC Operation Deputy Lead
CryptoGen
02.2021 - 07.2021
Intern - SOC Analyst
CryptoGen
01.2021 - 02.2021
OS Troubleshooting Assistant - (Part Time)
Singer Sri Lanka
01.2016 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Cyber Security - Cyber Security
Deakin University
Advanced Diploma - Cyber Security
CICRA Campus
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