Madeesha Fernando
Melbourne,Australia
Summary
Critical thinking DevOps Engineer with extensive understanding of high availability architecture and concepts. Purpose-driven professional with the capacity to be a strong team player while working effectively independently. Seeking a Solutions Architect role to leverage expertise in API management, cloud-native technologies, and DevOps practices to drive customer success and innovation.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Tally Group
10.2024 - Current
- Designing and executing cloud infrastructure migrations, resulting in enhanced system flexibility for multi tenancy.
- Creating proofs of concept for migrating CORE billing engine to Tally side.
- Streamlining deployment processes, significantly reducing deployment times and enhancing team productivity.
- Contributing to the creation of a DevOps culture within the organization, leading to increased agility and cross-functional collaboration.
- Documenting software development methodologies in technical manuals to be used by IT personnel in future projects.
- Automating routine tasks, freeing up team members to focus on more complex issues and innovation.
- Providing 24/7 on-call support for critical systems, ensuring high availability and rapid issue resolution.
DevOps Engineer
Alinta Energy
01.2020 - 10.2024
- Architected and implemented scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS
- Spearheaded Kubernetes-based deployments, providing API gateway integrations and container orchestration
- Automated infrastructure provisioning using CloudFormation,Terraform and AWS CDK, streamlining deployment processes
- Delivered comprehensive CI/CD pipelines, enabling seamless development and deployment lifecycles
- Optimized workloads for cost efficiency and performance
- Designed disaster recovery strategies and conducted security assessments to maintain compliance
- Provided technical leadership and mentoring for cloud-based projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Improved code deployment efficiency by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines.
- Automated manual tasks through scripting languages such as Python or Shell, boosting team productivity levels.
- Designed and implemented containerization strategies using Docker and Kubernetes, improving resource utilization and management.
Cloud Engineer
WSO2 Inc.
04.2017 - 11.2019
- Developed and deployed WSO2 API Manager and Identity Server solutions in Kubernetes-based environments
- Designed fully automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using Jenkins and Puppet
- Contributed to hybrid cloud delivery models using AWS and GCP for optimized customer implementations
- Created Helm charts and deployed applications in EKS clusters
- Led troubleshooting efforts to resolve complex production issues and sustain workload performance
Consultant (Onsite)
Unisys Australia
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Deployed WSO2 API Gateway in development, test, and production environments
- Implemented API definitions using Swagger and integrated them into Jenkins-based CI/CD processes
- Conducted performance testing and validation
Trainee Software Engineer
hSenid Mobile
10.2015 - 09.2016
- Supported the development and maintenance of software projects by adhering to coding standards
- Gained hands-on experience with programming languages and software engineering methodologies
Education
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
University of Moratuwa - Sri Lanka
01.2017
Skills
- Microservices architecture
- System administration
- Containerization technologies
- Project planning
- Incident management
- Performance management
- API development
- Linux operating system
- Scripting languages
- Monitoring and logging
- Maintenance and troubleshooting
- Release management
- Continuous deployment
- Amazon web services
- Source and version control: git, github
- Agile
- Software development tools: JIRA, confluence
- Project documentation
Certification
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), 02/01/26
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Tally Group
10.2024 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Alinta Energy
01.2020 - 10.2024
Consultant (Onsite)
Unisys Australia
06.2019 - 08.2019
Cloud Engineer
WSO2 Inc.
04.2017 - 11.2019
Trainee Software Engineer
hSenid Mobile
10.2015 - 09.2016
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
University of Moratuwa - Sri Lanka
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