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Chanaka Bandara

@chanakabandara

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Seasoned DevOps and integration engineer focused on cloud reliability.

Sri Lanka

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can lead cloud-native infrastructure, automate CI/CD and integration, improve reliability, and work in collaborative, SRE/DevOps-focused teams with growth and impact.

I am a seasoned software developer and DevOps engineer with deep experience in designing, coding, testing and integrating enterprise solutions across cloud and on-prem environments.

I have delivered production-grade Kubernetes platforms (OpenShift, EKS, GKE), built reusable Terraform modules, and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab and ArgoCD to enable zero-downtime deployments and canary rollouts.

My integration experience includes WSO2 APIM/MI/IAM, Kafka integration for at-least-once delivery, ELK-based observability, and HashiCorp Vault for secret management — I have also led disaster recovery design and environment migrations.

I hold CKA and WSO2 certifications and bring a pragmatic, automation-first approach to optimise data flow, reduce operational cost, and improve system reliability.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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DevOps Consultant

Current

Mediconsult Oy

Jan 2024 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Developed Azure DevOps extensions to sync and convert automated test results, wrote Groovy cleanup scripts for Nexus OSS, and performed a seamless CentOS 7 to Rocky Linux migration preserving applications and data integrity.

Azure DevOps Python Groovy Nexus)Rocky Linux CI CD Test Automation Nexus

Senior DevOps and Integration Engineer

SergainLabs (PVT) Ltd

Jan 2022 - Jan 2024 (2 years)

Managed production-grade Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters, deployed WSO2 APIM/MI/IAM, integrated Kafka for at-least-once delivery, and implemented Jenkins CI/CD pipelines with canary deployments and DR site design.

OpenShift Kubernetes WSO2 APIM Kafka Jenkins Helm Terraform

DevOps Engineer

Mediconsult Oy

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year)

Built multi-environment Terraform projects in GCP, improved CI/CD with caching and multistage builds, integrated Vault with Jenkins, deployed ELK monitoring, and designed DR sites with active/passive and active/active modes.

Terraform GCP)Jenkins ELK Stack GKE CI CD Load Testing GCP

Software Engineer Java

WTS Lanka (PVT) Ltd

Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years)

Developed a real-time analytics server and log-processing Spring Boot application, integrated Kafka for event streaming, and created Angular dashboards plus Docker Swarm CI/CD deployments.

Java Spring Boot Kafka ELK Stack Angular Docker Tomcat JBoss CI CD

Software Engineer PHP

Fortuna Global (PVT) Ltd

Jan 2017 - Jan 2019 (2 years)

Developed custom WordPress themes and plugins, built multisite WordPress solutions and e-commerce/web applications using the Laravel framework to meet customer requirements.

WordPress PHP Laravel E Commerce HTML CSS MySQL Ecommerce

Associate Software Engineer

Nanosoft Solutions

Jan 2013 - Jan 2016 (3 years)

Designed and developed .NET ERP and microfinance solutions, implemented web services for online banking, enhanced reporting capabilities, and supported IIS-hosted deployments.