Dhahan Rathnayaka

Managed Kubernetes deployments (GKE) and GCP managed/unmanaged instances, created CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and ArgoCD, and led FinOps cost optimizations that reduced monthly cloud spend by $30,000.

Owned six production systems and co-owned three major systems; provisioned Linux servers, implemented CI/CD with GitLab CI, and deployed monitoring platforms (Zabbix, ELK, Signoz) to improve observability and availability.

Completed internship in Technology Strategy and Access Network Planning, gaining hands-on exposure to network planning and development tasks within the engineering division.

Activities and societies: Final year project: AI-Based Heart Monitoring System (heart sound and pulse monitoring using deep learning); IEEE publication.

Completed a BSc (Hons) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from January 2017 to August 2021.

Completed the Deep Learning Specializations on Coursera in 2020.

Completed the Terraform course from Palo Alto Networks Academy in 2020.

Activities and societies: Courses listed: CCNA and other professional training (2019).

Completed short courses/certifications delivered by the University of Moratuwa in 2019.

Completed an Advanced Certificate in the English Language at NIBM in 2017.

Activities and societies: Advanced Level subjects: Combined Mathematics (A), Physics (B), Chemistry (C); General English (B).

Completed secondary education at Maliyadeva College Kurunegala from January 2002 to August 2015.