Kushan Janith

DevOps Engineer

New Zealand

About

Hey there! I'm a DevOps Engineer with a passion for building robust & secure developer platforms. I've got hands-on experience with multiple cloud service providers and DevOps technologies, and I'm all about making software development and deployment a breeze. Let's build amazing things together!

Work Experience

2023 - present

DevOps Engineer – NetValue

Deliver DevOps solutions to various clients at NetValue.

Automate cloud infrastructure provisioning with Terraform.

Build CI/CD pipelines on various tools with a focus on clients in the genomics industry.

• AWS • Terraform • Kubernetes • Linux • GitHub Actions • GitLab • Datadog

2022 - 2023

DevOps Engineer – iVedha Inc.

Build CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps for multiple applications.

Manage multiple Kubernetes environments.

Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and other daily tasks with Bash & Python.

Set up a centralized logging system using Elastic Stack.

Perform R&D tasks for initiatives and suggest potential improvements and enhancements to existing services and solutions.

• Kubernetes • Azure DevOps • Azure • Terraform • AKS • Helm • Elastic Stack • Linux • ArgoCD • Docker

2022 - 2022

Site Reliability Engineering Intern – Wiley

Managed a multi-cluster Kubernetes-as-a-Service platform while ensuring their reliability.

Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration on AWS, Rancher, and HC Vault with Terraform.

Managed a Jenkins platform and its pipelines.

Performed R&D tasks for initiatives and suggest potential improvements and enhancements to existing services and solutions.

• Kubernetes • Terraform • Jenkins • AWS • EKS • Helm • Docker • Rancher • Linux • HashiCorp Vault • Groovy

2021 – 2022

Associate Network Security Engineer – Lanka Communication Services (Pvt) Ltd

Worked on configuring, implementing firewall solutions, and troubleshooting network problems for small to medium sized companies.

Worked with customers to form and fix appropriate policy and signature rules.

• Firewall Administration • Computer Networking • Network Security • Fortinet • Checkpoint • Sophos

2021 - 2021

Systems Engineering Intern – Metana Inc.

Worked on installing and configuring new systems and infrastructure.

Worked on troubleshooting technical issues in Linux and Windows environments

Infrastructure patching and vulnerability management.

Provided level 1 and level 2 technical support.

• System Administration • Computer Networking • Linux • Windows • Information Security

2020 - 2020

Systems Engineering Intern – John Keells IT

Provided L1 technical support for internal users and while responding to security incident

Migrated 250+ users from on-prem AD to Azure-AD

• System Administration • Computer Networking • Linux • Windows

Projects

2021

SentinelPlus: A Cost-Effective Cyber Security Solution for Healthcare Organizations link to Kinetic Spectrums

Implemented an email data loss prevention solution to reduce unauthorized PHI disclosure as my individual component of this final year research project.

NLP • Python

Certifications

Education

2018 - 2022

BSc (Hons) in Information Technology Specializing in Cyber Security

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

2009 - 2017

Secondary Education - GCE OL/AL

Ananda College - Colombo 10

Skills & Technologies

• Kubernetes • Terraform • Azure • Azure DevOps • AWS • Linux • Jenkins • AKS • EKS • Helm • Docker • Python • Rancher • HashiCorp Vault • Elastic Stack • ArgoCD • Git • Cyber Security • Groovy • GtiHub Actions • Octopus Deploy

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