Chathuranga Bandara Abeyarathna

Chathuranga Bandara Abeyarathna has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Starting in 2011, they worked as a Visiting Lecturer at EWIS Career Training, teaching Adobe Flash and Adobe Photoshop for web designing. In 2012, they served as an IT Systems Administrator at Induwara Productions, where they deployed and maintained computer systems.

From 2013 to 2016, Chathuranga worked at Rezgateway, initially as a Technical Support Executive providing helpdesk support and later as a Junior System Administrator, System Administrator/Team Lead, and finally as a Senior System Administrator. In these roles, they managed and troubleshooted high availability Linux and Windows servers, performed maintenance tasks, and trained and guided support teams.

In 2016, Chathuranga worked as a Freelance DevOps Engineer at Perceptive Mind Australia, where they created CI/CD pipelines using Ansible and Jenkins for deployments on the AWS platform.

In 2016, they joined Pearson and held multiple positions, including DevOps Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer, and Associate Technical Lead. Chathuranga Bandara worked with Pearson's cloud infrastructure, implemented CI/CD pipelines, and provided application support for critical applications.

In 2019, Chathuranga joined Emirates Group as a Senior DevOps Engineer, focusing on CI/CD automation and infrastructure as code for hybrid cloud adoption.

In 2019, they also joined Wiley as an Associate Technical Specialist, where they worked on the internal Kafka platform, introduced Jenkins deployment pipelines, and set up CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.

Chathuranga's most recent position, starting in 2021, is as a DevOps Consultant at Spree3D. In this role, they work with Gruntwork, introduces automation into applications, makes changes to infrastructure provisioning pipelines, and deploys applications using various tools and technologies.

Overall, Chathuranga has a strong background in DevOps, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud technologies, gained through their diverse work experiences in different companies and roles.

Chathuranga Bandara Abeyarathna's education history includes completing a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) program at the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology - EWIS Career Training Centre from 2010 to 2011. During the same period, they also pursued a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) course at the Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka. Prior to this, from 1994 to 2007, Chathuranga attended Kingswood College, where they completed their Ordinary and Advanced Level education with a focus in the Agri Sci. Stream. In addition to their formal education, Chathuranga has obtained certifications such as Cisco Certified Network Associate from Cisco in June 2010, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in June 2010, and AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in February 2018.