Chamara Yaparathne

DevOps Engineer (AWS/ Azure / Cloud Infrastructure) [0713064140] | [kanishkayaparathne@gmail.com] | [www.linkedin.com/in/chamara-yaparathne] | [https://github.com/chamaray] | [Kandy, Sri Lanka]

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Strategic Senior DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in Azure Cloud Architecture and Platform Automation. Expert in architecting highly available CI/CD ecosystems, managing containerized workloads via Kubernetes, and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Proven track record in reducing deployment lead times by 300% and slashing infrastructure costs through rigorous cloud governance and automated scaling.

TECHNICAL SKILLS MATRIX

  • Cloud Platforms: Azure (Primary), AWS, On-prem Hybrid Cloud
  • IaC & Automation: Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, Ansible, PowerShell, Bash
  • Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS), Helm, Azure Container Registry (ACR)
  • CI/CD & Tools: Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, SonarQube
  • Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, ELK Stack
  • Security & Networking: Azure Key Vault, VNets, NSGs, Private Links, DevSecOps (Snyk, Aqua)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

[Company Name] | Senior DevOps Engineer Jan 2021 – Present

Project: Modernizing a high-traffic FinTech processing engine (1M+ daily transactions).

Strategic Responsibilities:

  • Infrastructure Automation: Architected and deployed a multi-region Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environment using Terraform, ensuring 99.99% availability.
  • CI/CD Orchestration: Engineered end-to-end YAML-based Azure DevOps pipelines that automated testing, security scanning, and blue/green deployments, increasing release velocity by 300%.
  • Site Reliability & Monitoring: Implemented comprehensive observability using Prometheus and Grafana, reducing Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) by 40% through automated alerting.
  • Cost Management: Executed a cloud-spend audit and automated resource scheduling, resulting in a 45% reduction in monthly Azure expenditure.

Technology Stack: Terraform, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure DevOps, Helm, Azure Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Application Insights, Docker.

[Previous Company] | DevOps / Systems Engineer July 2017 – Dec 2020

Project: Building and scaling a customer-facing E-commerce portal with real-time inventory tracking.

Strategic Responsibilities:

  • Cloud Migration: Spearheaded the migration of legacy on-premise SQL servers to Azure SQL Managed Instance, improving data redundancy and disaster recovery RTO/RPO.
  • Build Automation: Developed reusable CI templates for .NET Core applications, standardizing the build process across 12 different microservices.
  • Security Integration: Integrated DevSecOps practices by implementing automated vulnerability scanning (Snyk) and managing secrets via Azure Key Vault.
  • Scalability: Configured horizontal pod autoscalers and Azure App Service plan scaling rules to handle 5x traffic spikes during holiday seasons.

Technology Stack: Azure App Service, Azure SQL, Docker, RabbitMQ, PowerShell Scripting, ARM Templates, Azure Monitor.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

  • B.S. in Computer Science – [University Name]
  • Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

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