Professional Resume

Experience, skills, and professional achievements

Professional Summary

DevOps Engineer with expertise in Observability, Infrastructure as Code, and FinTech solutions. Passionate about building scalable, reliable systems through automation, comprehensive monitoring, and modern DevOps practices. Experienced in leading infrastructure initiatives, implementing observability frameworks, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines.

Core Competencies

DevOps & Infrastructure

  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
  • Container Orchestration (Kubernetes, Amazon EKS)
  • CI/CD Pipeline Design (GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
  • Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)
  • Configuration Management
  • Automation & Scripting

Observability & Monitoring

  • Datadog (Monitors, Dashboards, APM, Logs, Traces)
  • Prometheus & Grafana
  • Log Management & Analysis
  • Application Performance Monitoring
  • Distributed Tracing
  • SLI/SLO/SLA Definition & Monitoring

FinTech & Enterprise

  • Financial Services Infrastructure
  • Compliance & Security Best Practices
  • High-Availability Systems
  • Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Performance Optimization

Professional Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer

FinTech Organization | 2022 - Present

  • Led Total Observability as Code Initiative: Designed and implemented comprehensive Datadog-based observability framework, creating standardized monitors, dashboards, and alerting pipelines
  • Platform Engineering: Architected and maintained GitLab CI/CD driven platform for environment orchestration using Kubernetes, EKS, Helm, and ArgoCD
  • Storage Automation: Built end-to-end automation for FSx for NetApp ONTAP, including Terraform modules, Ansible playbooks, and export policy management
  • Operational Excellence: Implemented Oracle database log detection and Datadog integration pipeline with automated housekeeping
  • Infrastructure Optimization: Reduced deployment times by 60% through pipeline optimization and infrastructure automation

DevOps Engineer

Technology Services | 2020 - 2022

  • Managed cloud infrastructure across multiple AWS accounts
  • Implemented monitoring and alerting solutions
  • Developed automation scripts for routine operations
  • Collaborated with development teams on application deployment strategies

Key Projects

Total Observability as Code - Datadog (TOCD)

Comprehensive observability framework establishing standards for monitors, dashboards, and alerting pipelines. Includes repository structure, CI/CD integration, and best practices documentation.

LaunchApp Platform

GitLab CI/CD driven environment orchestration platform using Kubernetes/EKS with Helm and ArgoCD patterns. Enables self-service infrastructure provisioning for development teams.

FSx for NetApp ONTAP Automation

Complete automation solution for enterprise storage management, including Terraform infrastructure provisioning, Ansible configuration management, and automated export policy updates.

Oracle Log Detection Pipeline

Automated solution for detecting Oracle ORA errors and integrating with Datadog for centralized monitoring and alerting.

Technical Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, FSx, VPC)
  • Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation
  • Kubernetes, Docker, Helm

CI/CD & Automation

  • GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins, ArgoCD
  • Bash, Python, PowerShell

Observability & Monitoring

  • Datadog (Monitors, Dashboards, APM, Logs)
  • Prometheus, Grafana
  • ELK Stack

Development

  • Git, Version Control
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Configuration Management
  • API Integration

Achievements

  • Successfully migrated critical workloads to Kubernetes with zero downtime
  • Reduced incident response time by 70% through improved observability
  • Automated 90% of manual infrastructure tasks
  • Built and maintained infrastructure serving millions of transactions

Education

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
University of Colombo School of Computing

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (2024)

Contact

Email: contact@r.dolawatta.com
GitHub: https://github.com/radixian
Location: Sri Lanka