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Professional Experience

// Career Timeline

2024 – Present

Senior Systems Engineer - Windows

Gapstars

  • Administer and maintain Windows Server environments (2016-2022) across production and test infrastructures.
  • Manage and optimize Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization environments, including VM provisioning, performance tuning, failover testing, and lifecycle management.
  • Design, implement, and maintain Acronis Backup and Disaster Recovery solutions for physical and virtual servers, ensuring data integrity and business continuity.
  • Automate Windows server administration and operational tasks using Ansible, reducing manual workload and improving deployment consistency.
  • Implement automated Windows patch management via Ansible, including patch scheduling, testing, deployment, and post-patch validation.
  • Monitor system health, backup status, and patch compliance, and perform root-cause analysis for backup, performance, and system failures.
2022 – 2024

Systems Engineer - Linux

Pearson Lanka

  • Demonstrated experience in handling Linux-based systems, such as RHEL, CentOS, and Debian.
  • Skilled in Python and Bash for automating complex processes and tasks. In-depth understanding of Network File System (NFS) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Proficient in utilizing configuration management tools, specifically BMC.
  • Expertise in using Zabbix as a monitoring tool to manage system performance.
  • Well-versed in the ITIL change management process, facilitating controlled and orderly updates and changes.
2021 – 2022

Engineer, Application Management

London Stock Exchange Group

  • Proficient in using CI/CD tools like Jenkins for seamless and automatic deployments.
  • Experienced in utilizing BitBucket for efficient version control tasks.
  • Skilled in monitoring and tracking systems using the Datadog platform.
  • Familiar with managing and working with AWS resources.
2019 – 2021

Systems Engineer (Contract Basis)

Pearson Lanka - Contracted via IFS Holdings

2017 – 2019

Associate Systems Engineer

Cybergate Services (Pvt) Ltd

  • Proficient in setting up and configuring pfSense firewalls, including Captive Portal configurations.
  • Demonstrated expertise in server clustering, DHCP, and DNS configuration.
  • Skilled in implementing Multi-WAN load balancing settings.
  • Comprehensive experience in both physical and virtual server management.
  • Capable of performing PBX configuration tasks.