Brayan Perera, Developer in Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Brayan Perera

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Systems Architect Developer

Location
Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Toptal Member Since
November 3, 2021

Brayan is a systems architect and site reliability engineer with over 13 years of professional experience in systems engineering in industries such as healthcare, telecommunications, and banking. He has brought added value to client projects by architecting and implementing highly available enterprise application platforms, NFV platforms, and OpenStack private cloud deployments. Brayan is proficient with automation, Linux scripting, MySQL administration, clustering, and IaC.

Portfolio

Teel Technologies
Docker, DevOps, Linux, Bash, Python, PHP, Kubernetes, LAMP, MySQL...
Healthway Medical
Ansible, Bash Script, Docker, Python, Terraform, Networking, AWS Fargate...
hSenid Mobile Solutions
Ansible, Bash Script, DevOps, Linux, Grafana, Git, Docker, OpenStack...

Experience

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Python, Terraform, MySQL, Ansible, Docker, OCI, OpenStack, Git

The most amazing...

...tool I've built is a compliance management system that allows one to create, manage and apply rules based on compliances such as CIS/PCI-DSS on multiple hosts.

Work Experience

Site Responsibility Engineer

2021 - PRESENT
Teel Technologies
  • Developed and managed CI/CD pipelines for eight projects regarding SaaS product deployment.
  • Created a backup and restore tool for on-premise application environments.
  • Developed Terraform modules to provision three infrastructure environments within AWS cloud, including two EKS clusters.
  • Integrated the organization's self-hosted runners for GitHub Actions pipelines.
  • Performed operations-level enhancements to the project and application by introducing new workflows and automation.
Technologies: Docker, DevOps, Linux, Bash, Python, PHP, Kubernetes, LAMP, MySQL, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CodeBuild, Argo CD, Amazon EKS, Terraform, Kubernetes Operations (kOps), Helm

Systems Architect

2021 - 2022
Healthway Medical
  • Migrated a clinic management system to AWS Fargate, which serves more than 30 medical clinics in Singapore.
  • Introduced an IaC practice for infrastructure management to the IT department.
  • Managed the automation for edge devices via an RMM platform.
Technologies: Ansible, Bash Script, Docker, Python, Terraform, Networking, AWS Fargate, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, GitHub, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Amazon RDS, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon EC2

Systems Architect

2018 - 2021
hSenid Mobile Solutions
  • Designed and participated in developing an NFV VNFM platform for a telecommunications client. OpenStack interfacing, a microservice API design and development, and database and application workflow design were completed under this role.
  • Designed and developed an Ansible collection to automate deployment tasks in multiple projects within the organization.
  • Assisted a healthcare company in migrating their workloads to AWS Fargate and developed a CI/CI pipeline for automated deployment of new application versions.
Technologies: Ansible, Bash Script, DevOps, Linux, Grafana, Git, Docker, OpenStack, Prometheus, Python, Terraform, MySQL, Ceph, Networking, Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, GitHub, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Amazon RDS, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), OpenAPI, Amazon EC2, Microservices, RESTful Microservices, RESTful Web Services

Associate Systems Architect

2017 - 2018
hSenid Mobile Solutions
  • Recommended architectural improvements for multiple telecommunication application platform deployments.
  • Upgraded an OpenStack Private Cloud deployment from RHOSP 7 to RHOSP 10 for a Singapore university institute.
  • Designed OpenStack deployment focusing on site-to-site instance migration for a Singapore telecommunication company and managed the platform's deployment.
  • Developed an application to centrally manage the in-house application deployments leveraging Bash, Python, and Ansible.
Technologies: Ansible, Bash Script, Docker, Ceph, Linux, MySQL, OpenStack, Networking, Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, Amazon RDS, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), OpenAPI, Amazon EC2

Tech Lead (Systems Implementation)

2016 - 2017
hSenid Mobile Solutions
  • Designed the site-to-site fail-over Redhat Enterprise Virtualization Cluster leveraging GlusterFS storage.
  • Contributed to the team effort of developing and implementing standards in the customer support and implementation processes.
  • Designed and developed Service Manager, a Shell and Python-based application for manage and failover services in a Linux environment without using a native cluster solution.
  • Implemented company policies, technical procedures, and standards for preserving the integrity and security of data, reports, and access.
Technologies: Bash Script, Linux, MySQL, Networking, GlusterFS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps Engineer, Amazon RDS, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon EC2

Senior Implementation Engineer

2012 - 2016
hSenid Software Singapore Pvt Ltd
  • Involved in implementation and support of several application platforms for a leading mobile operator in Singapore for 3.5 years as the onsite systems engineer.
  • Gained knowledge of various mobile operator technologies including, Sigtran Stack, SMSC, USSDC, SMPP, and HLR provisioning.
  • Gained knowledge and experience on Nokia Surepay IN and supported application platforms.
  • Acted as lead engineer on various R&D projects for trending technologies in system deployment.
Technologies: Bash Script, Linux, MySQL, Nagios, Python, SANs, Switch Configuration, RAID, Ansible, Networking, GlusterFS, DevOps Engineer, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), LAMP, Amazon EC2

Implementation Engineer

2008 - 2012
hSenid Mobile Solutions
  • Involved with support and implementation of enterprise application platforms for various mobile operators in multiple countries.
  • Conducted customer training programs in Sri Lanka and the Nation of Brunei.
  • Acted as an onsite support engineer for a leading mobile operator in Brunei for 1.5 years.
  • Involved with the deployment of mobile recharge and messaging platforms.
Technologies: Bash Script, Linux, Nagios, Networking, SANs, LAMP

Migrate Clinic Management System to AWS Fargate

Migrated an EC2 deployed clinic management system of a Singapore client to AWS Fargate. I used Terraform to create the ELB, target groups, ECS task definitions, and ECS Fargate service creation. For the CI/CD pipeline, I used GitHub actions to deploy the applications to staging and production environments.

VNF Manager (VNFM) - NFV MANO

An application that plays a role as a General VNFM in NFV MANO architecture defined by ETSI.

I was the principal architect in the project and developed two out of eight microservices within the application platform, one utility tool, and an entire automation framework with Ansible.

• VNF Package Creator: A tool that accepts the YAML configuration file as an input to create a TOSCA-based VNFD package based on ETSI specification.
• VNF Package Parser: A microservice that parses a TOSCA-based VNF package and oversees the package for ETSI package management.
• VIM Adapter: An application that creates and manages the virtual resources stated in the VNF package in the underline OpenStack platform via Terraform.
• An Ansible Collection that plays the core role for automation in deployment and application provisioning within the platform.

Element Management System - NFV MANO

A Python Flask-based application that plays an element management system role in ETSI NFV MANO architecture.

I was the architect who designed the application aligned with ETSI specifications and played the tech lead and principle developer role in the project. I developed five out of 12 microservices within the application.

• EMS Lifecycle Manager: VNF Component Instance lifecycle manager.
• EMS Service Manager: VNF Instance service management application.
• Patch Management framework: Ansible-based patch management tool.
• VNF Indicator Manager: ETSI component for VNF instance metric collection.
• Local SSL Certificate Issuer: Application to issue local CA signed SSL certificates.

Service Management Script Framework

A Bash and Python-based tool to manage application services and provide auto-recovery features to the applications which run in the non-clustered Linux environment.

I was the designer and developer of the tool. It is being used in many customer environments of hSenid Mobile.

Centralized Patch Management Tool

A Bash, Python, and Ansible-based application which has the capability of installing and upgrading applications in remote servers. The application provides configuration management and application patch management features.

I was the designer and developer of the application. It was adopted in the hSenid Mobile NFV product suite to manage the application updates and service application deployment on instance creation.

Languages

Bash Script, Python, Bash, PHP

Tools

Terraform, Ansible, Docker Compose, Nagios, Celery, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Git, Grafana, GitLab CI/CD, Shell, AWS ELB, AWS Fargate, Amazon EKS, GitHub, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CodeBuild, Helm

Paradigms

DevOps, Microservices

Platforms

Linux, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenStack, LAMP, Amazon EC2, AWS ALB, Azure, Kubernetes

Other

Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, SANs, RAID, Networking, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps Engineer, Amazon RDS, Kubernetes Operations (kOps), RESTful Microservices, RESTful Web Services, Business Solutions, Information Systems, Prometheus, Switch Configuration, GitHub Actions, CI/CD Pipelines, ECS, Argo CD

Libraries/APIs

SQLAlchemy, Flask-RESTful, REST APIs, OpenAPI, Python API Bindings for OpenStack

Storage

MySQL, Ceph, GlusterFS, Redis, Oracle Cloud, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon EFS

Frameworks

Flask

2005 - 2008

Bachelor's Degree in Information and Communication Technology

University of Colombo School of Computing - Colombo, Sri Lanka

DECEMBER 2021 - PRESENT

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft

AUGUST 2020 - PRESENT

Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2019 Certified Specialist

Oracle

JULY 2020 - PRESENT

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Architect Professional

Oracle

JULY 2020 - PRESENT

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Cloud Operations Associate

Oracle

JULY 2020 - PRESENT

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Architect Associate

Oracle

JULY 2020 - PRESENT

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2020 Certified Associate

Oracle

AUGUST 2017 - PRESENT

Red Hat Certified Engineer in Red Hat OpenStack

Red Hat

AUGUST 2017 - PRESENT

Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack

Red Hat

MARCH 2014 - PRESENT

Oracle Certified Professional, MySQL 5 Database Administrator

Oracle

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