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Associate Site Reliability Engineer

Hi, I'm Sankalpa Athukorala

Specialized in Site Reliability Engineering
Azure Kubernetes Terraform DevOps & CI/CD Prometheus & Grafana AI/ML Automation

Associate Site Reliability Engineer with 3+ years of experience across cloud infrastructure, production reliability, automated incident response, and CI/CD pipelines. Passionate about architecting resilient cloud systems, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and building intelligent automation agents for modern enterprise environments.

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Sankalpa Athukorala
Azure & SRE
Production Reliability
3+ Years
Professional SRE & Cloud Experience
Enterprise
Production Infrastructure & High Availability
Grade A
Published AI/ML Research
Azure + OCI
Multi-Cloud Infrastructure
Professional Background

About Me

Bridging Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Architecture, DevOps Automation, and AI Operations.

SRE & Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

I am an Associate Site Reliability Engineer and a BSc (Hons) in Information Technology graduate specializing in Software Engineering from SLIIT.

Over the past 3+ years, I have focused on ensuring 24/7 high availability, observability, and resilience across production cloud environments. My expertise encompasses Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), automated CI/CD deployment pipelines (GitLab), database administration (Oracle, SQLPlus), and cloud security posture management.

Beyond core SRE operations, I actively explore and develop intelligent automation solutions — combining AI agents with DevOps workflows to proactively detect anomalies and execute automated remediation.

Cloud Infrastructure & VMSS

Managing and optimizing cloud resources, Virtual Machines, App Services, and VM Scale Sets with high uptime guarantees.

Full-Stack Observability & Incident Response

End-to-end monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic, and incident response frameworks, executing Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

Cloud Security & Threat Response (SOC L1)

Implementing security best practices with Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDFC), Endpoint (MDE), Sentinel, and endpoint protection.

Career Roadmap

Professional Experience

A track record of managing enterprise cloud reliability, infrastructure automation, and software engineering.

Associate Site Reliability Engineer

IFS RnD International
Apr 2023 – Present (~3 Years)
  • Maintain and improve reliability, uptime, and performance across production Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
  • Proactively monitor infrastructure health, service metrics, and system alerts using Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, and ServiceNow.
  • Manage and optimize Azure Virtual Machines, App Services, and Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) to ensure high scalability and performance.
  • Collaborate with DevOps teams to design, build, and maintain automated CI/CD deployment pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, Bash, PowerShell, and scripting.
  • Support cloud containerized application workloads running on Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Execute Infrastructure as Code (IaC) provisioning, modularization, and environment configurations using Terraform.
  • Execute database administration activities including tablespace optimization, database cloning, import/export operations, patching, and SQLPlus scripts.
  • Implement security best practices and compliance controls using Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDFC) and Defender for Endpoint (MDE).
  • Apply foundational threat detection, incident triage, and monitoring with VMware Carbon Black and Microsoft Sentinel.
  • Perform thorough Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on production incidents to prevent recurring infrastructure anomalies.
Azure Kubernetes Terraform Docker GitLab CI/CD Linux & Windows Server PowerShell & Bash Oracle / SQLPlus Prometheus & Grafana Elastic ServiceNow VMSS

Trainee Software Engineer

International Trimmings and Labels (Pvt) Ltd (ITL)
Sep 2022 – Apr 2023 (5 Months)
  • Assisted in the design, full-stack implementation, and maintenance of software applications with high usability and performance.
  • Built responsive frontend interfaces and robust backend services using React, React Native, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB.
  • Designed and integrated RESTful APIs, schema definitions with Mongoose, and handled state management.
  • Applied best engineering practices in version control (Git), code reviews, testing, and debugging across modern JavaScript/TypeScript stacks.
React React Native Node.js Express.js MongoDB & Mongoose JavaScript (ES6+) REST APIs Git
Key Highlights

Major Projects & Systems

A showcase of intelligent automation agents, cloud infrastructure, AI research, and full-stack platforms.

Featured SRE + AI
AI + Cloud + DevOps Automation

Cloud Exporter & Telemetry Auto-Recovery Agent

An intelligent autonomous self-healing framework designed to detect monitoring exporter failures across distributed cloud virtual machines and automatically execute recovery workflows via automated orchestration and health validation.

Architecture Flow:
Telemetry Metrics → Alert Detection → AI Decision Layer → Automated Pipeline → Service Remediation → Post-Recovery Validation
Azure Prometheus Grafana GitLab CI/CD PowerShell & Bash Intelligent Automation
Automated Self-Healing
Grade A Research
AI/ML + Mobile + Microservices

CalcPal: Dyscalculia AI/ML Screening App

An AI-powered diagnostic and educational mobile platform for identifying and supporting Visual Spatial and Sequential Dyscalculia in children aged 7–10. Combines CNN (98% acc) for handwriting with XGBoost (96% acc) and Random Forest (92% acc).

Architecture:
Flutter Mobile → Spring Boot Microservices → MongoDB → Flask ML API (Docker on Azure VM)
Flutter Spring Boot Python / Flask CNN XGBoost Docker Azure
Research Repo Published
Infrastructure as Code
Cloud Provisioning

Terraform Azure Infrastructure

Designed and implemented modular, reusable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) configurations for automated provisioning of Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Subnets, Public IPs, Network Security Groups, and Resource Groups.

Terraform Microsoft Azure Azure CLI Linux HCL
View IaC Code
Cloud Native
Container Orchestration

Kubernetes Cluster & SRE Lab

Comprehensive hands-on lab exploring the Kubernetes control plane (API Server, etcd, Controller Manager, Scheduler, kubelet) and worker nodes. Configured Deployments, Services, Ingress, Persistent Volumes, and cluster debugging drills.

Kubernetes Docker kubectl etcd Linux Azure AKS
Lab Manifests
Workflow Automation
Self-Hosted Cloud DevOps

n8n Self-Hosted Automation Platform

Self-hosted, highly available workflow automation engine deployed on a Linux VPS using Docker Compose. Secured via Cloudflare Zero Trust Tunnels, automated SSL certificates, reverse proxying, and webhook integrations.

n8n Docker Compose Cloudflare Tunnel Linux VPS HTTPS / SSL
Compose Config
Research Project
Full-Stack & 3D Tech

Wolive: 3D Virtual Fitting Platform

Interactive e-commerce web platform featuring dynamic 3D virtual fitting rooms tailored to accurate customer body measurements, enabling virtual try-ons prior to checkout.

React TypeScript Node.js MongoDB REST APIs
Repository
Core Competencies

Technical Skills & Stack

A comprehensive breakdown of my cloud, DevOps, SRE, observability, and software engineering capabilities.

Cloud Platforms

Microsoft Azure Azure Virtual Machines VM Scale Sets (VMSS) Azure Virtual Networks Azure Monitor Azure Key Vault Azure CLI Oracle Cloud (OCI)

DevOps & SRE

Site Reliability (SRE) GitLab CI/CD Terraform (IaC) Kubernetes (k8s) Docker Linux Administration Windows Server Incident Response & RCA

Observability

Prometheus Grafana Elastic Stack ServiceNow ITSM Log Analytics Alert Management

Databases & Storage

Oracle Database SQLPlus Operations DB Cloning & Imp/Exp Replication Handling MongoDB MySQL

Development

React & React Native Flutter Node.js & Express Spring Boot Python & Flask JavaScript / TypeScript Java RESTful APIs

AI & Automation

CNN Architectures XGBoost & Random Forest Support Vector Machines (SVM) AI Operations Agents n8n Automation PowerShell & Bash Scripting
Credentials

Certifications & Continuous Learning

Formal credentials and ongoing professional development in Cloud, SRE, and AI.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Issued by Microsoft • Feb 2026

Certified

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

SLIIT • Grade A (Certificate No. CPAI 057) • Jul 2026

Certified (Grade A)

Terraform Infrastructure as Code

Coursera / KodeKloud • IaC Azure Automation

Completed

n8n Workflow Automation

KodeKloud • Self-Hosted Integration Architecture

Completed

Introduction to Cloud Computing & Security

Foundations of Multi-Cloud Architecture & Cloud Security Posture

Completed

AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) & AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer)

Microsoft Role-Based Advanced Certifications

Currently Pursuing (Expected 2026)
Academic Background

Education & Research

Academic degrees, scientific research, and foundations.

Mar 2021 – Mar 2025

BSc (Hons) in Information Technology, Specializing in Software Engineering

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)

Comprehensive study across Software Engineering, Distributed Cloud Computing, AI/Machine Learning, Database Management Systems, System Design, and Mobile Computing.

Final Year Research: CalcPal — AI/ML System for Dyscalculia Detection (Grade A, Published).
Jan 2011 – Jan 2020

G.C.E. Advanced Level in Technology Stream

C.W.W. Kannangara Central College, Mathugama

Built strong foundations in mathematics, physical logic, electrical technology, and analytical computing.

Let's Connect

Get In Touch

Interested in discussing Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, or collaboration? Let's connect!

Direct Email

Sankalpa.pasindu7@gmail.com

LinkedIn Profile

linkedin.com/in/pasindu-sankalpa

GitHub Portfolio

github.com/Sankalpa2000

Location

Sri Lanka