Padmaka Bandara
Summary
As a Network Engineer from University of Peradeniya, I believe in myself and have the courage and dedication that is needed to get a task accomplished in order to achieve optimum results. Self-motivation, team working and time management are some of my key skills. My diverse interests in extracurricular activities with the blend of my academic career, I have gathered leadership skills and take pride in whatever I do
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Network Engineer
Singapore Telecommunications Limited
2022.05 - Current
- Responsible for operation on Juniper (SRX5400/SRX380), Cisco ASA and Fortinet firewall solutions and maintaining IT Security Standards and Best Practices.
- Responsible for operation on Juniper EVPN-VXLAN Data center fabric (QFX Series Switches), Juniper MX480 edge routers, Juniper EX4300/EX3400 switches and Huawei Core Switches.
- Extend and control the route/access to customers via BGP.
- Responsible for operation of MEC (Multi-access edge computing) network infrastructure.
- Planning, implementation & operation on SSL VPN devices with MFA enabled (pfSense VPN).
- Planning, implementation & operation on multi VRF infrastructure.
Associate Lead Engineer - IT-Networks
Dialog Axiata PLC
2020.01 - 2022.04
- Responsible for performing detail capacity planning and Impact analysis on existing production network specially in situations such as site migrations, replacing obsolete Network components, when upgrading / capacity enhancement of existing network platforms.
- Managed firewall operations of Data Center, DMZ, User and service LAN Firewalls clusters.
- Managed Remote and Site to Site VPN operations.
- Implementation, operation and troubleshooting of IP routing and routing protocols (BGP, OSPS, etc).
- Responsible for guidance and recommendations to overcome the network layer architectural weaknesses in in-house developed corporate applications.
- New deployments for exposing Dialog Resources and Systems to external Parties and Organizations via VPN (Virtual Private Network), Wireless and Other means of Secure Network Connectivity. (including ACI SDN infrastructure, Cloud, DX, IDC)
- Being knowledgeable of current and commonly practiced network security optimization strategies and new security trends.
Specialist - IT-Networks
Dialog Axiata PLC
2017.09 - 2019.12
- Responsible for planning, implementation & operation of Checkpoint (R77.X/R80.X), Palo Alto (PA-5520/5050/3250/Panorama), Cisco ASA (5520/5545) and Fortinet (501E) firewall solutions.
- Implementation & operation on Cisco ACI stretched fabric network at Dialog IT primary datacenter.
- Designing, implementation & operation Axiata Global Group Security Operations Center network infrastructure.
- Maintain IT Security Standards and Best Practices.
- Operation of f5 load balancers and DHCP servers.
- Operation on AWS, Openswan, strongSwan VPN solutions.
- Provide operational and technical support to various internal customers as well as external & international partners and vendors.
- Managing and allocating total private IPv4 domain in the company.
Network Engineer - IT-Networks
Dialog Axiata PLC
2013.09 - 2017.09
- Implementation and troubleshooting of firewall rules on Checkpoint and Palo Alto firewall.
- Implementation and troubleshooting of S2S VPN(Cisco ASA 5520) and SSL VPN(SonicWall)
- Working on FireMon and Tufin firewall management services and network monitoring tools.
- Working with MPLS team to extend the IT services/networks to the MPLS network.
Trainee Software Engineer
Unicorn Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd
2012.06 - 2012.11
- Product is a centralized web-based application to ease & manage the functionalities in a Gymnasium. The solution was designed based on MVVM architecture.
- Design and implementations the functionalities of the shop module in the solution.
- Technologies used: Microsoft Silverlight, C#.Net, MySQL.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.
Sri Lanka06.2013
Skills
- Planning and implementation on firewall solutions.
- Designing improvements for Network security Threat management, performance, capacity and scalability.
- Oversee network architecture and provide proactive security strategies.
- Experiencing with communication and routing protocols.
- Designing network automation solutions.
- Dealing with escalated network support issues.
- Troubleshooting and providing RCA.
- In depth knowledge about IPsec VPN.
- Experienced in IT service request and incident management
- 9+ years of extensive hands-on networking and troubleshooting experience in large, distributed network and data center environments.
Accomplishments
- Member of Dialog Mercantile Football Team in 2018, 2019 & 2020.
- Member of Dialog Mercantile Cricket Team in 2016.
- Awarded Sri Lanka Universities' colors (SLUSA) for rugby in 2012 & 2013.
- Awarded University colors for Rugby in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013.
- Awarded University colors for Football in 2009, 2010 & 2011.
- Awarded Maliyadeva College colors for Football in 2006.
- Captain of the under 19 Football team in Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala.
Certification
- Cisco - CCNP Routing and Switching.
- Cisco - CCNP Enterprise.
- Cisco - CCNP Security - Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Core.
- AWS - AWS Certified Solution Architect-Associate.
- C|EH v11.
- ITIL v4 Foundation.
- Palo Alto Networks - PCNSE.
Additional Information
Personal Profile
Full name : Maraka Mudiyanselage Padmaka Piyanga Bandara
Gender : Male
Residential Address : Royal Court, 3 Jln Rajawali, #05-04, Singapore 598436.
Timeline
Network Engineer
Singapore Telecommunications Limited
2022.05 - Current
Associate Lead Engineer - IT-Networks
Dialog Axiata PLC
2020.01 - 2022.04
Specialist - IT-Networks
Dialog Axiata PLC
2017.09 - 2019.12
Network Engineer - IT-Networks
Dialog Axiata PLC
2013.09 - 2017.09
Trainee Software Engineer
Unicorn Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd
2012.06 - 2012.11
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.
- Cisco - CCNP Routing and Switching.
- Cisco - CCNP Enterprise.
- Cisco - CCNP Security - Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Core.
- AWS - AWS Certified Solution Architect-Associate.
- C|EH v11.
- ITIL v4 Foundation.
- Palo Alto Networks - PCNSE.
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