I'm Pirinthika Masilan, a Canada-based AWS Cloud Engineer, DevOps Specialist, and SRE with 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and operating scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS and across multi-cloud environments. I excel at building robust CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible, containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, and implementing monitoring and security best practices to improve reliability and time-to-market. I have hands-on experience with PKI and secrets management, migration projects, database performance tuning, and scripting in Python, Bash, Groovy, and PowerShell. I thrive in Agile teams, collaborate across development and operations to drive reliability, and apply Site Reliability Engineering principles to automate operations and ensure high availability.

Pirinthika Masilan

I'm Pirinthika Masilan, a Canada-based AWS Cloud Engineer, DevOps Specialist, and SRE with 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and operating scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS and across multi-cloud environments. I excel at building robust CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible, containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, and implementing monitoring and security best practices to improve reliability and time-to-market. I have hands-on experience with PKI and secrets management, migration projects, database performance tuning, and scripting in Python, Bash, Groovy, and PowerShell. I thrive in Agile teams, collaborate across development and operations to drive reliability, and apply Site Reliability Engineering principles to automate operations and ensure high availability.

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I’m Pirinthika Masilan, a Canada-based AWS Cloud Engineer, DevOps Specialist, and SRE with 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and operating scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS and across multi-cloud environments. I excel at building robust CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible, containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, and implementing monitoring and security best practices to improve reliability and time-to-market.

I have hands-on experience with PKI and secrets management, migration projects, database performance tuning, and scripting in Python, Bash, Groovy, and PowerShell. I thrive in Agile teams, collaborate across development and operations to drive reliability, and apply Site Reliability Engineering principles to automate operations and ensure high availability.

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Work Experience

Cloud Security Analyst at Scotiabank
November 1, 2024 - November 6, 2025
Led PKI operations within the Cloud Acceleration initiative, including certificate issuance/renewal/revocation and trust chain validation for internal and customer-facing systems. Designed and enforced IAM policies to strengthen RBAC across cloud platforms, reducing unauthorized access incidents by 25%. Directed lifecycle management of cryptographic keys in hybrid environments and implemented secret management across Azure, HashiCorp Vault, and other tools. Automated certificate migrations via PowerShell, Java Keytool, and OpenSSL. Collaborated with App and Security Engineering to integrate PKI and secrets controls into CI/CD pipelines, accelerating secure releases. Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Ansible, boosting deployment speed by 40%. Introduced monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and AWS CloudWatch to improve incident detection and resolution times.
Software Developer- Cloud at BlackSwan Technologies
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024
Designed and deployed scalable AWS architectures (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, ECS, VPC) for high availability and cost efficiency. Built robust CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild/CodeDeploy/CodePipeline) enabling blue/green deployments and seamless cloud migrations. Managed highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS ECS with automated scaling and self-healing. Automated monitoring with CloudWatch/CloudTrail using Python, Groovy, and Bash. Implemented Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and CloudFormation; migrated legacy apps to Lambda serverless architecture, reducing operational costs by 35%. Orchestrated ArgoCD for automated Kubernetes deployments and Nexus for artifact management.
Cloud Software Engineer at HCL Technologies
April 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022
Developed REST APIs using Spring Boot and MySQL, improving response times and reliability. Optimized MySQL schemas, reducing data redundancy and improving query performance. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Terraform, enabling automated deployments and rapid release cycles. Implemented comprehensive monitoring using AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, and Prometheus, reducing incident response times. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design scalable system architectures, delivering performance improvements and early project completion.
Software Engineer Intern at Mutants International Pvt Ltd
February 1, 2019 - February 1, 2019
Led Angular-based frontend development for a Beauty Parlor application, delivering a high-quality product within a week. Implemented a tailored tour package module, driving a notable increase in customer bookings. Collaborated with a team of full-stack developers to optimize timelines and reduce costs, delivering ahead of schedule.

Education

MSc in Computer Science at University of Moratuwa
January 1, 2022 - December 1, 2024
BSc in Information Technology at University of Moratuwa
January 1, 2016 - May 1, 2020

Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
HashiCorp Terraform Associate
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services