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Heshan Perera

Heshan Perera

Infrastructure. Cloud. IT support. Systems that work.

Hands-on IT professional with more than 20 years across infrastructure, cloud platforms, systems administration, technical support and business applications. From resolving day-to-day incidents to designing dependable platforms, I help organisations keep technology secure, reliable and ready to grow.

  • Infrastructure engineering
  • Cloud and Microsoft 365
  • Systems administration
  • Application support
  • Web implementation
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Based in Sri Lanka. Open to New Zealand and international opportunities. Remote, hybrid and on-site roles considered.

Hands-on experience at every layer of the stack
  1. People and supportEnd users, training, incidents
  2. Applications and webLaravel, APIs, websites, databases
  3. Workplace platformsMicrosoft 365, Google Workspace
  4. Cloud and serversAWS, hosting, CI/CD, automation
  5. Network and securityAccess controls, policy, DNS, SSL
  6. Backup and recoveryBackups, restores, DR readiness

What I do

One professional, four areas of practice. I move between them as the work requires, which is what most IT teams actually need.

  • Infrastructure and cloud

    I design, build and run the servers, cloud services and networks applications depend on, and automate their upkeep.

    AWS / Servers and networking / Backup and recovery / CI/CD

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  • IT support and administration

    I resolve incidents, support users, and administer the workplace platforms a business runs on day to day.

    Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace / Troubleshooting / User training

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  • Web and applications

    I implement, deploy and support websites and business applications, including modernising legacy systems.

    Laravel and PHP / REST APIs / Hosting, DNS and SSL / Databases

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  • Technical leadership

    I lead IT teams and work with business stakeholders, while staying close to the technical work myself.

    Team of five / IT policy / Vendor coordination / Mentoring

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Results from the work

Outcomes from roles I have held, each traceable to the position it came from.

Availability sustained on business-critical infrastructureManager IT and DevOps Engineer roles
99.9%
Lower infrastructure maintenance costs on AWSDevOps Engineer role
50%
Of manual maintenance automated away each weekDevOps Engineer role
10 hrs
Faster applications after moving legacy PHP to LaravelWeb Administrator and Developer role
50%
Faster critical data retrieval after database tuningDevOps Engineer role
20%
Shorter project delivery timelinesManager IT role
25%

Selected projects

Each case study sets out the problem, my role, the technology, the solution and the outcome.

All projects
  • In development2026, in development

    Multi-tenant logistics and courier platform

    Replacing two separate legacy systems with one multi-tenant platform, plus an API for a driver and staff mobile app.

    Independent project for a logistics and courier company in Sri Lanka

    Laravel / PHP / MySQL / REST APIs / Flutter

  • Delivered2021 to 2023

    AWS infrastructure and operations

    Architecting and operating the AWS infrastructure behind business applications, then automating its upkeep.

    DevOps Engineer at an engineering software company

    AWS / CI/CD / Automation scripting

  • Delivered2013 to 2020

    Legacy PHP to Laravel modernisation

    Rebuilding ageing PHP applications on Laravel while running the hosting, DNS and deployments they relied on.

    Web Administrator and Developer at a contracting company

    PHP / Laravel / REST APIs / OAuth / DNS / SSL / CI/CD

Career at a glance

From the help desk to running infrastructure. Every step added a layer without leaving the earlier ones behind.

Full experience

  1. 2023 to present

    Manager IT

    Kingslake Engineering Systems

    Responsible for the company's infrastructure end to end: designing it, keeping it running, and leading the team that supports it.

  2. 2021 to 2023

    DevOps Engineer

    Kingslake Engineering Systems

    Built and operated the cloud infrastructure behind the company's applications, and removed manual work from maintenance and releases.

  3. 2013 to 2020

    Web Administrator and Developer

    Technical Architect Contracting LLC

    Kept client websites and applications online and fast, and rebuilt ageing applications on a modern framework.

  4. 2004 to 2013

    IT Assistant and Purchasing Officer

    Stassen Exports (Pvt) Ltd

    First-line and second-line IT support for an export business: users, servers, networks and everything in between.

Hiring for an infrastructure, support or implementation role?

Based in Sri Lanka. Open to New Zealand and international opportunities. Remote, hybrid and on-site roles considered.

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