Kosala Atapattu is a Senior Application Engineer based in Auckland with around a decade of hands-on experience in UNIX systems, DevOps and IT operations. He has a track record of designing cost-effective, operationally sound solutions across large enterprises and government projects, from AIX and IBM PowerSystems to cloud and OpenStack deployments. Known for meticulous attention to detail, he combines deep scripting chops (Perl, shell) with modern automation using Ansible and Python to streamline CI/CD and infrastructure management. His background spans customer-facing roles and technical account management, where he maintained customer satisfaction and developed reusable automation libraries. Comfortable both leading migrations and writing the tooling that keeps systems stable, he brings a pragmatic, proactive approach to reducing operational risk. Outside day-to-day work he’s an open-source-minded UNIX fanatic who prefers automating repeatable processes over manual firefighting.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Sri Sumangala College
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
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