Sarmilan Gunabala
Advisor - Cybersecurity at Utenriksdepartementet
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolSarmilan Gunabala is an Advisor in Cybersecurity at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with eight years of experience blending secure software development and cyber strategy. He previously consulted at Bekk, where he helped operationalize security practices across development teams and advised on complex information security programs. His academic background spans communication technology and networking (NTNU, QUT) plus political science (UiO), giving him a rare mix of technical depth and policy insight useful for national-level security alignment. He is skilled at translating regulatory and global standards into pragmatic, team-level controls and capacity building. Early roles—from building chatbots as an intern to serving in the Royal Norwegian Air Force—underscore his hands-on engineering instincts and calm decision-making under pressure. Based in Oslo, he combines consultancy rigor with public-sector impact, often focusing on empowering teams to sustain secure, innovative delivery.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Master's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)University of OsloVideregående, Studiespesialisering, Videregående, Studiespesialisering at Oslo katedralskoleNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian, Tamil, English
Github Skills (72)
redux10
react9
vite8
cypress8
typescript8
nextjs7
frontend7
geodesy6
office3656
k8s-operator6
smarthost6
css6
smtp6
rest5
api5
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
sarmil/lego-webapp
Feb 2018 - Dec 2019
LEGO Frontend
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 year 9 months
legojavascriptreactfrontend
kartverket/prodspek_arealplan
Mar 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:4 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
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