About
A Computer Engineer with Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master's in Computer Science from Canada. More than two years of industrial experience as a Cloud Engineer and currently working as an Intermediate Software Release QA Specialist. Self-learner and a good team player. Learning and working on new technologies is my passion. Machine Learning, Data Science, Robotics and Embedded Systems are my research interests. Travelling and hiking keeps me active.
Engineer & Developer
Born in Srilanka, Living in Canada, Looking forward to exploring the world...!
- First Name: Lavaanantha
- Last Name: Thayaparendran
- Current Job: Software Release QA Specialist
- City: Burnaby, British Columbia
- Degree: MSc. Computer Science
- Email: lavan012@gmail.com
- Phone: +1(604)-690-4197
If you can clearly write down the problem,
The matter is half solved
Technical Skills
Operating Systems
Programming Languages
Cloud Technologies
Embedded systems/Microcontrollers
Resume
Summary
Lavaanantha Thayaparendran
Computer Engineer with more than two years of professional experience in tech. Started my acadamics in electrical & electronic engineering and developed skills in electronic circuit design, embedded systems development, robotics, and software development. Then started my career in IT industry as a cloud engineer at datacenter and currently working as a software release QA specialist in cyber security firm. Well experienced in cloud computing, network design and implementation following security best practices, system administration and programming. Python is my strong programming language, especially for backend web development, automation, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, data procesing and visualization. Looking forward to develop myself in advanced technologies to cope with the future engineering needs.
Education
Master of Science in Computer Science | GPA 3.87/4.0
2019 - 2021
Memorial University, NL, Canada
Courses accomplished in data visualization, machine learning, advanced topics in computer vision. My master's final project was in robotics to implement a solution for an indoor localization for robots using HTC VIVE’s AR technology.
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering | GPA 3.58/4.0
2013 - 2017
Srilanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), Srilanka
Did major in electronics and computer architecture, mainly focused on analog and digital design principles, telecommunication and networking, embedded systems development, robotics and real-time operating system development. For the final year project, Worked on UAV design and implementation.
Professional Certifications
Other Activities
Vice President of Computer Science Graduate Society
2020 – 2021
Memorial University
Graduate Student Representative for Program (Master of Data Science) Review Committee
Winter, 2021
Memorial University
Worked (Volunteer) as a mentor for International Students with Internationalization Office
Winter, 2020
Memorial University
Professional Experience
Intermediate Software Release QA Specialist
2022 January - Present
Fortinet, BC, Canada
- Writing scripts (Python, Batch & Shell) to automate test cases for the software release testing.
- Implementing and managing automation pipeline (Airflow).
- Conducting regular performance tests for each new build to set resource benchmarks and to ensure the software performance.
- Ensuring application stability for new customer requirements, including checking system limits and performance.
- Identifying and filing the bug reports.
Full-Stack Visualization Developer – CO-OP
2020 April - 2020 December
Memorial University, NL, Canada
- Worked for the physics and oceanography department at memorial university on a project for the department of fisheries and ocean Canada (DFO).
- Worked on python flask back-end to improve the latency in data visualization for users.
- Did some research work with different data structures (netCD to Zarr) to understand the performance improvement for big data in a cloud environment.
- Designed, implemented and tested a Docker-based scalable cloud infrastructure to deploy the solution from a physical infrastructure.
- Worked on Terraform to automate the cloud deployment.
- Worked on “PREFECT”, a dataflow automation toool to implement a data pipeline to automate the conversion of netCDF data to Zarr.
Cloud Engineer
2017 April – 2019 September
- Worked for the department of cloud planning and product development (Datacenter).
- Worked on cloud solution designing, implementation and managed customer solutions in cloud.
- Experienced in IP planning, network design and implementation in cloud infrastructure.
- Experienced in wide area of cloud technologies: Cloud virtualization, FortiGate firewall, VMware cloud platform, software-defined datacenter tools and specialized in cloud managed services.
- Responsible for preventive maintenances and BCP compliance activities with monthly and weekly task schedules.
- Responsible for developing Processes and Procedures to ensure proper FCR handling and SLA enhancements.
Contact
I would be happy to work on Data Science, Machine Learning, Python Development, Cloud or Robotics projects.
Looking forward to explore new oppertunities.
Location:
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Email:
lavan012@gmail.com
Call:
+1(604) 690 4197