Kovisha Karunya

Backend Engineer at BlackSwan Technologies

Kovisha Karunya has a strong background in software engineering and data engineering. They worked as a Backend Engineer at BlackSwan Technologies, where they developed a Knowledge Graph based Application using Python and AWS technologies. They also utilized Swagger Open API Specifications and followed a cloud agnostic service using Hexagonal Architecture.

Prior to that, Karunya worked as a Data Engineer at Wiley Sri Lanka. They utilized Snowflake, Python, and scripting languages to consolidate data from various business sources to an Enterprise data lake. They automated the consolidation process using Airflow and strictly followed engineering best practices throughout the automation.

Karunya also has experience as a Site Reliability Engineer at Pearson Lanka. In this role, they worked with AWS services to solve infrastructural and operational problems. They focused on application development, deployment, and job automation, gaining extensive exposure to AWS Cloud services.

Overall, Karunya's work experience demonstrates their expertise in software development, data engineering, and cloud technologies.

Kovisha Karunya's education history starts in 2015 when they attended Girls' High School Kandy, where they studied Biological Science. After completing their secondary education in 2018, they enrolled at SLIIT in 2019 to pursue a Bsc Hons (Information Technology) degree, specializing in Data Science. Kovisha completed their undergraduate studies at SLIIT in 2022.

In addition to their formal education, Kovisha Karunya has also obtained several certifications. In 2021, they completed the "Python Core" course offered by SoloLearn. Kovisha also obtained the "Java Programming" certification from SLIIT in the same year. In 2019, they completed the "IT Essentials" course provided by Cisco Networking Academy.

More recently, Kovisha Karunya has focused on obtaining certifications related to cloud computing and data analytics. In 2021, they completed the "Data Analytics A-Z with Python" course from Udemy and the "Intensive 2021 Python and Data analysis Libraries" course, also from Udemy. Kovisha also obtained certifications from A Cloud Guru, including "Implementing a Full CI/CD Pipeline," "A Cloud Guru - Introduction to AWS," and "Deploying to AWS with Terraform and Ansible."

In 2022, Kovisha Karunya obtained certifications in "Hands On Essentials - Data Warehouse" from Snowflake and "Introduction to Airflow with Python" from DataCamp. Additionally, they completed the "Azure Data factory for Data engineers" course provided by Udemy.

It is important to note that there is an additional certification mentioned, "Google Analytics for Beginners," which was obtained in 2023. However, since the chronological information provided ends in 2022, it is uncertain whether this certification is accurate or a typographical error. Therefore, no strong assumptions should be made about this certification.

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  • Backend Engineer

    February, 2023 - present