nipunap

👋 Hi, I’m Nipuna Perera

I’m a seasoned professional specializing in managing complex database environments to ensure robustness and high availability. At Udemy, I have over 3 years of experience as a Senior Staff Datastore Reliability Engineer, where I’ve successfully scaled Redis clusters, migrated Apache Kafka to AWS MSK, and conducted extensive R&D.

My background includes over 16 years of working with Linux, giving me a deep understanding of Linux internals and proficiency in bash scripting. I have a broad range of experience with Linux-hosted database systems, Kubernetes, and AWS cloud-native managed databases. Additionally, I’ve worked with MySQL since version 4.2, gaining extensive knowledge of MySQL internals.

Previously, I led the EMEA DBA team at Zendesk, where we maintained a 99.95% availability for AWS Aurora/RDS MySQL production environments, supporting a vast customer base. Our efforts in developing analytics platforms and a Go-based monitoring tool significantly enhanced data-driven decision-making and database performance.

💼 About Me

I’m a Senior Staff Datastore Reliability Engineer at Udemy with 16+ years of experience in database technologies, cloud infrastructure, and automation. I’ve successfully:

🚀 Scaled and maintained large-scale Redis clusters for high-availability production environments
🔬 Led extensive R&D projects for database optimization
⚡ Managed 200+ database clusters with 99.95% uptime
🔄 Migrated 50+ Kafka applications handling 2M+ messages/day