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Enterprise Applications & IT Delivery | Business-Technology Partner | Process Automation

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Worldwide
BCS Professional Graduate Diploma in IT – UK Level 6 (Bachelor's Honours equivalent)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Worldwide
BCS Professional Graduate Diploma in IT – UK Level 6 (Bachelor's Honours equivalent)

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Tharindu_Gunaratne_Profile.pdf

About me

Senior SharePoint consultant with 19+ years in SharePoint & Microsoft 365. I own an enterprise platform for 10,000 users and 1,300+ sites. Led a 2013 to 2019 migration of 50+ content databases. Available for migrations, intranets, document management and administration. Remote, CET hours.

.NET FrameworkBusiness Process ManagementBusiness Process AutomationBusiness TechnologiesChange ManagementDisaster RecoveryIT Service ManagementMessaging Application Programming InterfaceWindows APIOffice AutomationMigration ManagerService DeliveryService ManagementMicrosoft SharePointEnterprise Application SoftwareEnterprise Application PlatformSolution DeliveryDeployment AutomationApache NifiNintexCloud Migration
Enterprise Application Ownership & SharePoint
Technical ownership of enterprise collaboration and business-application platforms, including SharePoint Server and Online, managing 1,300+ sites across Production, Disaster Recovery, and UAT environments for a regulated bank with approximately 10,000 staff.

Workflow & Process Automation (Nintex)
Design, build, administration, and support of Nintex Forms and Workflow solutions, automating operational processes for banking business units and understanding the business logic, dependencies, and integrations behind each process.

IT Service Management & Disaster Recovery
End-to-end IT service delivery including incident management, root cause analysis, change management, business continuity, and disaster recovery, with documented recovery time objectives typically under 30 minutes for business-critical services.

Microsoft 365 & Cloud Platforms
Hands-on experience with Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, and Azure (Azure AI Fundamentals AI-900 certified), supporting enterprise-scale deployments and migrations.

PowerShell & Automation Scripting
Automation of administration, reporting, deployment, and maintenance tasks using PowerShell, integrated with Control-M and Apache NiFi.

SQL Server & Database Management
Planning and management of SQL Server environments including Always On configurations, load balancing, and migration of 50+ content databases for enterprise platform modernisation.

Governance, Risk & Compliance
Establishment of governance and operational standards covering change management, configuration, auditing, Data Loss Prevention, CIS Benchmarks, service accounts, and privileged access in coordination with Infrastructure and Information Security.

Software Development (C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, REST APIs)
Software engineering background including implementation of business logic using C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, and REST APIs, with experience in both enterprise application development and full-stack personal projects using Next.js, Python/FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.

Vendor & Stakeholder Management
Coordination of vendors including Microsoft, Nintex, DocuSign, and Oneil across technical evaluations, implementations, incidents, and service improvement, acting as a trusted partner to business owners, Infrastructure, Information Security, and development teams.

Requirements Gathering & Business Process Improvement
Partnering with business units to assess operational requirements, provide estimates, recommend secure and supportable solutions, and translate complex business needs into workflow and application solutions.

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2026

Languages

EnglishFluentSinhalaNative speaker

Project history

SharePoint Product Engineer (Enterprise Platforms)

Emirates NBD
Technical owner of the enterprise collaboration and business-application platform for a regulated bank, managing 1,300+ sites across Production, Disaster Recovery, and UAT environments. Responsibilities include partnering with business units to assess requirements and recommend solutions, building and supporting Nintex Forms and Workflow solutions, acting as primary technical escalation for complex production incidents, owning disaster-recovery documentation and testing, establishing governance and operational standards, automating administration with PowerShell integrated with Control-M and Apache NiFi, coordinating vendors including Microsoft, Nintex, DocuSign, and Oneil, and planning architecture, capacity, and resilience including SQL Server Always On and enterprise search.

SharePoint Consultant

Cyquent Technologies LLC
Customer-facing consultant delivering business solutions for government and enterprise clients across the UAE and Qatar. Worked directly with customers to understand requirements, recommend technical approaches, and implement solutions. Delivered intranets, workflows, document-management solutions, and business-process applications on SharePoint Online and on-premises. Served as Lead Developer for a SharePoint Online intranet and public website. Clients included Khalifa University, Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services, Urban Planning Council, Gulf Capital, Al Naboodah Group, Masdar City, and the Ministry of Labour.

Software Engineer (.NET)

Paragon Software Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
Implemented order-processing, registration, and driver-assignment business logic for commercial ordering and restaurant applications using C#, ASP.NET, and SQL Server. Contributed to modernising a legacy VB6 order-processing application into ASP.NET and delivered customer change requests and production fixes.

Trainee Software Engineer to Associate Quality Assurance Engineer

Navantis IT (Pvt) Ltd
Performed functional and regression testing, defect reporting, and documentation for enterprise projects including Elections Ontario, Microsoft Canada, and CNIB.

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