1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Prageeth Pathirana
AMIE, MBA(Finance), B.Sc.Eng
Sri Lanka: # 365, KohalwilaRd,Kelaniya,Sri Lanka
Mobile +94 727741323
pathirana78@gmail.com
An Associate Member of Institute of Engineers Sri
Lanka (AMIE) holds a MBA (Finance) from the
Universityof Kelaniya and B.Sc. Engineering (Elec.
& Electro.) Degree, University of Peradeniya.
Career History 13 Yrs +
Manager - Core NetworkSystems
2012 June to Date 5Yrs
Lanka bell (Pvt) Ltd
Reportedto General Manager(Technical)
Sectionsundermy handson
administration
 4G EPC Network
 IP/MPLS Core Network
 ISP Gateway Routers :
 Cable Landing Station
Workingas the in-charge and operational leadfor Huawei 4G EPC
deploymentsinLankabell starting from evaluation stage to
maintenance.
Hands on extensive experienceandknowledge onHuawei EPC nodes(
HSS-HSS9860, MME-USN9810, PGW-UGW9811,CG9812, M2000)
external PCRF & OCS such as Elitecore.
Managing engineeringteamand handson administrationof entire
IP/MPLScore network elements,4GEPCNetwork Nodes,Internet
Service ProviderGateway RoutersandInternationalFiberCable Landing
Stationwhichare the mostcritical Networksof the company.
Hand on operational experiencesondeliveringthousandsof L2& L3
VPN,VoIP,IDDVoice, NetworkingTechnologiessuchas MPLS, Routing
protocol (BGP,OSPF,ISISand EIGRP),L2 Technologies(VLAN,STP,Port
Channeling,etherChanneling,Multilink),LAN/WANtechnologies(VRRP,
HSRP,POS -STM1, STM4, STM16, E1, 10GigabitEthernet,
GigabitEthernet,FastEthernet),IPv4/IPv6,QOS,VPNs(MPLSVPNsL2,
L3 and VPLS,IPSec,GRE)
Extensive handsonoperationsandtroubleshooting onCiscoRouters
(GSR 12406, 7604, ISG7301, 1941) Switches(CiscoME3400, WS-
C3750G) Firewall ( CiscoASA 5540, PIX) Service Control ( Cisco
SCE2020), Huawei GatewayRouters( NE40-X8),JuniperRouters&
Switches( MX-960, MX-480, ACX2100),WIFI controller&APs.
Hands onexperienceonAsteriskPABX&VoIP,Linux andSolarisservers,
DNS servers,Squidproxy,NMSsolutions.

2. SeniorNetwork Engineer
2011 to 2012 1 Yrs+
OneZero (Pvt) Ltd
A fully owned subsidiary of Commercial Bank
Reported to CEO
Pre Sales: Technical presentationswithCustomers,design networkand
IT solutions
Post sales : Implementation of network solutions
Manager – IT Security
2008 to 2012 4 Yrs+
Administration of email servers and open source applications
Such as, Asterisk, and Linux Servers
Bell Solutions
A fully owned subsidiary of Lankabell (Pvt) Ltd
Managing network team efficiently, administration of network,
Network maintenance, security & troubleshooting, PC maintenance,
systems administration in Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation.
Duringthe service period, assigned duties as the In charge for Entire IT
and Network of Sri Lanka Insurance & responsible for all IT support
services which have to be provided by Bell Solutions to Sri Lanka
Insurance a secondment from Bell Solutions and reported to GM
Hands on IT operations in Insurance Corporation Data Center
SystemsEngineer 2 Yrs+
2006-2008
Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation
SystemsEngineer 2 Yrs+
2003-2006
Worked as a Systems Engineer with over 3 + years of experience in
design,installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting
of Cisco based LAN/WAN infrastructure, data center operations, SAN
storages, IBM mainframes, load balancers and security using Cisco
routers/Switches/ Cisco PIX Firewall
Administrations of LAN/WAN over 2000+ computers
Extensive experience in installation & administration of Windows
2000/2003/2008 Domain Controllers, Active Directory installation &
Administration, Linux servers and Applications servers, IIS, ISA
ConsultantforSecurity(implementation,administration) onCiscoPIX
Firewall,Spamfilters,Anti-virussolutions,NetworkManagement,log
analysis &SecurityAudits. Administrationof AvayaPABXsystemof Sri
Lanka Insurance Corporation
Central EngineeringConsultancyBureau(CECB)
Performing duties and responsibilities of the Head of ICT services of
LAN/WAN of the Bureau. Administration of 250+ Computers, Windows
Domain Controllers, ISA Servers, End Switches & Routers

3. Professional Memberships Associate Memberof Institute of EngineersSri Lanka
Higher Educations
Professional Qualifications
Overseas Training &
Conferences
Project Management Skills
[Major]
Milestone
Extracurricular Activities
MBA (Finance) –Universityof Kelaniya
B.Sc. Engineering Degree (Electrical & Electronic) , University of
Peradeniya
Diploma in InformationSecurity Control and Audit conducted by
Institute of Charted Accountants of Sri Lana.
Annual Cooperate IT Security in India-2008
MBA managementtrainingatEntrepreneurshipDevelopmentof India -
2009
Contributedtothe successful completionof LTEprojectas the
operational headforEPC deployment.
Contributedtothe successful completionof IP/MPLSexpansionproject
as the operational head.
Performance Excellence Awards - NominatedforBestManager
Lankabell 2013/14
Memberof School Volleyball team
PlayedtoVolleyballteamof Facultyof Engineering
Long runner
SummarizedPersonal
Profile
Name in Full Hewa Pathirannehelage Anuradha Prageeth Pathirana
Primary Education
Civil Status
Royal College - Colombo
Married
Nationality Sri Lankan
Age 38Yrs
Sex Male

4. Referees Eng. Sapumal Jayathissa
General Manager (IT)
Lanka Hospitals
No 578, Elvitigala Mawatha,
Narahenpita,
Colombo 5,
Sri Lanka.
Cont No: 0777289865
Chamil Indika
Senior Manager (Data Base)
Lanka Bell LTD
No 304, Galle Road,
Colombo 3,
Sri Lanka.
Cont No: 0727403665