Associate Cloud Administrator, with database administration roots.
Associate Cloud Administrator | OCI | SQL | Linux | System Administration
I design cloud-backed products that look impossible to ignore.
I’m MD. I build with infrastructure discipline and front-end ambition. My work lives where AWS and Oracle Cloud meet Linux systems, SSH-heavy workflows, SQL-backed logic, and product experiences that need to feel premium from the first second someone sees them.
Cloud credibility backed by active operations and systems work.
System identity
MD / Minada Dehiwala
Cloud-first engineer with product taste and operational discipline.
md@portfolio $ portfolio --mode live
Loading cloud systems, education signals, and product proof.
2025 Foundations Associate
University of Bedfordshire graduate
SLIIT postgraduate path in progress
System map
What makes this portfolio different is the shape of the stack behind it.
I am not only interested in beautiful screens. I’m interested in what happens underneath: environments, reliability, databases, access patterns, runtime behavior, and the kind of structure that makes a project hold its shape under pressure.
Infrastructure with intent
Hosting, environments, access, deployment shape, and decisions that make a system understandable after launch, not just before it.
Backend and data awareness
Application behavior, database thinking, Linux familiarity, and enough systems intuition to keep architecture and implementation aligned.
High-impact product presence
Interfaces should carry clarity and authority. If someone lands on a build, they should feel intention before they read a single sentence.
Selected proof
Public work that already hints at the range.
2026
Student Management System
A cross-platform PHP platform with separate runnable flows for macOS and Windows, combining application logic with real setup scripting and environment awareness.
2025
Mino Stitches Website
A frontend-led site with a stronger presentation instinct, showing how product feel and interface polish can lift a brand-facing build.
2024
UnoMate
A Flutter application that extends the portfolio beyond the browser and demonstrates comfort with app-shaped systems, mobile flows, and broader delivery range.
2024
Math Game
A React and Vite project focused on gameplay, timing, scoring, and animated interface behavior, proving that interaction and implementation can move together.
Trajectory
The story is not “developer with some projects.” It’s momentum.
DAPS Innovations Pvt Limited
Working as an Associate Cloud Administrator after starting in a trainee database administration path. That progression matters: it shows trust, growth, and real systems exposure.
MSc in Information Technology at SLIIT
Continuing the technical climb instead of stopping at graduation. This adds depth to the hands-on work and keeps the trajectory moving upward.
First Class honours from the University of Bedfordshire
A strong academic signal behind the practical work, particularly in Computer Science and Software Engineering.
Signals worth seeing fast
Credentials, communities, and working context
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified Foundations Associate
- English: full professional proficiency
- Sinhala: native or bilingual proficiency
- IEEE student member
- Rotaract Club of SLIIT IT committee member
- Chess Club of SLIIT associate member
- Sri Lanka based, available for global-quality work
Operating style
I like projects that need structure, speed, and presence at the same time.
Read the system before decorating it
I want to understand the architecture, environment, constraints, and operational shape first. That is how the final build avoids feeling fake.
Make the first impression do real work
A portfolio, prototype, or client-facing environment should trigger confidence immediately. Good visuals are not decoration, they are strategy.
Leave the build feeling more expensive than expected
The details matter: rhythm, hierarchy, deployment clarity, interface weight, and the sense that someone careful touched every layer.
Connect
Bring me in when the build needs technical depth and visible polish.
Cloud-connected products, deployment cleanup, operational clarity, prototype environments, and systems that need to look expensive before they even start scaling.