Personnel file · Security lead
Mahesh Mudannayaka
An IT infrastructure and network engineering specialist whose career spans team leadership, cloud administration, and network implementation across Australia and Sri Lanka — securing the systems businesses actually run on, from the wire up.
Master of IT — Charles Sturt University
BSc — University of Peradeniya
Based in Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne · AU
01 / Overview
Infrastructure & Cyber Security Lead
Currently leading an infrastructure team at Bapcor, one of Australia's largest automotive parts groups, Mahesh brings hands-on depth that most security consultants lost years ago: he has racked the servers, built the networks, administered the cloud tenancies, and carried the on-call phone.
His career runs from network implementation at Lanka Logistics & Technologies and cloud administration at Creative Alley, through network engineering and IT operations roles at Truetel, All Purpose Pumps, and Crash Technology in Australia — a track record of keeping real businesses online, patched, and protected.
Mahesh holds a Master of Information Technology from Charles Sturt University and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Peradeniya, and began his career demonstrating at Peradeniya — a teaching instinct he still applies when handing systems and security practices over to client teams.
“Most breaches don't start with an exotic exploit — they start with an unpatched box, a flat network, or an account nobody deprovisioned. Get the fundamentals right and you're ahead of ninety percent of the threat landscape.”
0Years across IT & infrastructure
0Countries worked (AU & LK)
MITCharles Sturt University
02 / Expertise
Areas of deep expertise
Network Engineering & Security
IT Infrastructure
Cloud Administration
Firewall & Perimeter Hardening
Identity & Access Management
Endpoint Security
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Network Implementation
IT Team Leadership
Vendor & Asset Management
IT Support Operations
Security Awareness & Enablement
03 / Track record
Professional experience
Current
Team Lead — Bapcor
Leading IT infrastructure and team operations for one of Australia's largest automotive parts groups, overseeing the systems a national retail network depends on.
Australia
Level 2 Network Engineer — Crash Technology
Network engineering and escalation support across client environments — diagnosing, hardening, and maintaining business-critical networks.
Australia
IT Officer — All Purpose Pumps
Owned IT operations end to end for a specialist manufacturer: infrastructure, endpoints, and day-to-day security posture.
Australia
Network Administrator & IT Support — Truetel
Administered networks and delivered IT support across telecommunications and IT services clients.
Sri Lanka
Cloud Administrator — Creative Alley
Administered cloud environments and tenancy configuration, access, and availability.
Sri Lanka
Network Implementation Officer — Lanka Logistics & Technologies
Implemented and commissioned network infrastructure; earlier served as a Demonstrator at the University of Peradeniya.
04 / Engagements
What Mahesh delivers
- Security posture & infrastructure reviews
- Network & firewall hardening
- Cloud configuration & access reviews
- Endpoint & identity management
- Backup & disaster recovery planning
- Security awareness & IT operations uplift
Secure the foundations your business runs on.
Book a security session with Mahesh. You leave with a written read on your infrastructure's weakest points and what to fix first — whether you engage us or not.
Book a Session with Mahesh or call 1300 003 033
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