Derek Larson — DevOps & Platform Engineering | Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud cost

Derek Larson

DevOps & Platform Engineering | Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud cost

Verified Expert Available Now Denver, CO 11 years experience ⚡ Responds in 6h

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Platform engineering lead for 8 years. Reduced cloud spend by 40% through rightsizing and optimization. Expert in Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, observability (Datadog, Grafana), and SOC 2 technical controls.

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Technology

Skills & Specialties

KubernetesGitOpsCI/CDCloud Cost OptimizationDatadogTerraformDevSecOps

Credentials & Certifications

CKAAWS DevOps ProfessionalHashiCorp Terraform Associate

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