David Araya Sanabria
Verified Expert in Engineering
DevOps Developer
San José, San José Province, Costa Rica
Toptal member since January 16, 2023
David is an information technology professional with seven years of experience in diverse areas such as systems administration, technical customer support, and enterprise technology sales. He has worked in various industries like financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare. David is progressive, process-oriented, and customer-obsessed, making him a great addition to teams.
Portfolio
Experience
- Azure - 6 years
- Kusto Query Language (KQL) - 5 years
- IT Governance - 5 years
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - 4 years
- Scrum - 3 years
- Kubernetes - 3 years
- Azure DevOps - 3 years
- Azure Virtual Desktop - 3 years
Preferred Environment
Azure, Linux, Networking, High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR), IT Governance, Cybersecurity, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, Azure DevOps, Cost Management
The most amazing...
...thing I've done is working with customers using Azure from zero to production, migrating data centers to Azure, and improving existing Azure workloads.
Work Experience
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
EY
- Developed an Azure monitoring strategy to monitor all the Azure services used for an enterprise accounting solution owned by EY using mainly Azure Monitoring, KQL, and Azure DevOps.
- Assisted in production code release activities for several application modules.
- Managed, configured, and monitored over a dozen production AKS Clusters for performance and quota scenarios.
Enterprise Azure Solutions Architect
Microsoft
- Architected Azure solutions for enterprise customers.
- Delivered Azure training sessions to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Participated in migration and support activities for several Azure services, mainly on the application and infrastructure side.
Azure Kubernetes Services Technical Advisor
Microsoft
- Taught Azure and Kubernetes to new engineers to help Microsoft Customers with complex support cases.
- Maintained KPIs at the highest level for business reviews with upper management.
- Managed Microsoft's contract with tech support delivery partners.
Experience
Azure Landing Zone Accelerator
https://github.com/DavidArayaSanabria/Azure-Landing-Zone-AcceleratorEducation
Specialization in Cybersecurity
University of Science and Technology - San Jose, Costa Rica
Certifications
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft
DevOps Engineer Expert
Microsoft
Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft
Azure Virtual Desktop Speciality
Microsoft
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
The Linux Foundation
Skills
Tools
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Terraform
Platforms
Azure, Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure IaaS
Storage
Azure Cloud Services, Azure Active Directory
Languages
Markdown, Kusto Query Language (KQL), SQL
Paradigms
DevOps, Penetration Testing, Azure DevOps, Scrum
Industry Expertise
Cybersecurity
Other
Cloud Architecture, VMS, Microsoft Azure, Cost Management, Cost Estimation, Cost Analysis, Azure Bicep, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Scalable Architecture, Networking, High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR), IT Governance, Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Monitoring, CI/CD Pipelines, Cyberattacks
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