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Daniel S.
Senior Manager, Devops Engineering @VIZIO
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Manager, Devops Engineering @VIZIO
Denver, CO, US
Enabling the infrastructure supporting high-volume enterprise revenue, implementing ongoing deployment improvements that drive substantial increases in revenue.Partnering with engineering teams to optimize cloud architecture, shifting the culture from reactive operations to proactive cost governance and reducing annual cloud spend.Overseeing significant annual cloud expenditures, driving cost-efficiency and aligning infrastructure spend with strategic business goals.Championing a continuous learning culture and sponsoring professional development to up-level internal capabilities.Directing the transition from manual operations to a platform-based IaC model (Terraform, CDKTF, Python, GitHub Actions), reclaiming hundreds of engineering hours annually.Standardizing service reliability across teams by implementing automated SLO/SLI dashboards, replacing cross-team friction with data-driven accountability.Unifying monitoring practices by defining specifications based on OpenTelemetry and OpenMetrics, enabling seamless cross-service tracing and reducing debugging complexity.Accelerating the cloud migration of core applications by implementing a standardized Kubernetes deployment pattern (Helm, ArgoCD, Keda), providing a \"paved road\" for teams to migrate legacy workloads.Maintaining a hands-on contributor capacity, designing and architecting Terraform modules and CI/CD pipelines to set technical standards.Serving as a member of the Architecture Guild, establishing unified technical standards to ensure interoperability across development teams.Read:\"Site Reliability Workbook\"(2024),\"Extreme Programming Explained\"(2025)Listened to:\"High Output Management\"(2024),\"Software Architecture: The Hard Parts\"(2025),\"Clean Agile\"(2026)Attended: Open Source Summit (2025), Kubecon (2024), DevOps Days Denver (2024), and DevOps Days Dallas (2024)
ABOUT DANIEL S.
I am a Senior DevOps & Software Engineering Manager with 9 years of experience, specializing in bridging the gap between technical execution and business strategy. I don\'t just manage infrastructure; I build sustainable engineering cultures that prioritize cost-efficiency (FinOps) and developer velocity (SRE).My management philosophy is rooted in technical excellence and psychological safety. I believe that stable teams build stable systems, which is why I am proudest of maintaining the team through periods of aggressive scaling and corporate acquisition.Key Career Highlights:Scale: Managing cloud infrastructure and developer platforms supporting $400M+ in ARR.Cost Efficiency: Transforming reactive \"ClickOps\" cultures into proactive FinOps models, reducing annual cloud costs by $2M+.Leadership: Scaled engineering teams from 2 to 9+ members while fostering a culture of mentorship and continuous learning.Strategy: Partnered with executive leadership to ALIGN technical roadmaps with business revenue goals.Core Competencies:Cloud Strategy (AWS) • Financial Operations (FinOps) • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) • Team Leadership & Mentorship • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) • Agile/Scrum Methodologies • Strategic Planning.
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