I am Anthony De La Rosa, a Site Reliability / DevOps Engineer with 18+ years of IT experience designing, automating, and scaling cloud infrastructure for high-traffic, mission-critical systems. I specialize in Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, CI/CD, observability, and cloud cost optimization across AWS, GCP, and hybrid environments. I’ve delivered multi-million-dollar savings through automation and optimization, reduced deployment times, and hardened security with Istio, Vault, and robust networking. I enjoy collaborating with product teams to boost reliability, security, and efficiency while staying ahead of cloud costs.

Anthony De La Rosa

I am Anthony De La Rosa, a Site Reliability / DevOps Engineer with 18+ years of IT experience designing, automating, and scaling cloud infrastructure for high-traffic, mission-critical systems. I specialize in Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, CI/CD, observability, and cloud cost optimization across AWS, GCP, and hybrid environments. I’ve delivered multi-million-dollar savings through automation and optimization, reduced deployment times, and hardened security with Istio, Vault, and robust networking. I enjoy collaborating with product teams to boost reliability, security, and efficiency while staying ahead of cloud costs.

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I am Anthony De La Rosa, a Site Reliability / DevOps Engineer with 18+ years of IT experience designing, automating, and scaling cloud infrastructure for high-traffic, mission-critical systems. I specialize in Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, CI/CD, observability, and cloud cost optimization across AWS, GCP, and hybrid environments.

I’ve delivered multi-million-dollar savings through automation and optimization, reduced deployment times, and hardened security with Istio, Vault, and robust networking. I enjoy collaborating with product teams to boost reliability, security, and efficiency while staying ahead of cloud costs.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer at theScore
February 1, 2023 - November 10, 2025
Built GitOps pipelines with ArgoCD + Terraform, reducing infra deployment time by 40%. Migrated observability stack to Datadog, optimizing alerting and reducing noise by 50%. Hardened Kubernetes environments with Istio Mesh and HashiCorp Vault for secure service-to-service communication and secrets management. Led cloud cost optimization initiatives using AWS Cost Explorer to identify underutilized resources and spending anomalies, resulting in over $3 million in annual savings. Identified missing storage configurations such as absent lifecycle policies for S3 buckets and EBS snapshots, then implemented automated policies to reduce unnecessary retention and storage costs. Standardized tagging across environments and integrated Datadog Cloud Cost for real-time financial observability.
DevOps Engineer at HashiCorp
February 1, 2023 - February 1, 2023
Delivered GitOps workflows leveraging Terraform Cloud, HCP Vault, Boundary and Packer. Automated multi-environment provisioning with Terraform modules, improving consistency and reducing manual errors. Partnered with product teams to secure cloud secrets and enforce zero-trust access policies.
DevOps Engineer at Canada Drives
July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2022
Migrated infrastructure from multiple providers to AWS, ensuring high availability, scalability and less complexity. Implemented Terraform for IaC and containerized applications using ECS, accelerating deployments. Introduced Prometheus and Grafana for metrics, increasing observability coverage by 90%. Hardened security using Cloudflare WAF, Rate Limiting, and DDoS protections, reducing external attack exposure.
Systems Administrator at DHX Media
February 1, 2018 - February 1, 2018
Managed 200+ Windows & Linux servers across two Vancouver data centers. Deployed Nagios Core for monitoring, automated OS deployments using FOG (Windows) and Foreman (Linux). Implemented VMWare + Veeam backups ensuring full disaster recovery readiness. Introduced Snipe-It for computer/laptop management as well as NetBox for network IP inventory.

Education

Computer Science at Mohawk College
January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2005

Qualifications

FinOps Certified Engineer – The Linux Foundation
August 1, 2025 - August 1, 2027
CCA: Cilium Certified Associate – The Linux Foundation
November 1, 2024 - December 1, 2026
Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Certification - Google
July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2026
Professional Cloud Architect Certification - Google
July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2026
ICA: Istio Certified Associate - The Linux Foundation
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2027
CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator - The Linux Foundation
March 1, 2023 - March 1, 2026
CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer - The Linux Foundation
March 1, 2023 - March 1, 2026
HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate (002) - HashiCorp
December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2025
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate - HashiCorp
July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2024
AWS Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
June 1, 2022 - June 1, 2024

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Media & Entertainment