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Daniel Simpkins

Sandy,UT

Summary

Results-driven DevOps Engineer specializing in cloud automation and infrastructure reliability across Azure and multi-cloud platforms. Designed event-driven pipelines for centralized cost telemetry and automated cloud maintenance using PowerShell, Terraform, and Azure DevOps. Leverages generative AI workflows to optimize operational scripting and enhance automated troubleshooting.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Arbiter
Sandy, UT
07.2021 - Current
  • Architected and executed automated Azure DevOps pipelines to streamline enterprise deployments, master branch code updates, DNS zone backups, and automated teardowns for inactive cloud gateways.
  • Authored modular Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to provision scalable cloud resources across Azure and AWS (EC2/Elastic instances).
  • Managed monthly OS/image patching cycles and deployment scaling for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) and scale-out server fleets, enhancing system security and maintaining high availability.
Observability, Monitoring & Cost Engineering
  • Leveraged advanced PowerShell, Bash, and YAML scripting alongside Java and Python to build robust internal automation tools and CI/CD task runners.
  • Configured enterprise observability in Grafana, integrating Pingdom transaction checks with automated on-call scheduling and incident alert routing to improve incident response efficiency.
Scripting, AI Utility & Best Practices
  • Observability, Monitoring & Cost Engineering
  • Scripting, AI Utility & Best Practices

Education

High School Diploma -

Granit Peaks High School
Taylorsville, UT
06-2007

Some College (No Degree) -

Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT

Skills

  • DevOps and IAC: Azure DevOps, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Git
  • CI/CD pipelines and implementation
  • Infrastructure as code
  • Cloud platforms: Microsoft Azure (AZ-104 in progress), AWS (EC2)
  • Infrastructure monitoring
  • Observability tools: Grafana, Datadog, Pingdom, cost optimization
  • Scripting languages: PowerShell, Bash, YAML, Python, Java, SQL, React (basic)
  • AI tools: Claude, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, automated scripting workflows
  • Scripting languages

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

Arbiter
07.2021 - Current

High School Diploma -

Granit Peaks High School

Some College (No Degree) -

Salt Lake Community College
Daniel Simpkins