Summary
Erik Larson is a Senior DevOps Engineer with nine years of focused experience designing, operating, and scaling cloud and virtualized infrastructure, currently supporting technology at Arizona State University. He combines deep AWS expertise (S3, EC2, cost forecasting, disaster recovery) with hands-on Linux systems administration (Red Hat, Ansible, Satellite) and years of VMware/ESXi virtualization for dev/test and production environments. Erik has a strong troubleshooting pedigree stretching back through QA and engineering roles at Pearson and AOL where he automated environments, expanded small server farms into large virtual fleets, and improved deployment reliability. He teaches computer science as an Assistant Teaching Professor, bridging practical operational rigor with instruction—an uncommon blend that keeps his documentation and processes both teachable and production-ready. Based in Chandler, Arizona, he’s known for squeezing maximum value from infrastructure investments while preserving uptime and scalability.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS-BA, Buisness Administration, BS-BA, Buisness Administration at University of Phoenix