Darrell Burgher

Veteran Infrastructure Engineer with 22+ years of experience designing, operating, and modernizing enterprise infrastructure across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-native environments. Specialized in Kubernetes and Platform Engineering since 2017, with deep expertise in GCP, AWS, Terraform, Linux systems engineering, networking, and infrastructure automation. Proven track record leading large-scale cloud migrations, improving platform reliability, optimizing infrastructure costs, and building scalable Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).

Systems Infrastructure Specialist at Livescore (2018-01 – Present)

• Architected and operated large-scale Kubernetes and GKE environments.
• Led migration of on-premises workloads to GCP, improving deployment velocity by 40%.
• Reduced cloud spend by 25% through FinOps initiatives and autoscaling strategies.
• Built Terraform modules for Kubernetes, IAM, networking, and cloud infrastructure.

Systems Specialist at Hozi Holdings (Caxton Media) (2017-01 – 2018-12)

• Led enterprise workload migrations from on-premises infrastructure to AWS.
• Managed VMware environments supporting thousands of virtual machines.
• Implemented ISO, SOC2, and HIPAA compliance automation.

Owner at Infrabyte Technologies (2015-01 – 2017-12)

• Designed enterprise data center infrastructure and high-availability systems.
• Managed NetApp storage environments and Fortinet security infrastructure.
• Led VMware vSphere and Linux systems engineering initiatives.

Head Systems Administrator at wiGroup (Pty) Ltd (2012-01 – 2015-12)

• Managed enterprise Linux infrastructure and production operations.
• Implemented Fortinet-based security infrastructure and VoIP environments.
• Provided senior escalation support and infrastructure optimization.

LPIC1 / LPIC2 – Torque IT

CCV, CCNA, RHCP – Cisco Networks