Senior system engineer with 12-year background working in start-ups and operations teams. Excellent platform knowledge with Linux, automation, and open source software. Interested in data center automation work at scale. Specialties: Unix, Linux, Puppet, and Datacenter Automation

DevOps Engineer @ Automation and monitoring for distributed social applications on Amazon Web Services. From September 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) DevOps Engineer @ From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) DevOps Engineer @ From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) DevOps Engineer @ From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) Contract System Engineer @ From February 2014 to August 2014 (7 months) System Engineer @ From September 2012 to August 2013 (1 year) San Francisco Bay AreaSystem Engineer @ From October 2011 to September 2012 (1 year) System Administrator @ From October 2009 to October 2011 (2 years 1 month) MIS Programmer @ From August 2007 to November 2009 (2 years 4 months) Consultant @ From December 2005 to April 2007 (1 year 5 months) Project Consultant @ From October 2005 to December 2005 (3 months) Technology Support Specialist @ From July 2002 to August 2005 (3 years 2 months) Support Technician @ From August 2000 to May 2001 (10 months) Support Engineer @ From January 2000 to August 2000 (8 months)

University of Richmond From 1997 to 2000 Christopher Nielsen is skilled in: Linux, Unix, Data Center, Python, Perl, Apache, MySQL, JavaScript, Bash, System Administration, SQL, PHP, Shell Scripting, HTML, Agile Methodologies