Christopher Nielsen

Christopher Nielsen has over 12 years of experience in the field of DevOps and network engineering. Christopher currently serves as the Principal Devops Engineer at Cloudbrink since February 2023. Prior to this, they worked as a Sr. Devops Engineer at Astra from May 2022 to November 2022. From January 2021 to February 2022, they held the position of Sr. Devops Engineer at Alembic. Additionally, they have experience as a Sr. SRE at Life360 from January 2020 to October 2020, and at Palo Alto Networks from October 2018 to October 2019. Christopher also worked as a Principal DevOps Engineer at Rambus from July 2016 to October 2018. Christopher Nielsen began their career as a Network and Security Consultant at Les Concierges from August 2015 to April 2016. Christopher also held positions as a Systems and Network Consultant at Acronis from May 2015 to August 2015, and as a Sr. Operations Engineer at TheFind, Inc. from June 2010 to March 2015. Christopher Nielsen's early work experience includes serving as a Sr. Operations Engineer at Border Stylo from August 2009 to March 2010, where they led a team and resolved various IT, release, operations, and systems engineering tasks.

Christopher Nielsen earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Applied Mathematics from San Francisco State University. Christopher attended the university from 2014 to 2017. In addition to their degree, Christopher has obtained various certifications, including Rescue Diver, Enriched Air Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, SCUBA Diver, Emergency Medical Technician, CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers, and Wilderness First Responder. These certifications were obtained from institutions such as PADI, NAUI Worldwide, State of California, American Heart Association, and NOLS Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI). Christopher obtained these certifications between 2014 and 2023.