Charles Van Niman
Network Engineer at Sloth Logistics
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Van Niman is a seasoned network engineer with 11 years of experience automating and operating large-scale IP, Ethernet, and storage networks from Dallas, Texas. He has built reliability and tooling at high-profile organizations including Twitter and Oracle, and now applies his expertise to video bitstream distribution at LTN while consulting through Sloth Logistics. Comfortable across Juniper and Cisco platforms, he pairs network engineering with software skills—Python, SLAX, and Scala—to turn repetitive tasks into automated, auditable processes. His background includes running regional multi-site networks, migrating CPE at scale, and operating carrier-grade backbones with deep BGP and QoS experience. Known for favoring pragmatic, process-driven improvements, he also brings hands-on lab development and teaching experience to accelerate team capability. Colleagues rely on him when implementation details matter and stability is non-negotiable.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate, CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate at Dallas College North Lake Campus
Github Skills (23)
authentication10
openldap10
libimobiledevice10
quagga10
ldap9
security9
rust9
docker8
napalm8
network-automation8
netmiko8
networking7
python7
ios6
rockchip2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
lkmhaqer/gg-cstrike0
Oct 2014 - Sep 2019
Contributions:3 commits, 1 push in 4 years 11 months
lkmhaqer/gtools-python
Aug 2016 - Dec 2020
A configuration generation tool for networking devices. Examples for IOS, JunOS, BIRD and Quagga included.
Contributions:6 releases, 329 commits, 104 pushes in 4 years 4 months
netmikopythonnetwork-automationnetworkinglibimobiledevice
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