Chris Nelson
Platform Operations Engineer
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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SeniorChris Nelson is a Platform Operations Engineer based in Denver with two decades of experience designing and managing core IT infrastructure and a seven-year track record as a full‑stack developer across multiple languages and cloud providers. He has progressed from senior system administrator roles supporting statewide environments to senior and principal DevOps leadership at Campspot and now platform operations at Harper, demonstrating consistent technical growth and operational ownership. Chris blends infrastructure architecture, virtualization, and automation with hands‑on software delivery, shipping solutions that reduced operating costs and improved remote access and EMR integrations. Known as an effective communicator and collaborator, he thrives in both Agile and traditional settings and is often valued for translating complex technical needs into practical, auditable systems. A detail that sets him apart is a history of building custom NOC tools and thin‑client customizations that produced measurable budget savings while improving reliability.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (59)
ssh8
python8
ansible8
percona7
asynchronous7
lambda7
automation7
api7
replication7
multithreading7
database6
serverless-applications6
mydumper6
aws-sam6
aws6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
campspot/docker-ecr-publish-buildkite-plugin
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
Build, tag, and push Docker images to Amazon ECR
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 7 months
pushecramazondockerdocker-images
campspot/harness-deploy-buildkite-plugin
Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
Buildkite plugin to start Harness pipelines
Contributions:4 releases, 1 review, 8 commits in 10 months
buildkitebuildkite-plugin
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