Chris Tomkins
Senior Consultant at Network to Code
Burgess Hill, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Tomkins is a senior consultant with over two decades of hands-on networking experience and five years focused on modern network automation and infrastructure-as-code. He has driven large brownfield and greenfield automation initiatives using Python, Ansible, Nautobot, GitOps and CI/CD, and has led zero-touch SD-WAN rollouts with Juniper Session Smart Router technology. As a former Lead Developer Advocate for Project Calico, he created training programs, spoke at KubeCon and FOSDEM, and translated complex Kubernetes networking and eBPF concepts into practical lab-based learning. His career blends deep carrier and datacentre networking expertise with developer-first practices, having transformed teams at Brandwatch and Flexgrid to embrace automated, scalable workflows. Based in Burgess Hill, UK, he pairs technical delivery with mentorship and content creation, and an early career detour as a CELTA-qualified English teacher hints at strong communication skills that underpin his cross-functional influence.
5 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
A-Levels, A-Levels at Imberhorne School, East GrinsteadBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Brunel University of LondonGCSEs, GCSEs at King George V School, Hong Kong
Chinese
Github Skills (57)
napalm10
kubernetes10
python10
ebpf10
sdn10
windows10
kubernetes-networking10
cni10
virtual-network10
networking10
netmiko10
security10
go10
openstack10
hybrid-cloud10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cdtomkins/nautobot
Jan 2025 - Feb 2025
Network Source of Truth & Network Automation Platform
Contributions:48 pushes, 9 branches in 1 month
cdtomkins/nautobot-ansible
Feb 2025 - Mar 2025
Ansible Collection for managing Nautobot Data
Contributions:29 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
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