CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL
Portage,Michigan
Summary
Successful Network Architect offering 25-year background in enterprise network planning, design, and implementation. Plan, implement, and continuously improve company infrastructure and controls to stay on top of changing operational and security demands.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Network Engineer
Sierra Nevada Corporation
06.2024 - Current
- Leveraged strong project management skills to oversee the successful completion of several high-profile infrastructure projects, ensuring timely delivery and meeting all predefined specifications.
- Mentored junior engineers in advanced networking concepts and techniques, fostering an environment of continuous learning and professional development.
- Conducted thorough assessments of existing infrastructure to identify areas for improvement, recommending targeted upgrades where necessary for enhanced functionality or security compliance.
- Designed resilient WAN architectures that minimized latency while maximizing bandwidth utilization across multiple sites.
- Performed a best practices assessment of all Palo Alto firewalls and worked with application owners and Cyber to further lock down and document 90+ firewalls.
Senior Cloud Network Engineer
Altarum
12.2023 - 06.2024
- Complete upgrade of network infrastructure from aging Juniper network switches to a full Meraki deployment.
- Migrated the main data center from the Novi, MI location to Arlington, VA.
- Performed troubleshooting for Juniper, Cisco, and Palo Alto firewalls.
- Evaluated emerging networking technologies to identify infrastructure improvement opportunities.
- Designed and deployed scalable network infrastructure for increased efficiency and reliability.
- Deployed Zabbix for SNMP and agent-based server monitoring and alerting.
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Open Lending
03.2023 - 12.2023
- Identified, analyzed and resolved infrastructure vulnerabilities and network deployment issues.
- Worked with teams of talented software engineers to define, build and maintain cloud infrastructure.
- Used metrics to monitor application and infrastructure performance.
- Reviewed existing systems and made recommendations for improvements.
- Implemented WAN and LAN designs in multi-datacenter configurations.
- Planned and implemented Azure Front Door with multi-region Application Gateways to replace existing Citrix Netscalers.
Manager, IT Infrastructure
AmeriFirst Home Mortgage
09.2022 - 03.2023
- Oversaw all IT infrastructure, including telephony, networks, firewalls, systems, backups, cloud, and all computer devices such as desktops, laptops, and mobile devices as well as monitoring the IT operating budget
- Expanding cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across departments on priorities, functions, and common goals
- Monitor expenditures to mitigate risk of overages
- Performed statistical analyses to gather data for operational and forecast team needs
- Working to reduce compute and network resources across Microsoft Azure and all branch locations
- Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
- Resolved a diverse range of technical issues across multiple systems and applications for customers and end-users across various time zones.
Manager, Network and Telecom
AmeriFirst Home Mortgage
10.2017 - 09.2022
- Redesigned and implemented new networking standards across the organization after bringing these services back in-house from an existing MSP.
- Migrations from Cisco ASA firewalls to Palo Alto Networks HA pairs to leverage L7 visibility, SSL decryption, threat intelligence, Antivirus, Wildfire, and additional network segmentation.
- Deployment and management of more than 80 Palo Alto Networks PA-440 firewalls for our branch office locations spanning 19 states utilizing Panorama.
- Migration from Cisco ASA AnyConnect to Palo Alto Global Protect for all employees and vendors.
- Migration of two on-premises data centers to Microsoft Azure, eventually spanning 4 Microsoft Azure regions.
- Implemented SolarWinds for network performance monitoring and alerting.
- Completed project to review all network and telecom-related expenses which resulted in more than $150k a year in savings by canceling and renegotiating contracts.
- Recognized by Senior Leadership for providing exceptional service and earned the “2019 Above and Beyond” award at our annual company meeting.
Lead Network Engineer
Bronson Healthcare Group
10.2005 - 10.2017
- Responsible for the design, configuration, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting of all networking equipment including, Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switches, Cisco routers, Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco wireless LAN controllers, and IPS/IDS for 4 hospitals, 80+ off-site locations, and more than 30,000 wired and wireless clients
- Completed wireless redesign of our Kalamazoo campus (1.5 million sq ft), including new wireless AP layout and deployment, new wireless controllers, and wireless active and passive site surveys
- Completed access layer refresh across all locations from Cisco Catalyst 3750x to Catalyst 3850s
- Implemented network redundancy using a dual hub DMVPN tunnel configuration to all remote locations
- Information technology representative that served on the facility planning committee to oversee and provide insight for the necessary roles that IT will need to provide on facility-related projects
- Winner of 2012 President's Team Award.
Skills
- Network Security Systems
- Infrastructure Planning and Design
- Engineering and Technology
- Project Management
- Configuration and Management
- Strong Troubleshooting Skills
Certification
Palo Alto Networks - PCNSE
CompTIA - Security+
Cisco - CCNP Route/Switch
Cisco - CCDP
Cisco - CCNA Wireless
Timeline
Principal Network Engineer
Sierra Nevada Corporation
06.2024 - Current
Senior Cloud Network Engineer
Altarum
12.2023 - 06.2024
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Open Lending
03.2023 - 12.2023
Manager, IT Infrastructure
AmeriFirst Home Mortgage
09.2022 - 03.2023
Manager, Network and Telecom
AmeriFirst Home Mortgage
10.2017 - 09.2022
Lead Network Engineer
Bronson Healthcare Group
10.2005 - 10.2017
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