Chris Stanfield Email & Phone Number

United States

- Responsible for maintaining one of the largest, most distributed DDoS mitigation networks in the world, with over 11 Tbps of capacity- Responsible for maintaining a 30 node DNS network across 6 continents, which services over 55 billion global daily queries- Develop tools to improve our ability to deploy and monitor systems- Collaborate with architects.

Denver, CO

· Responsible for ground up build of MOP automation for my team · This includes an Excel-based platform utilizing: Python, Visual Basic, Batch scripting, and git · The goal of this project was to streamline inefficiencies in the team's workflow in regards to MOP completion time · 'Core Project Manager' for ALL OLT/CMTS installs in the Texas Charter.

Bellevue, Washington

• Part of the team responsible for the network monitoring for the entirety of the T-Mobile Mobile Network
• Responsible for the logistics of deploying network monitoring equipment for the various mobility network nodes
• One of three individual contributors for researching the virtualization of network monitoring, with the primary focus of what NFVs will need to be monitored (e.g. S/PGWs for 4g, and AMF/SMF for 5g)
• Training to be SME for LTE and 5g network architecture, with a focus on monitoring the various 3gpp interface
• Provide monitoring designs for current and future network to key stakeholders of the business

Redmond, WA

• Responsible for scripting configurations conversions from one router operating system to another (e.g. IOS to Junos OS, IOS to IOS XR, IOS to SR OS, Junos OS to IOS)
• Tasked with automating parts of the configuration process, through SecureCRT scripting, and low level Python
• Assisting with documenting the network, and building topologies based on the data found
• Implementing IPv6 on network-wide
• Troubleshooting issues with existing infrastructure on the OAM network
• Troubleshooting issues in the Cell Backhaul network, which is comprised of the Nokia 7705 platform

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Assisted in the upgrade of Spirit's MPLS core network from Brocade MLX-8s to Alcatel Lucent 7950- XRS platform
• Assisted with the negotiations of transit peering
• Troubleshooting and developing the Verizon Wireless Cradle Point fail over for Spirit Enterprise customers
• Will assist with the IPv6 rollout in Q1/2 of 2016 to Spirit's core network
• Assisted with the implementation of Corero SmartWatch, which is a real time DDOS mitigation solution, on the all peers
• Part of the team that maintains the IP and MPLS core of Spirit Communications

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Part of Premier Grooms Team, which is responsible for grooming Metro Ethernet business customers in the core network of Windstream. This is to alleviate CPU utilization in core routers, due to a router upgrade, to.
• Write and execute non-service affecting Layer 2 configurations on various vendor switches (Calix, Telco Systems, Juniper, Cisco)
• Write and execute non-service affecting Layer 3 configurations on multiple vendor routers (Cisco (IOS and IOSXR), Juniper, Alcatel Lucent)
• Responsible for converting configurations of router from one operating system to another. Examples include: IOS to junOS, IOS to IOS XR, and IOS to Alcatel Lucent 7750s
• Tasked with writing the Method of Procedure used to inform other teams within the company of the scope, configurations, current/projected topology of the customer data path pre-groom and post-groom
• Assist in the training of converting configuration (Layer 2 and 3) from Cisco IOS to Juniper junOS

Monroe, LA

In this role I was part of a start up team at CenturyLink whose objective was to upgrade the residential network infrastructure from ATM to Ethernet. My responsibilities included developing / implementing configurations for the multiple access layer devices (e.g. Adtran and Ciena), training fellow team mates on ATM and Ethernet technologies, and triaging.

Bachelor Of Science

Bachelor Of Science