// Network & Infrastructure Engineering

The network
isn't your
problem now.

Twenty years of enterprise and classified DoD network engineering. From architecture decisions to hands-on deployment — the kind of experience that only comes from making things work when failure isn't an option.

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01 — What We Do

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Network Architecture & Design

End-to-end network design for enterprise and classified environments. MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, SDN. Built to survive contact with reality.

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Security & Compliance

RMF, STIG, ATO/IATO support. DoD 8570 IAM Level III. Palo Alto and Checkpoint firewall architecture. Zero Trust design and implementation.

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Infrastructure Modernization

Legacy environment assessment and modernization roadmaps. Virtual data center design with VMware vSphere/NSX. Lifecycle planning that accounts for reality.

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Automation & Tooling

Ansible-driven configuration management, Python tooling, custom monitoring platforms aggregating NetFlow, Syslog, and SNMP. Less toil, fewer outages.

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Program & Technical Leadership

Embedded technical leadership for programs that need someone who can brief GS-15s in the morning and fix a routing issue in the afternoon.

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Documentation & Recovery

Network discovery and as-built documentation for environments where "it works but nobody knows why." Turning institutional knowledge debt into a real baseline.

02 — About

Built on real infrastructure experience.

Blame The LLC is the consulting practice of Chris Anderson — a network engineer with twenty years of experience across enterprise IT and classified DoD environments, from mid-size commercial operations to multi-domain CONUS/OCONUS programs supporting warfighter missions.

The work has ranged from designing a company's first mature network from scratch, to serving as part of a team of lead engineers managing infrastructure across multiple domains and a vast geographic footprint. The common thread: solving hard infrastructure problems and making sure the people responsible for them actually understand what they have.

No fluff. No hand-waving. Just someone who has been in the room when things broke and knows how to make sure they don't break again.

Active TS/SCI · DoD 8570 IAM Level III · GIAC GSLC
20+
Years network engineering
Multi
Domain environments managed
25+
Global sites architected
TS/SCI
Active clearance

03 — Technical Stack

Networking

  • BGP / EIGRP / OSPF
  • MPLS / SD-WAN
  • Cisco Nexus / Route & Switch
  • LAN/WAN Design
  • TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP

Security & Compliance

  • Palo Alto NGFW (8 yrs)
  • Checkpoint (5 yrs)
  • RMF / STIG / ATO
  • Zero Trust Architecture
  • DoD 8570 IAM Level III

Virtualization

  • VMware vSphere/vCenter (9 yrs)
  • VMware NSX
  • QEMU/KVM
  • PowerCLI

Automation & Dev

  • Ansible
  • Python
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Linux (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu)
  • NGINX / Apache

04 — Contact

Let's talk about your network.

Whether you're scoping a new program, dealing with an environment that nobody fully understands, or need cleared technical leadership — reach out.

Location Oregon, USA