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Chris Urnest

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Staff Site Reliability Engineer | Lead, Resilience Operations @ Netflix at Netflix
📍 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area, United States

Chris Urnest leads Resilience Operations within Netflix CORE, where he directs the strategy and execution of resilience validation for the global streaming platform. His expertise is in system-level failure testing across multi-region AWS infrastructure. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Iowa and is a VMware Certified Professional.

His professional interests appear to extend to tracking major technology and financial firms, such as Google and J.P. Morgan, suggesting a focus on industry-leading companies.

His team operates continuous failure testing to proactively identify systemic risks, prevent regressions, and protect the experience for millions of Netflix members worldwide.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Staff Site Reliability Engineer | Lead, Resilience Operations @ Netflix
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area, United States
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Resilience Operations
He leads the Resilience Operations team at Netflix, driving the strategy and execution of platform-wide resilience validation for the global streaming service.
Site Reliability
His career has been focused on site and systems reliability, with progressive roles at Nutanix leading to his current staff-level position at Netflix.
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Work history

3-2026
Staff Site Reliability Engineer | Lead, Resilience Operations @ Netflix
Netflix
5-2022 - 3-2026
Senior Site Reliability Engineer | Netflix
Netflix
8-2020 - 5-2022
Staff Systems Reliability Engineer
Nutanix
8-2019 - 8-2020
Senior Systems Reliability Engineer
Nutanix
10-2017 - 8-2019
System Reliability Engineer
Nutanix
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Education
2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business
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