Eric Chou
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SeniorEric Chou is a networking and network-automation expert with over a decade of experience spanning cloud, service provider, and enterprise environments, currently advising Network Automation Forum and US Networking User Association while leading Network Automation Nerds. He blends deep hands-on engineering—working on DDoS detection integrations (notably FastNetMon with A10 Thunder TPS) and cloud-native TPS DevOps—with community building through podcasts, courses, and books like Mastering Python Networking. Eric has held senior roles at A10, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon, and applies that operator-to-developer perspective to practical automation and mitigation solutions. A former CCIE and published author, he combines technical rigor with clear, technical writing (pursuing an MA in technical writing) to distill complex network problems. He’s known for shipping production automation tooling and integrating detection-to-mitigation pipelines, plus an ability to translate low-level network telemetry into automated operational playbooks. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he pairs entrepreneurial leadership with active open-source contributions that bridge security, observability, and automation.
10 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (14)
apim10
network-security10
api10
python10
automation9
automations9
shell8
script8
logging8
json8
sh8
system-administration8
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paramiko6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon
Jul 2016 - Mar 2017
FastNetMon - very fast DDoS sensor with sFlow/Netflow/IPFIX/SPAN support
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:19 commits, 4 PRs, 1 comment in 8 months
Contributions summary:Eric's primary contributions involve integrating the FastNetMon DDoS detection system with A10 Networks' Thunder TPS appliances. They developed Python scripts to interact with the A10 API for ban and unban actions, creating and deleting zones, and advertising routes. Furthermore, the user worked on configuring and deploying the FastNetMon system, including modifications to support a10_plugin functionality, and configuring logging and memory management. Their work included creating specific configurations for the A10 Thunder TPS integration, including zone configurations, and network advertisement based on the detected attacks.
servicenowddos-sensorspansensorddos-monitor
ericchou1/tps-collection
May 2016 - Oct 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 5 months
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