Summary
Eric Dong is a seasoned network engineer with over 20 years of hands-on experience and CCIE Emeritus R/S&SP credentials, now applying his automation-first mindset at Meta. His career spans core networking roles and software-oriented positions at AWS, Apstra, Arista, Brocade, Cisco, Fortinet, and Huawei, blending deep protocol expertise (IGP/ BGP) with systems and test engineering. Comfortable moving between hardware, software, and cloud, he has a knack for turning operational pain points into automated solutions. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and armed with a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Tianjin University, he pairs rigorous technical fundamentals with practical delivery at scale.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master EE, Master EE at Tianjin University