Gord Chen
Assistant Technical Manager at Edgecore Networks Corporation
Tainan, Taiwan
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Top SchoolGord Chen is an Assistant Technical Manager and seasoned software engineering leader with 10+ years focused on Ethernet switch technologies and SONiC-based networking solutions. He has led engineering teams of 10+ to deliver robust cloud, enterprise, and AI data center fabrics, working across the full stack from application layers down to SAI. Gord’s hands-on background includes EVPN/VXLAN, EVPN-Multihoming, BGP, MCLAG/VRRP high-availability designs, and advanced ECMP load balancing. At Edgecore he contributed to the Enterprise SONiC solution and multi-platform testbeds, and his DevOps work on the widely used sonic-mgmt repo improved test stability by addressing CPU, concurrency, and teardown issues. Based in Tainan, Taiwan, he pairs deep protocol expertise with practical test and automation skills to improve network performance and reliability. He is an active open-source contributor who leverages production experience to tackle complex networking challenges.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications (MCA), System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager, Master of Computer Applications (MCA), System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager at I-Shou University
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Github Skills (16)
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
linux10
automation10
automations10
sonic10
devops10
python10
testing10
networking9
cicd9
dockers9
docker9
bash8
script8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
sonic-net/sonic-mgmt
Jul 2019 - Dec 2021
Configuration management examples for SONiC
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:5 reviews, 13 commits, 16 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Gord primarily focused on improving the infrastructure and testing capabilities of the SONiC management repository. They implemented changes to address CPU utilization issues through background shell execution and incorporated CPU core consideration in the testing code. The user also addressed concurrency issues with temporary network devices by introducing prefixes and improving retry mechanisms within the VM topology library, as well as making updates to support specific test topologies. Furthermore, the user added timeout mechanisms and specified user ID configuration for NTP processes and removed testing accounts in the teardown process, enhancing test stability and cleanup.
configuration-managementansibleconfigurationsonic
gord1306/sonic-buildimage
May 2021 - Mar 2025
Scripts which perform an installable binary image build for SONiC
Contributions:26 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years 10 months
installablesonicbinary-imageimage-build
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