# Shunyi Hong

> Principal Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shunyi

• In depth software developing experience in computer networking, telecommunication and real time embedded systems; 
• Extensive experience in OS infrastructure, Mobile Virtual Packet Core - Forwarding Element, SFC/NSH, OpenFlow,  VPP, Packet Processing ASIC SDK, Data Plane Forwarding, Security, Dynamic Routing, WAN Optimization, System Performance & Scalability, ISDN;  
• Highly motivated, strong project leadership, excellent  problem solving skill and work well with cross-functional group;

Specialties: 
- 5G LTE Mobile Virtual Packet Core - Forwarding Element
- Service Function Chaining(SFC) / Network Service Header(NSH) / SFC Proxy
- SDN OpenFlow protocol
- Packet Processing ASIC SDK (Traffic Policing, Filter, Load Balancing)
- Cisco IOS, IOS-XE (IOS on Linux), ION (IOS on Neutrino - QNX), JunOS, VPP
- CTS (Cisco Trusted Security), PfR (Performance Routing), Wan Optimization, TCP/IP Transport, VOIP, ISDN
- C, UNIX Script, Python, GIT, ClearCase, ACME, SVN

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Palo Alto Networks
Jan 2021 – Present
• Developed Mobility Firewall feature using UEIP - IMSI|IMEI mapping to help Service Provider to associate Mobile User's traffic with Mobility Identity in 4G|5G deployment scenario.

### Technical Lead @ Cisco Systems
Jan 2015 – Jan 2021
Cisco SDWAN Forwarding Team
• Adding TCP MSS adjustment support for SDWAN cEdge router
• cEdge Forwarding Component Hardening

Cisco Polaris Infra Team
• Enhanced Polaris DataBase Access Library to support application accessing multiple instances of DB at different locations.

Cisco Mobile Virtual Packet Core - Forwarding Element software development leader
• Designed SFC proxy for SFC-unaware appliance using VPP based FE

Cisco Internal Startup - Nephelo Alpha Project
• Focusing on 5G LTE Mobile Virtual Pack Core - Control User Plane Separation (CUPS)
As Forwarding Element Software development leader, Designed & Implemented  Forwarding Element Manager with Extended OpenFlow Protocol (with Cisco Extension) to communicate with Mobile Controller, Handling policy programming to Data Plane and Controller information request/response.

### Staff Software Engineer @ Juniper Networks
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
Core Router Packet Forwarding Engine ASIC SDK & feature development
•   Traffic Policing
•   Firewall, Mac Filter
•   Adaptive Load Balancing

### Senior Software Engineer @ Cisco Systems
Jan 2000 – Jan 2013 | San Jose, CA
Senior SW Engineer in ASR-1000 platform:
• Investigated & lead the development of Cisco Trusted Security (CTS) feature on ASR-1000;
• Designed and developed Next Generation Firewall feature on IOS-XE platform - Data Plane Deny of Service feature, Data Plane Unit Test Environment(CRPG), Classification Policy download in CGM;
• Designed and developed Dynamic Routing (PfR) forwarding layer feature on ASR-1000;
• Implemented Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP) forwarding layer feature on ASR-1000;

Senior SW Engineer in IOS on Neutrino (ION):
• IOS/ION Transport Layer feature development;
• ION System performance optimization and scalability improvement

SW Engineer in IOS-WAN:
• Cisco Call Manager Express (CCME) inter-networking with ISDN QSIG PBX Switch
• ISDN NTT PRI network side simulation
• ISDN - VOIP internetworking


## Education
### MS in Electrical Engineering
University of Southern California

### B.Eng in Electrical Engineering
Shanghai University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shunyihong

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Last updated: 2026-04-12