Shofry held the position of First Secretary at the Brunei Darussalam Permanent Mission to the United Nations in
New York from 1993 to 1995. He served as the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Assistant Director of the
Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Department between 1990 and 1993. He served as the Political Department's Assistant Director starting in 1986. He worked as the second secretary in the embassy of his nation in
Jakarta,
Indonesia, from 1983 until 1986. In 1981, he began working as an administrative officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Diplomatic Service Department. == Later life ==