Nitin Kalra

DevOps Engineer

Delhi, India16 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 17 years of expertise in network protocol testing.
Proven leadership in mentoring teams and streamlining processes.
Skilled in integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Network Testing Specialist with extensive experience in L2/L3 protocols and automation.

Contact

nitin.kalra07@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

L2vpnL3vpnSystem TestingSoftware TestingMpls-tpQos

Other Skills

ATMATM NetworksAzure DevOpsBGPBGP-LUCFMCarrier EthernetDHCPEIGRPEVPNG.8032 SolutionsHSRPIEEE 802.11IP MulticastIP Networking

About

Experienced Principal Test Engineer with over 17 years of expertise in L2/L3 protocol testing, including Ethernet, MPLS, IPv4/IPv6, OSPF, BGP, SR-MPLS, SR-TE, EVPN, and QoS. Adept in manual and automated testing of network protocols with a strong focus on traffic analysis, test automation, and performance validation. Skilled in utilizing tools like Wireshark, Ixia, Spirent, and Python to execute and automate complex tests, and proficient in integrating these tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins. Proven leadership abilities with a track record of mentoring teams, streamlining testing processes, and ensuring quality in high-stakes network environments. Specialties: L2VPN, L3VPN, Enterprise Services, Mobile Xhaul and QiQ. Experience: L2/L3, MPLS, BGP-LU, IPv4, IPv6, CFM/Y.1731, QiQ, VPWS/VPLS, ISIS, OSPF, Segment Routing(Policy, TILFA), Carrier Ethernet, MPLS-TP, MPLS-TE, RSVP-TE, OSPF-TE, Seamless MPLS, SR-MPLS, SR-TE, EVPN, LDP, Python, RFC2544, UI automation with Cucumber and Selenium.

Experience

Ciena

4 roles

Lead Engineering Technical Support

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 5 mos · Oklahoma, United States · Remote

Very excited to provide the engineering technical support for the customer field issues and help them recover the issues on breadth of technologies and areas like L2VPN, L3VPN, MPLS, BGP, BGP-LU, MP-BGP, VPWS, VPLS, SR, SR-TE, SRv6, QoS, EVPN, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS-TP, MPLS-TE, NETCONF/YANG, RESTConf, Telemetry etc.

L2VPNL3VPNMPLSBGPQoSEVPN+7

Principal Engineer

Feb 2022 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Lead Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2017 – Jan 2022 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Responsible to test Tier-1 Customer Solutions comprising of protocol/services like L2/L3, Carrier Ethernet, L2VPN/L3VPN, MPLS-TP/MPLS-TE, QoS, G.8032 Solutions, MEF 10.3, CFM, Y.1731, RFC2544, Seamless MPLS/BGP-LU, OSPF-TE, ISIS-TE, SR-MPLS.
Services Include: Ethernet Business Services, L2VPN, L3VPN, Mobile Backhaul.
Automation Language : Python/TCL

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Module Lead (System Verification Test/Performance Test/Solutions Test)

Aug 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

Responsibilities:
To Test Customer Solutions Test for L2, Carrier Ethernet, L2VPN, MPLS-TP, QoS, G.8032 Solutions.
Proof of Concepts for SDN/NFV.

L2Carrier EthernetL2VPNMPLS-TPQoSG.8032 Solutions+2

L&t technology services

Test Specialist

May 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States · On-site

Working for end client ABB in Bartlesville for Flow based platforms, applications and UX infrastructure. Involved in end-to-end integration test and acting as the interface between Development and the system test team. Use Azure DevOps, Selenium, Ranorex, Python etc. for work deliverables.

System TestingSoftware TestingTest EngineeringAzure DevOpsSeleniumRanorex+1