Sachin Daware

DevOps Engineer

Austin, Texas, United States14 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in cloud and virtualization testing.
Proficient in SD-WAN architecture and testing methodologies.
Strong background in networking protocols and performance validation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Networking and Cloud Computing expert with extensive experience in software testing and validation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud PlatformsSoftware TestingNetworking

Other Skills

8051 AssemblyARESAWSAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesAgile TestingArchitected Performance and Scale testing methodologiesAutomated test plansAutomation for Cloud InfrastructureAutomation of test casesAzureBig Data AnalyticsCC++Computer Network OperationsCustomer escalations support

About

Experienced professional in the field of Software Testing/Development, extensive experience with testing networking hardware, cloud & virtualized products and solutions. +Key Strengths: Technology/Environment: Computer Networks, TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, TLS/SSL, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) Networking protocols, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, ISIS, MPLS, IPSec, VRRP, QoS Virtualization, ESXi, KVM (RHEL, CentOS), Containers, Docker, Kubernetes, Cisco NFVIS/ENCS/CSP, DirectPath I/O, SR-IOV Cloud Platforms Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) SD-WAN, SD-WAN Architecture, SD-WAN components (vManage,vBond,vSmart,vEdge), OMP routing protocol, SD-WAN vEdge/cEdge routers Big Data Analytics in Cellular Networks, Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, MapReduce Scripting and Programming language: Python, TCL, Shell Scripting Operating Systems: Windows, Linux Tools: Jenkins, GIT, Traffic Generators (IXIA-IxNetwork, Spirent-STCA), Terraform, Cloud Native APIs

Experience

Google

2 roles

Network Test Engineer

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

Solutions Engineer, Google Cloud

Jul 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

Cisco systems

Software Engineer III

Jun 2019 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Validation of Cisco’s virtual routers on ESXi, KVM hypervisors and Cisco’s virtualized platforms such as NFVIS,
ENCS and CSP.
Validation of Cisco’s cloud routers on public cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure and
Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Solutions PoC, Design, and Testing in AWS and other public cloud platforms for CSR1000v Transit Network
VPC and CSR1000v Autoscaling solution.
Regular automation for Cloud Infrastructure and new CSR1000v features and solutions in Python and PyATS
(Cisco's Test Harness).
Architected Performance and Scale testing methodologies for SD-WAN virtual routers on ESXi, KVM and SD-
WAN cloud routers on AWS, Azure and GCP.
Regular involvement in supporting customers escalations, troubleshooting deployment and configuration
issues, root-cause identification and analysis, bringing resolutions to problems and recommending potential
workarounds to mitigate downtime.

Validation of Cisco’s virtual routersValidation of Cisco’s cloud routersSolutions PoC, Design, and TestingAutomation for Cloud InfrastructureArchitected Performance and Scale testing methodologiesCustomer escalations support+2

Cisco

Software Engineer II

Feb 2017 – Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Designing and developing new test methodologies for new routing platforms.
Performance and scalability testing for hardware and virtual routing platforms.

Designing and developing new test methodologiesPerformance and scalability testingSoftware Testing

Nokia (formerly alcatel-lucent)

Software QA Intern

Jan 2016 – Aug 2016 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Functionality testing on Alcatel-Lucent 7x50 PDN Gateway.
Wrote and automated the test plans for new features.
Worked on optimizing test suites and reduce test cases execution time.
Regression analysis of the features and debugging test cases to suit the product requirements.

Functionality testingAutomated test plansRegression analysisSoftware Testing

Cisco systems

Mobile Internet Technology Group, Engineer.II.Software Engineering

Jun 2011 – Dec 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Pune Area, India

Worked on Validation of 4G-LTE & GGSN Gateway nodes for Functional, Policy Control, Charging and Billing.
Worked in Protocol Analyzer team, inspecting state of protocols from all layers of the OSI stack, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI).
Worked on Cisco’s flagship packet-core gateway, ASR5000, ASR5500 in Mobile internet technology group.
Worked on ECS features like Header-Enrichment, HE-Antispoofing, Transactions Rule Matching, Accelerated ECS, Rule Optimization, Delay-charging, Post processing, Next hop, IP-readdressing, EDR and RF accounting.
As a part of Escalation team, handled customer issues related to DPI.
Worked on developing call models, executing specific functional tests, and reproducing and verifying fixes for problems.
Involved in preparation and validation of test plans for 3G and 4G LTE packet core gateways.
Reduced QA efforts by designing and developing “Longevity tool” for extensive testing of charging service.
Worked on Longevity testing, Regression testing and System Testing.
Worked on automation of test cases using TCL and Python.

Validation of 4G-LTE & GGSN Gateway nodesProtocol AnalyzerDeveloping call modelsAutomation of test casesNetworking

Kpit cummins infosystems limited

Network Engineer

Jul 2010 – Jun 2011 · 11 mos · Pune Area, India

Worked on Network Administration: Vlan, Access-lists, Dynamic Routing, and Route map configuration.
Worked on Firewall Administration: Site to Site VPN, Client to Site VPN, Secure Remote Client VPN, NAT, QOS.
Worked on Installation, configuration and monitoring of network uptime and performance using Nagios, LMS and MRTG.
Worked on Designing and Implementation of Network infrastructure including LAN, WAN, Voice Gateways and Telepresence.

Network AdministrationFirewall AdministrationNetwork infrastructure designNetworking