Jul 2021 – Oct 2021 · 3 mos

• Managing NBI security Multicast routing and switching portfolio

May 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Driving initiatives, individual contributor ownership of manual and automation for software features, mentoring , driving technical discussions, test planning, thinking out new focus areas for team, learning new solutions , platform types and technologies

Jan 2017 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Role and Responsibilities :
• Exposure to python based framework for automating Broadcom Whitebox based solutions/features .
• Exposure of test and validation of features on virtualization product solutions in ciena.
• Tools used ,
• QC, Test Rail, TCL based framework, Python Based Framework.
• Feature Automation on Supported Platforms in TCL. End to End ownership of Dataplane Rate Limiting, CFM ,IPUnnumbered,Netconf Automation across various Releases.
• Automation of Feature Enhancements in SNMP .
• TEA Automation.
• Manual Testing for Netconf Support.While doing this , Filed many feature enhancements for better adoptibility of standard YANG models on ciena platforms.

Dec 2014 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Part of Packet Networking Group

Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 · 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Sep 2008 – Dec 2013 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

• Manual Development Test engineer in Enterprise Backbone business unit in Cisco systems. Expertise knowledge on Quality of service and Multicast Feature areas on catalyst 6500 switches.
• Roles && Responsibilities :
• Feature Automation
• Writing Automated scripts and integrating them into Autoeasy framework written in Tool Command scripting Language.
• Troubleshooting and Reproducing CFDs:
• Proactively troubleshooting and reproducing customer found defects on Quality of service and Multicast
• Technical expertise in Routing and Switching (l2/l3 )
• Proactively handled Technical presentations on Cat6k packet path, Quality of service ,Hardware protocol policing, Multicast IPV6VRF Lite, MLD snooping Querier , IPV6 MVPN on catalyst 6500.
• Solved customer queries on Quality of Service and Multicast areas posted by Technical Assistance Center on mailer aliases faced by customers like Yahoo, Citibank
• Ownerships of Test Areas on Catalyst 6500 in the Past projects:
• Handled multiple sub-features: Classification, Marking, Policing, Queuing on Cisco IOS (Internet Operating system)
• Worked on Unicast, Virtual Switching system for several maintenance releases like SXI3, SXI5
• Tested Multicast feature: MVPN and IPV6 VRF Lite on Campus FEX architecture solution ( Instant access ) ,an Integrated solution of cat6k with cat2k,3k,4k in customer deployment base.
• Implementation of Test Strategies :
• Identified significant collateral defects in test area code by finding the affected areas through IOS code analysis
• Identified gaps in Reference Master Test Plan for testing Quality of service by analyzing customer found defects
• Implemented Free Form Testing technique in which focus is on exploratory testing.
• Implemented Customer in mind Testing
• in which the focus is on areas tested on customer field.