Manish Kanal

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 21 years of experience in software test automation.
  • Expert in automation framework design and development.
  • Led organization-wide automation efforts and Scrum initiatives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Software Test Automation Architect with expertise in Cybersecurity and Automation Frameworks.

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Skills

Core Skills

Automation Framework DevelopmentTest Automation

Other Skills

JenkinsAnsibleVirtual LabsPhysical infrastructurePython 2.7REST APIsPythonC++

About

21 years of experience in Software Test Automation, Framework Design and Development for technically sophisticated software/product features, enhancements and applications using Python, C and C++. Automation Solutions Architect experienced in Coordinating the Organization wide Automation efforts. Specialties: • Coordinating organization wide automation efforts through Automation Scrum of Scrums Forum. • Automation Framework Development • Python 2.7, C, C++ • Data Structures • Object Oriented Programming • Windows(All Flavors), Linux(RHEL,SuSE,Ubuntu), Mac(10.8+) • Project Management • Automation Expert • Experience with SVN and GIT • Good understanding of Agile Methodologies, VersionOne. Jira based Scrum Management • Building team of engineers, who can design and develop highly performing solution • Providing support and mentoring development for engineers and helping them designing and solving complex problems

Experience

22 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Altera

Software Validation Architect

Jun 2021Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Fireeye, inc.

Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer in Test

Apr 2018Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Current Responsibilities:
  •  QA Release Lead for the client-side Agent application for the Endpoint solution
  •  Complete responsibility for the Release testing, Planning, Schedule Management and Execution
  •  Add and Enhance automation for the agent application
  •  Chart out the automation plan and execution for Quarterly to yearly plans
  •  Redesign Automation to make is more robust and reliable
  •  Merge Platform Centric Automation Code to make is Platform agnostic
  •  Organization Wide Automation Framework and infrastructure Creation and maintenance
  •  Maintaining and enhancing the various small Frameworks in use throughout the organization
  •  Maintaining the Automation infrastructure
  •  Jenkins, Ansible, Virtual Labs and Physical infrastructure
  •  Lead organization wide Automation Scrum of Scrum effort
  •  Create the Automation SOS forum
  •  Organize and Lead the biweekly meeting to discuss:
  •  Organization wide automation efforts
  •  Automation innovations and support requirements
  •  Track the resultant tasks and get them to a conclusion
Automation Framework DevelopmentJenkinsAnsibleVirtual LabsPhysical infrastructureTest Automation

Mcafee

Software Development Engineer In Test

Mar 2012Mar 2018 · 6 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Project:
  • McAfee Agent is the client end of McAfee’s enterprise security solution. It is responsible for communication with the enterprise server to get the Security policies, tasks and updates, apply them at the client end and report back to the enterprise server
  • Current Responsibilities:
  •  Leading the automation effort for McAfee Agent.
  •  Design and Develop a Multi-Platform Object Oriented Automation framework for McAfee Agent, written in Python 2.7. based on the REST APIs exposed by the server.
  •  Guiding the team in automating End-To-End System tests for McAfee Agent, based on the above Framework
  •  Collaborate with other teams in increase the framework adoption and usage
  • Significant Contributions:
  •  Created a Multi-Platform Automation framework, to work with All Versions of the product and server out in the market, along with several different endpoint products.
  •  Wrote REST APIs in Java for adding functionality not already exposed by the server
  •  Designed and helped develop dashboard server used for triggering, monitoring and analysing automation runs.
Python 2.7REST APIsAutomation Framework DevelopmentTest Automation

Autonomy corporation pvt. ltd.

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2010Feb 2012 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Projects:
  • Worksite NT Content Management tool is data management tool designed specifically to the needs of the legal domain.
  • Connected Backup for PC and MAC is a data backup and recovery solution for Windows desktops and servers as well as MAC computers
  • Significant Contributions:
  •  Individual Contributor for testing Worksite NT Content Management tool
  •  Testing different client modules of the product, like DeskSite, FileSite, OffSite and WorkSite Web,
  •  Testing Server components like File Server, Communication Server, Worksite Main Server Testing and the client side integrations with Microsoft Office, Outlook and Adobe Acrobat etc.
  •  Individual Contributor for Connected backup for PC and MAC.
  •  Tested end to end of the product, involving both server and agent testing and Ran pre-existing automation suites
  •  Conducted code review and white box testing for new code and bug fixes.
  •  Web UI and API automation for the exposed APIs, using Java and Selenium.

Amd

Automation Engineer

Sep 2007Feb 2010 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Project:
  • AMD CodeAnalyst is a suite of tools to assist performance analysis and tuning, by application profiling on AMD processor based systems.
  • Significant Contributions:
  •  Manual and automated testing for CodeAnalyst.desktop User Interface.
  •  White Box testing and API automation for the CodeAnalyst profiling libraries, exposed to the client
  •  Spearheaded a team of 3 engineers for the above effort.
  •  Attempted Load and Performance testing for CodeAnalyst

Indo nucleomet pvt. ltd.

Software and Support Engineer

Sep 2004Aug 2005 · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Project:
  • Thickness Measurement Gauge System used in the steel rolling mills to measure the steel sheet thickness
  • Significant Contributions:
  •  Worked on installation and repair of the product on the customer’s site
  •  Made enhancements to the DOS based monitoring system which was implemented in C

Hcl technologies

Software Engineer

Aug 2003Sep 2007 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • Projects:
  • Fault Injection Simulation Technology (F.I.S.T): hook on to system calls and inject faults and simulate stressful environment
  • Pipeline Data Processor: Web log analysis tool for separating logs into user readable data
  • Significant Contributions:
  •  Design and develop an event parser for Java interception engine of the Fault Injection Simulation Technology (F.I.S.T)
  •  Implemented string processing module to increased scalability of Pipeline Data Processor

Education

Amravati University

Bachelor of Engineering - BE

Jan 1999Jan 2003

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