Vidya S

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in system and embedded engineering.
Expertise in Windows and Linux kernel development.
Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a highly skilled Embedded Software Engineer with extensive experience in system-level software development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Windows Driver DevelopmentC++System SoftwareFirmwareGpuEmbedded Software

Other Skills

USBAzure DevOpsGitWDMWDFC (Programming Language)KMDFC#Python (Programming Language)REST APIs.NET FrameworkSCSIObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Storage SystemsACPI

About

System & Embedded Engineer with more than a decade long experience in: - Windows OS/VMM Internals. - Hardware/Software Virtualization (Intel/AMD/ARM(AArch64)). - Windows Device Drivers (WDF/WDM). - Windows File System Filter - Encryption, Anti-Virus, Backup, Replication, Compression & Virtualization drivers. - Windows Registry filter, Network filter, Firewalls, Network security & Class Filter drivers. - Windows User and Kernel Debugging. - Linux device drivers & Kernel Internals. - Embedded Firmware/RTOS/Hardware Drivers. - Chipset bring-up & Customization. - RESTAPI, Azure, Functional Programming - Computer Architecture. - MVVM, C#, C++20, WPF -Cryptography, SQLite, SQLCipher - Extensive programming experience in C. Exposure to programming in Python. - Experience of working on a variety of operating systems at kernel level including Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Server platforms, Linux, Solaris, VxWorks and embedded Linux. - Experience of software development in all layers from applications, kernel modules and device drivers to modules in embedded systems. - Experience of live kernel debugging, crash dump analysis using WinDbg on Windows. Experience with gdb and kgdb in Linux. - Experience of managing outsourced projects, co-coordinating activities across continents, working with cross functional teams. - Experience of leading teams, defining task lists, scheduling tasks for individuals, tracking progress, mentoring, daily SCRUM meetings, conducting training sessions, talent recruitment.

Experience

10 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Profitap

Network Virtualization Engineer

Jun 2023 – Jan 2024 · 7 mos · Netherlands · Remote

NDIS Miniport Driver for Network Capture device
● Implement NDIS 6.82 drivers for USB network packet capture device.
● Establishing a DevOps pipeline for established projects entails implementing automated procedures to construct, test, and deploy multiple software.

USBFirmwareWindows Driver DevelopmentC++Azure DevOpsGit+4

Capgemini engineering

Windows Specialist

Nov 2022 – May 2023 · 6 mos · Remote · Remote

Windows Device Driver for WLAN/BT Chipset(Qualcomm Kodiak) Driver Development
● Implement WLAN/BT drivers and build Windows services for Kodiak Chipset on AMD Platform.
● Develop WPF(MVVM) based GUI Application for Network Configuration and management.

FirmwareWindows Driver DevelopmentC++C#WDMWDF+2

Turing

Windows Engineer

Nov 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr · Remote · Remote

WPF GUI Application & File System Filter (Encryption – Altitude 144700) Driver Development
● Implement file system encryption filter drivers and build Windows services to configure encryption runs in user mode.
● Develop WPF(MVVM) based GUI Application and dependent dlls and services.

Python (Programming Language)Windows Driver DevelopmentC++C#REST APIsWDM+4

Western digital

Principal Software Engineer

May 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

NVMe CSS - Dev Team:
Developing system-level validation software to test SSD features for Zoned Namespaces (ZNS) specification from the NVM Express.
Building system-level validation software to test SSD features for Zoned Namespaces (ZNS) specification from the NVM Express
Designing and developing algorithms and strategies for validation of features like Zone IO, Zone Management, Asynchronous Event Notifications, and Power Loss Protection.
Working in an agile team environment to execute tests, analyze failures and drive improvements to the validation/test flow

System SoftwareFirmwareSCSIPython (Programming Language)Windows Driver DevelopmentC+++5

Intel corporation

Graphic Software Engineer

Oct 2016 – May 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

GPU Core Team - Drivers & Firmware:
WDM/WDF/KMDF Device Driver Development & Debugging.
Support Tools Driver Development and Test Frameworks.
Design and Develop Test Infrastructure for CI using Grafana, C/C++& Python.
Experience with Visual Studio 2017 and eWDK 10.
Work experience in Windows RT and Windows 10.

Python (Programming Language)Windows Driver DevelopmentC++GPUACPIWDM+3

Microchip technology

Software Engineer II

Aug 2011 – Oct 2016 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Chennai

Computing Platform Group (CPG) - Drivers & Firmware:
Architecture and design of embedded software framework layers and components.
Developed eSPI Multi Master/Slave capabilities to MEC1418/2016.
Design & Delivered USB-PD 90W IP reference firmware on Skylake platform.
Design and development of peripheral libraries and drivers for the rich peripheral
modules like UART, DMA, NVM, EEPROM, SPI, I2C, WDT, Timers etc.
Good experience of both MIPS and ARM (cortex) cores with hands on experience of
PIC32 (MIPS) and SAM (ARM) microcontroller lines.
Worked on boot-loaders and live update feature of PIC32 microcontroller.
Created wide range of applications from basic to advance to exhibit the capability of
32-bit microcontroller product family.
Firmware driver development for IOT (Intel ISH ).
Peripheral drivers based on FreeRTOS as well as custom kernel, SDK development.
Pre-silicon and post-silicon validation for computing chips using FPGA platforms.
Firmware upgrade scheme & architecture for multiple projects (over UART, I2C, USB as well as ACPI commands).
Working with Tools team to validate support of new device in MPLABX IDE.
Resolving complex customer issues related to code, tools, hardware etc.
Write application notes and corresponding sample code.
Conduct trainings for FAEs and customers.
PCIe/PCIX/PCI based bridge, packet switch products team (Applied Materials):
Performance enhancement for PCIe bridge products to support key customers’ application.
Develop KMDF Bus/Functional driver for P17C9X7954/7958 - PCIe-to-Quad UART I/O Bridge.