Abhilash Achanta

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in optical communication technologies.
Proven track record in software automation.
Strong presentation and communication skills.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications Software Engineer specializing in optical networks and automation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Optical NetworksPythonSoftware Quality AssurancePublic Speaking

Other Skills

AutomationOptical CommunicationsTL1CLINETCONFRESTCONFCoherent opticsGitJIRAMatlabArduinoMicrosoft OfficeOptiSystem Simulation toolRaspberry PiScilab

About

I take pride in working in an industry that connects the world and brings people closer virtually. I'm talking about the unseen presence of optical communication in our daily life. This communication happens at nearly the speed of light and that's fascinating! The ability to think in the shoes of an end-user is something I love doing. Curiosity is the fuel that drives me to try out new things. Finding loopholes and bugs in Software of Networking products often makes my day! I am a DIY enthusiast and have worked with Raspberry Pi and Arduino by demonstrating simple projects mainly centered around communication. I consider myself to be a passionate communicator :) having delivered presentations and demos in hackathons and everyday topics.

Experience

9 yrs

Total Experience

4 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Cisco

SW Engineer (Optical)

Feb 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Led customer calls with Microsoft for over 4 months
Developed Automation for various optical features on Jupyter notebook
Reviewed the logs directly with Microsoft Optical Deployment Engineers
Found major issues during the process and reported to Development team to fix it
Developed Python Automation for the following features and achieved high quality
Span loss
Automatic Power Control
Raman Tuning
multiple OTDR features

PythonOptical NetworksAutomationOptical Communications

Infinera

SW QA Engineer

Jun 2017 – Feb 2021 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Few Highlights at Infinera :)
Built testbed in lab consisting of actual HW to validate various deployment scenarios of ROADMs,
Amplifiers, and Transponders in an Optical network
Developed Libraries for Python-based automation framework which resulted in identifying critical
bugs in the early stages of the Software Development Cycle
In-depth understanding of coherent optics, modulation formats, BER vs OSNR analysis and link
budgeting
Formulated test cases for optical thresholds, offsets, and advanced parameters keeping deployment
scenarios in mind.
Working experience in TL1, CLI, and XML based protocols like NETCONF, RESTCONF
Hackathon 2018: Demonstrated the vulnerability of an adversary tapping a fiber and how it can be
detected using an OTDR
Hackathon 2019: Proof-of-concept of how FEC overhead on the Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC)
can improve the reach.
Presentation skills: Have delivered speeches on various technical and non-technical topics