Priya Khettry

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

16+ years of experience in technology leadership
Proven track record in project delivery and engineering management
Expertise in building high-performing teams and driving innovation

Stackforce AI infers this person is a technology leader specializing in engineering management and automation within the networking industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Program ManagementTechnical LeadershipTeam BuildingQuality EngineeringAutomationDebugging

Other Skills

Interpersonal CommunicationCommunicationAnalytical SkillsTeam Building & MentoringPerformance ManagementStakeholder ManagementRisk & GovernanceQuality ManagementProject ManagementTime ManagementComputer NetworkingDatacomFeature TestingScriptingTechnical Project Management

About

Dynamic technology leader with 16+ years of experience in project delivery, engineering management, and organizational transformation. Proven expertise in building high-performing teams, implementing technical innovation, and driving strategic initiatives. Track record of delivering enterprise-scale solutions while fostering engineering excellence and operational efficiency. Program Leadership • Enterprise Program Delivery • Release Management • Risk & Governance • Stakeholder Management • Resource Optimisation • Budget Control Technical Leadership • Software Architecture • DevOps & Automation • Quality Engineering • Innovation Strategy • Performance Optimization • Technical Documentation People Leadership • Team Building & Mentoring • Performance Management • Talent Development • Change Management • Cross-functional Leadership • Strategic Planning Certifications: ---------------- • Certified Scrum Master • Pursuing “Best Boss training modules” from Juniper Networks • Women leadership program from SBG leadership • Pursuing training on PMI-PMP • JNCIP-DC (2022) – Valid till date • JNCIS-ENT (2021) – Valid till date • JNCIA-Junos (2020) – Valid till date • Red Hat Certified Engineer (2009)

Experience

17 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Juniper networks

Software Engineering Manager

Mar 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Managed and scaled engineering team of 30 (10 FTE, 20 contractors) achieving 40% improvement in delivery timelines through strategic hiring and mentorship programs
Implemented structured career development frameworks and performance management systems, resulting in 90% team retention rate
Cross collaboration with development, product owners and engineering & DevOps stakeholders to scope and plan engineering efforts and dependencies.
Managed schedules, optimized testing strategies to achieve 25% cost savings and enhanced customer satisfaction.
Achieved 30% improvement in code quality metrics by conducting code reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement activities.
Led 12+ successful MR releases and multiple SR/XR/Cloud releases through structured planning, risk management, and stakeholder alignment.
Communicated customer feedback, risks, and schedule changes to stakeholders timely, collaborating with Project and Program Managers for effective mitigation.
Developed and maintained comprehensive project documentation, risk registers, and status reporting frameworks
Led successful integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. Promote the adoption of shift-left testing practices to detect issues early in the development lifecycle.
Established technical mentorship programs and conducted regular 1:1s to drive professional growth and team engagement
Facilitated go/no-go decisions, checkpoints, and retrospective meetings with release stakeholders.
Ensured strict compliance with industry standards and served as the TL9000 compliance owner.

Interpersonal CommunicationCommunicationAnalytical SkillsProgram ManagementTechnical Leadership

Extreme networks

Staff Engineer

Oct 2015 – Mar 2020 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Utilized java-based CATT automation framework with JETS simulation for Avaya proprietary protocols such as SPBM, VIST, IST, IP shortcuts L2VSN, L3VSN, Fabric Extend and developed/deployed Debugging case base test scenarios.
Proficiently drove automation functions involving; Micro VSP, Titan (Trident Plus) platform.
Automated test scenarios related to the Brussel Scaling Metro project with the review of test coverage, test script review using GIT.
Analyzed and logged defects and bug tracking using the JIRA tool as well as extensive experience with JETS (Java-emulated test set which is a simulation tool)
Governed submitting of the scripts in the central repository using ClearCase and GIT with optimization for regression test suites, including error handling, execution-time handling, runtime, fixes, etc.
Led ISID MIRRORING using SPBM network (Automation of l2vsn negative test cases (Avaya proprietary protocol)), BGP_PLUS using Avaya VSP 4K/7K/8K, BGPv6 –Complete automation of BGPv6 for VRFs in Titan (Trident plus) platform, Vxlan –Automation of negative test scenarios.
Directed Automation of Scaling tests of Fabric Extend using Jets as a simulator for L2vsn and L3vsn. (Avaya proprietary protocols)

Interpersonal CommunicationCommunicationAnalytical SkillsAutomationQuality Engineering

Ciena

Senior SVT/PV Engineer

Jun 2014 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

Accountable for devising and implementing Debugging case base scenarios in TCL using MOFs/IDLs/DCraft commands used in Optical Switching Industry for SONET/OTN/PTN Networks.
Designed packages in TCL for sequencing and provisioning SONET and OTN PTPs, TTPs, CTPs, and XCON using TL1 and MOF commands.
Automating software packages of OSMINE TL1 test cases for new releases
Development of Test LEGOs, setup files and test suites of new features for future regression, using TCL
Introduced NAT (Network Address Translation) functionality with Optical Switching node serving as Automation SPOC
Resolved amendments based on requirement/upgradation of existing automation suites and equipment (traffic generators etc.) libraries.
Led incident management as well as proactive and reactive problem management in the Network domain
Optimized old test suites (error handling, execution-time, runtime fixes, etc.) along with enhancement of test framework (OSMINE, Line rates, etc.) using TCL scripting language.
Conducted defect logging and bug tracking using the DDTS tool.

Interpersonal CommunicationCommunicationDebuggingAutomation

Ixia

Software QA Engineer-II

Aug 2011 – May 2014 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Kolkata Area, India

Excellence in IXIA Test Systems: IXIA Traffic generators: XM-12 Chassis, X-16 chassis, XM-2 Chassis, 1600T chassis, 400T chassis, 400 chassis.
Experience in load modules like STXS4, 10GLSM, 10GMSM, 2.5G MSM, Heavenly, Yukon, Whitney, Whistler, and Whiskers.
Perforce Consolidating the test bed requirements of all the features and bringing up the setup in the lab with effective use of Ixia Load Modules 1G, 10G 40G, and 100G, IxNetwork, IxExplorer, IxReporter, QuickTest, IxTracker,
Advanced the test planning and Functional Specification including Preparation of Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Checklist Development for new features.
Handled manual Testing and bug verification in the Ixia tool IxTracker while automating and executing the test cases for new load modules along with analyzing the logs of executed test cases.
Automated the customer hotfix scenario in TCL, UNIX with the reproduction of Customer Hotfix in-house and Verification in the latest builds combination.

Communication

Wipro

Project Engineer

Dec 2009 – Jul 2011 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Consolidating the test bed requirements of all the features and bringing up the setup in the lab. Proper understanding of the requirements through the Test Plan and Functional Specification. Manual Testing and raising of bugs.
Automating and executing of the test cases. Analyzing the logs of executed test cases.
Failures, deviations from standards and bugs were noticed and reported to Development team.
Each of the results of the test cases had to be accounted by tool called TC view across various releases. Bugs were to be managed by tool called Extraview.
Regression Testing included several test cases to be executed on the box across different releases.
Feature Acceptance testing, Functional testing, Performance testing of SE-800
Perl, LINUX, ARTS (Automation, Reporting and Tool System) Framework N2X, Extraview, TCView, Edentree.
AAA Route Download – Manual Testing, Automation, Raising of Bugs and Regression. SNMP Trace route –
Manual Testing, Automation, Raising of Bugs and Regression.
IPsec Alarms Stats – Automation.