PRADEEP SAHANI

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

Over 8 years of experience in network automation.
Expert in L2/L3 protocol validation and test automation.
Proven track record in enhancing defect detection and reducing verification cycles.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications Automation Engineer with strong expertise in network testing and automation frameworks.

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Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationNetworkingSoftware Development

Other Skills

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)Test Automation FrameworksBGPTRexRobot FrameworkShell ScriptingLinuxVXLANGoDebuggingObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)PythonPyTestTraffic GenerationGenerative AI Tools

About

I’m an Automation and Network Test Engineer with over 8 years of experience working across networking, telecom, and infrastructure platforms. My core expertise is in L2/L3 protocol validation and test automation, particularly around protocols like BGP, OSPF, EVPN, VXLAN, and TCP/IP, combined with Python-based automation and CI/CD integration. Most recently at Calix, I worked as a Senior Solution Automation Engineer, where I led end-to-end automation for broadband access platforms, including GPON and XGS-PON networks. I automated BGP and DHCP relay feature validation integrated with access networks, and performed control-plane and data-plane traffic verification using TRex, focusing strongly on failure scenarios and scalability. Before that, at DXC Technology, I automated BGP, EVPN, and VXLAN functional test cases using Go and API-driven approaches for Extreme Networks platforms, which significantly improved defect detection. Earlier at Cisco, I spent several years building Python, PyTest, and PyATS frameworks for validating large-scale routing platforms like NCS and ASR series, helping reduce verification cycles by about 30%. Overall, my strength is combining deep networking knowledge with a test-engineering mindset—designing automation that not only validates happy paths, but actively tests failures, convergence, and scale

Experience

8 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Benison

Technical Lead

Mar 2026 – Present · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Calix

Senior Engineer Solution Automation

Jul 2024 – Nov 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

Led end-to-end automation lifecycle including environment setup, configuration, and Robot Framework implementation.
Designed scalable automation strategies aligned with CI execution models.
Hands-on experience in GPON/XGS-PON broadband access technology using Calix E9-2 platforms and ONT devices.
Automated BGP feature validation integrated with GPON access networks. Implemented END-TO-END data traffic validation using TRex for control-plane and data-plane verification.
Designed and validated traffic topology
IPFIX collector
Automated DHCP Relay feature validation integrated with GPON access networks. Implemented END-TO-END data traffic validation using TRex for control-plane and data-plane verification.
Enabled scalable test and validation automation across L2/L3 protocol features, contributing directly to faster deployment and more reliable release cycles.
Collaborated with platform and solution engineering teams to align automation deliverables with product reliability and performance objectives.
Platforms : E9-2 and cards : CLX3001 (System Aggregation and Control Card),NG1601 (Access Line Card),XG3201 (Access Line Card),ASM5001 (Aggregation Service Manager Card),GP1612 (Access Line Card)

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)Test Automation FrameworksTest AutomationNetworking

Dxc technology

Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Feb 2023 – May 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

My roles and responsibilities are to Design the Automation Suite, API and Test Case Automation :
Designed and implemented BGP feature automation and API-based validations using Go.
Automated BGP Basic Routing Functional TCs (Session, keepalive, open message, update message, Hold/Down Timer, Error Message, Notification, Next-Hop, AS_PATH, MED, Community and, shut/no shut of peers, clear bgp neighbor, Aggr/Access/Chassis Reload
Automated Static VXLAN Functional TCs (flood, forward & reverse traffic scenario on tunnel), add vxlan static config and verify
Automated BGP-EVPN Functional TCs (Add Basic EVPN Config and Validates basic bgp evpn centralized routing scenario)
Enhanced defect detection using API-driven and data-driven automation approaches.
Client was ExtremeNetworks and Platfom: SLX 9540

Shell ScriptingLinuxTest AutomationNetworking

Cisco

Software Engineer

Feb 2017 – Feb 2023 · 6 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India · Hybrid

1. Experience in Software Design , Development and Testing
2. Experience on pyATS framework and pyTEST
3. Traffic generation tools( IXIA , SPIRENT)
4. Good in Django
5. Basic knowledge of Routing Protocols RIP ,EIGRP ,IS-SI,BGP, OSPF and L2/L3,L2VPN, L3VPN
6. Basic knowledge of C
7. Hands on experience of gdb and git
8. Familiar with Linux command and comfortable with working on Linux OS
10. Platforms : NCS5500,NCS560,NCS5501,ASR9K,Cisco 8000 Series

DebuggingObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Software DevelopmentNetworking