HIGHLIGHTS

• Network Management System Application, Software and Integration Support Engineer
• Diverse experience LAN to WAN with L1/L2//L3 various protocols
• Over six years in router, switch feature development testing and integration testing
• Creating Wiki pages for group and maintaining updating project status and other activities
• Experience in managing lab topology, configurations, cabling, racking, troubleshooting
• Interact with developers and discuss the issues related to bug / builds.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• L3 TCP/IP Protocols: ARP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, and QoS DSCP/IP Prec and Access List
• L2 LAN Protocol: Ethernet 802.1Q , QoS CoS/802.1p , VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP and HSRP
• L1 WAN Protocols: SONET/SDH: OC-n, STS-n, T1/E1 and T3/E3
• Tools Traffic Generators : Spirent Spirent Test Center , IXIA and packet sniffing tool Wireshark
• Experience in various environments - UNIX, Linux, CLI, IOS / IOS-XR and Windows XP
• Experience in working with various type of Metro Ethernet Network Devices:
• o Brocade: MLX-32, MLX-16, MLX-8 and MLX-4
• o Cisco Routers: 7600, 7200, 4000, 3800 and 2600 series
• o Catalyst Switches: 6500 and 3500 Series

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Consultant System Integration Test Engineer

• System Integration Testing: Performed manual testing and concentrating in following protocols:
• L2 - VLAN, STP and LACP and L3 RIP, OSPF IS-IS and BGP and Multicast: PIM and IGMP Protocols. Tested in various branches in different platforms MLX-32, MLX-16, MLX-8 and MLX-4 . Used Spirent test centre to generate traffic
• Prepared and reviewed test coverage test plan, build topology, tested, configuration and devices.
• Involved in System Level Testing Manual testing
• Analyzed log files, update results, Involved in originating, verifying and validating bugs

Confidential

Network QA Engineer

• Network Experience: Development / Feature Testing: Concentrating in IP SLA area and supporting for various branches in different platforms Cisco 7200, 7600 and Cat6K .
• Prepared test scripts, testbed, configuration and devices for automation.
• Automation Developed and Used Tcl/Expect scripts in ATS environment
• Participated in both black box and white box testing and developed/modified Tcl scripts for automation
• Managed the entire lab devices, coordinate with team members both local and India
• Maintained and Gathered QA status / results metrics and report on test progress
• Reviewed product functional specifications and design specifications, Developed, reviewed, and executed detailed test plans for IP Service Level Agreement IP SLA infrastructure features.
• Developed, reviewed, and executed test plans for feature integration testing, stress testing, scalability testing, stability testing, longevity testing, and high availability testing.
• Utilized web-based test information management system to manage SLA feature test activities.
• Participated in bug fixing activities, updated the status to the management and bug tracking system

Confidential

Software QA Engineer

Enhanced Device Interface EDI project:

• Installed and configured the various platforms: Dell, Hewlett Packard, IBM Linux servers
• Developed web site for group and projects in Confluence and updating the project status. Managed the lab with multiple devices: installation, upgrading and involved in all lab related issues
• Involved in CNS testing activities: Change Notification feature testing for IOS CLI commands in various levels for different components and monitor the configuration changes.
• Experience in testing the object models for various IOS components for XML/Java Programmatic Interfaces.

Metro Ethernet Network Experience:

• Designed topology with both Ethernet and optical devices and configured
• Writing test cases in TL-1 for with SONET Up to OC-192 interfaces in IP Solution Center.
• Populating the devices, interfaces, provisioning, testing, troubleshooting
• Configuring the Metro Ethernet and associated Metro Optical Network Concentrated in both end-to-end CE-CE and point-to-point CE-PE dynamic devices in provider's network with variety of interfaces.

Confidential

Hardware QA Engineer

• Experience in Synchronous Optical Network SONET / SDH
• Primarily Worked on Optical Transport System Cisco ONS 15454 and reviewed the hardware architectural specifications and test plans. Provisioned and created logical circuits into Digital Cross Connect Systems in various Levels. Analyzed the performance in various scenarios. Configured the system for EMF tests and EDVT testing, injecting alarms and troubleshooting different levels of SONET: LOF, LOS, AIS and LOP. Alarms Monitoring and interact with developers.

Confidential

System Integration Test Engineer - Member of Technical Staff

• Worked on Higher Band Width System Wavestar Bandwidth Management System. SONET / SDH
• Experience in using GUI tools to execute both automated and manual tests. Provisioning high speed 2.5 GB and troubleshooting Digital Cross Connect Systems. Writing test scripts for SONET / SDH interfaces in Translation Language TL-1 - Bellcore standard.

Confidential

System Integration Test Engineer - Member of Technical Staff

• Experience in SONET/SDH Worked on Digital Cross Connect System - TITAN5500
• Experience in testing, provisioning and troubleshooting Digital Cross Connect Systems in various Levels such as STM-1/4/16/64, E1 and E3. Experience in both manual and automated testing. Troubleshooting various type of alarms LOF, LOS, AIS and LOP in different levels. Developed the test cases in TL-1 for SONET interfaces. Participated in tool developments. Involved in originating, verifying and validating modification requests MRs Design, and execute tests in both Command tests and Functional tests.

Confidential

Design Qualification Test Engineer Contract

• Experience in testing, trouble shooting and configuring ISDN Modems BRI/PRI: T1 E1 with X.25 PAD.
• X.25 Gateway Card Stress testing: automated testing utilizes the Sparc Station with a configuration of 48 Digiboard ports and downloading software. X.25 PAD Gateway allows terminal dial in via the PSTN to treat this Card as a DTE and DCE and access a Packet Switched Network PSN via DTE/DCE interface.

Confidential

Design Specialist / Technical Support Engineer

Experience in X.25 Data Network, PSTN, Facsimile Server Unit FSU with ISDN, Configuring X.25 Cards into the Facsimile Switching System, Downloading the Software / Hardware and Setting-up System Basic Protocol testing, Troubleshooting and Backup the database SQL Compatible .