OBJECTIVE:

• Enter SQA Test Automation of L2 L3 switch, router and network products.

SUMMARY:

• Software Quality Assurance focus, work with enterprise, metro and carrier ethernet products.
• Layer - 2 Ethernet, Switch/Router functions, Metro; Ethernet, IPV4, QOS, VLAN.
• Work with aggregation, edge, triple play and carrier products.
• Work with Carrier Ethernet, traffic shaping with some additional work with PB, PBB-TE, VM virtual machine-router-switch configuration..
• Layer-3 IP routing protocols including OSPF and Multicast. Work incidental exposure to SNMP, MPLS, NMS, OAM, TCP/IP, PIM, RIP, BGP, LACP, VRRP, VMware.
• Create and maintain Test Specifications, Test Plans and Test Automation based on originating Product Specifications, RFC, target infrastructure and available resources.
• Use of Ixia, Smartbits, Spirent iTest, Wireshark, Chariot for manual and automation testing, use in Win and Linux environments.
• Defect management Quality Center, MKS, Clarify, SW version, Perforce, Accurev..
• Work with Regression, Features and Performance testing .
• Work closely with SW Development Teams, hardware development as well as special customer assignment; tool development, implementation and .
• Build, maintain and troubleshoot basic to complex test harnesses in local and customer sites.
• Use troubleshooting tools such as Wireshark, NMS, IxChariot. Spirent, traffic generators.
• Troubleshoot and repair network topology, hardware, servers, security and configurations.
• Test Automation TCL specialist within Linux, Windows and Unix environs; earlier exp with XP, Solaris.
• Develop tests and reports using TCL/Expect, HTML, CLI, Telnet, Bash, C shell; VB.net, Basic. Exposure to PHP, MySQL, Perl, Python; C++ and Java; Quite capable of extending programming expertise in new areas of exposure.
• Build and configure test harnessing of single as well as large multiple dut environments, incorporating resource reservation, test traffic hardware, Layer1 switch and test server control. Test harness design and implement.
• Additional IT, Test and lab admin experience in Test, R&D and Manufacturing spaces.
• Build and configure PC and worked with Linux, Apache, Sun, Solaris, Redhat, Ubuntu.
• Use oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analysers, equipment calibration.
• DVT, DMT, R&D, worked with first 5" 3.5" drives, designed working ATA RaIDE.
• Expert EE hardware experience in storage hardware DVT, R&D, pcba development.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Hardware Engineer

Confidential, San Jose, Ca

Responsibilities:

• Design for manufacturability ruggedized portable DC power supplies for SearchParty product, design ruggedized high power light and video equipment for Search & Rescue.
• Electromechanical design proof of concept two/four wheel hybridized vehicles.
• Script Network Analyzer Interface for offshore CM in TCL/Tk Python.

SQA Sr. P&T Global

Confidential , San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Create, maintain and troubleshoot TCL based automated TCL scripts on reservation based switch/router harness running 24-7.Work with HTML report automation based on test results, debug, verify bugs, verify fixes.
• Work with L2 switch hardware, IGMP, VLAN/ MPLS stacking protocols, Traffic Shaping, Traffic Engineering, 802.1p, 802.1q,, PPP, PPTP tunneling protocols, QoS, DSCP, traffic shaping, policing,. Layer 3 emulations to interface with OSPF, Multicast; Virtual machine virtual switch/router configuration.
• Work closely with SW Development, use Quality Center bug tracking. Exposure to VM, Perl, iTest, PHP. Use test tools Ixia, iTest, iChariot., scopes and analysers.

Hardware Test Engineer

Confidential, Livermore, CA

Responsibilities:

• Engineering lead. Design Smartest Process for major OEM switch and router products.
• Wrote RMA web-app in PHP,HTML, mySQL, control automatic test equipment configuration, test execution and pass fail; use test equipment, scopes, analysers,DC power supplies and PS design
• Automate test report process via daily auto-report and remote snapshot through web. Reduced front line engineering load to technician/assembler level.
• Designed and marketed remote optical link breaker test

SQA Technical Consultant

Confidential, Santa Clara

Responsibilities:

• TCL feature and performance automation of large NYSE level switch router environment duplicating customer sites; Passport and Accelar products
• Tcl/Expect protocol test automation of RIP, OSPF, BGP, IGMP, PIM, DVMRP, VRRP.
• Script configuration using test tools IxExplore, Ixia, Spirent Smartbits, Apcon, scopes.

Automation Test Engineer

Confidential, Mt. View, CA

Responsibilities:

• Automation of verification of custom switch OS.
• TCL projects include iChariot implementation, VLAN, GVRP, GMRP suites, Ixia.

IT Support, Staffing and Lead

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

• Staff, Lead and implement large PC rollout.
• Train crew to ghost, configure and install PC apps, run company-wide 3000 PC rollout.

Tech Support Specialist

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities:

• Build and implement 2000 PC node lab for network based video board test.

SQA Hardware Test

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• SQA, Regression test. GPS ASIC applications development. Regression testing, Ixia test tools

Manufacturing Engineer

Confidential , Ventura, CA

Responsibilities:

• Technical Lead, design facilities network for manufacturing automation and monitoring product manufacturability, lab layout specification, design and budget.

Manufacturing Engineer

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities:

• CM support, create TCL/TK final test automation for entire BigIron product, Use Smartbits, Ixia.
• Automation robust enough to last at CMs through BigIron end of life.

SQA Test Automation Engineer

Confidential, San Jose, Ca

Responsibilities:

• Metro Ring new technology. Network scripting of IP performance and features tests for new technology metro ring. Use Smartbits, Ixia and Windrunner test tools, test equipment, scopes, analyzers.

Hardware, SQA Test Engineer

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities:

• DMT, manufacturing verification,, HALT environmental hardware test verification, SQA
• PCBA and systems bringup of original Accelar switch router, pioneer test automation.
• NMS features test lead, Layer2-3 TCL/Expect, use Smartbits, Ixia equipment, scopes, analysers.
• Pioneered porting SNMP Scotty routines to TCL/Tk CLI scripts improving test times by factor of 2.
• Initial automation team -TCL/Expect automation of L3, OSPF, Multicast, NMS, features.