SUMMARY:

• Looking for a challenging Lead Engineering opportunity in Network Design, development, support and/or testing, where I can explore my skills and experience.I have been working in telecommunication R&D for more than 18 years.
• I am working with PEG Bandwidth as Principal Network Design Engineer.
• I have a wealth of experience in working with cross function team to drive Pre-Sale Design to Operation IP/MPLS Network.
• I have experience in architecture and development of IP/MPLS network for scalability, reliability, and exceed SLA requirements.
• I am a good team player, and had various senior lead positions in Network Architecture, Design, and Implementation.
• I have a wealth of experience in various technologies including switching, routing, L2VPN, L3VPN, and protocols. Here are some highlights of my accomplishments:
• 18+ years’ Experience in Network Architecture, Design, Development, implementation, support, Testing, automation and S/W developments with diverse Network technologies, IP/MPLS, Ethernet and mobile backhaul routers and switches.
• Architecture and Design DWDM/Microwave IP/MPLS core network for scalability and Reliability.
• Expert experience ALU 7750/7450/7210/7705 services, configurations, traffic engineering, Quality of Services, service provisioning, etc.
• As a Network Engineer, I have a wealth of experience in various vendors’ switches and routers including, but not limited to Confidential, Cisco, Dell, Juniper, Calix, Ekinops, etc.
• Provide support for implementing Carrier/Metro Ethernet transport/backhaul networks and cell sites
• Provide support for live IP/MPLS network maintenance, upgrade, service impacts, etc.
• IP/MPLS Network Testing and automation experience using Incr Tcl, Tcl/TK, Ixia, Spirent Adtech AX/4000, and other test tools.
• Testing and verification experience with Confidential Optical Transport Products (SN8000 & SN10000), ALU routers, Broadcom (Gigabit Ethernet Switches), Confidential (VRS/32), Confidential (Net Provisioning-NMS), Cisco Systems (GSR & HFR) and Confidential Confidential (7K/15K/20K, 6400/9400, XA-Core, DMS 100)
• Experience with divers tools and API’s: Ixia, Smart Bit, Router Tester (RT900), Adtech, OmniBert, PTAS/AutoTest/CATT, TCAR, Clarify, ANVL, MChummer, Cressendo, TACT, etc
• Creative individual with diverse background, strong communicational, organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills
• Played various functional roles in diverse projects: System Analyst, System Integrations, Feature Integrations, Software Developer, Sustaining, Verification, Automations and Network Engineering

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Telecom (Data, Voice and Fiber Optics)
• Technical Support, Testing, Verification and Automation
• Software Design and Development
• Programming languages and scripting (C/C++, Java, Tcl, Expect, Motiff, Perl, HTML, CGI, XML, Unix, Sed &Awk, SmallTalk, Visual Basic, etc)
• Routers and switches ( Confidential, Broadcom, Confidential, Synthasis, Nortel, Cisco, Juniper, Sycamore….)
• Tools and environment (ClearCase, ClearQuest, Clarify, Spirent’ SmartBits, Tektronix’ Logic Analyzers, Agilent’ Router Testers and OmniBert, TCAR, ANVL, Oracle/SQL and other Database)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Principal Network Design Engineer 

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Architect, Design, and Build DWDM/Microwave IP/MPLS core network and Cell Sites
• Design and Build DWDM/MW IP/MPLS Networks for scalability, reliability, Availability, and Maintainability using Confidential 7705, 7210, 7750, 5620, Cisco ASR, 3750, 2600, etc
• Provide solutions to Design and Build the networks with consistency, no to less implementation engineer’s involvement to bring up sites, with less man power
• Resolved many Network architectural and design issues, including route summarization, precise QoS policy, etc
• Technical consultation support for various organizations
• Utilize Linux, MS Visio, Excel, Word, Shell scripting, Tcl/TK, iTest, Java, iOS, etc
• Provides technical training in various topics, including architecture and build IP/MPLS core networks, Cell Sites, Mobile/Ethernet backhaul, Network Scalability issues, Quality of Services, Switching and Routing protocols (Ethernet/STP/RSTP/MSTP, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, LDP, RSVP, IPv4/IPv6, etc), L2/L3 VPN, RFC2544 Tests, MEF, etc

Lead IPD Engineer 

Confidential

• Provide Architecture and Design solutions to various customers using Confidential ALU 7750 Service Router (SR), 7450 Ethernet Service Switch (ESS), 7210 Service Aggregation Switch (SAS), 7705 Service Aggregation Router ( Confidential ), etc.
• Provide Architecture, Design and Implementation support to IP/MPLS Network Operators, Service Providers, Transit Providers, Datacenter, enterprise, Utility companies, etc
• Hands on experience and knowledge on L2/L3 - QoS, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, Ethernet, STP, RSTP, MSTP, VLAN, QinQ, VPLS, VPRN, etc.
• Provide Tier 3 technical support to AT&T Uverse Platform, to design, develop and implement Uverse using Alcatel Lucent 7750, 7450 and 7705.
• Wealth of experience in Network Design, development, implementation and configure PW/VLL (epipe, ipipe, cpipe, hpipe, fpipe), IES, VPLS, and VPRN services using Confidential 7750, 7710, 7450, 7210, 7705 and 5620
• Provide Tier 3 technical support to various NA customers including AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Zayo Bandwidth, Peg Bandwidth, FPL, Level 3, etc.
• Demonstrated expert knowledge in IP/MPLS network and traffic engineering, and Quality of Services (QoS)
• Interact with diverse organizations to resolve customer’s issues; Ownership responsibilities to key customer A/Cs; Follow guidelines and add value to the process;
• Other activities includes but not limited, training junior staffs, proactive maintenance support, on-call support, documentation, education/training, etc.

Sr. System Test Engineer

Confidential

• Development and execution of system level test plan/cases and test automation for Confidential - Service Aggregation Router
• Write, modify, and verify quality standards and test procedures for product verification/validation via test automation
• Work closely with other departments (such as Development, customer team, support)
• Consult with software development engineers in resolution of defects
• IP/MPLS QoS Testing and Automation: Scheduling, shaping, Queue/Buffer management, profiling, marking and classification.
• Ownership for test coverage, quality, documentation, budget, schedule, execution, etc
• Develop & enhance test scripts using Incr Tcl, Tcl/TK, Ixia, Adtech, and other test tools.
• Other activities includes Junior Staff development, Customer Document updates/reviews, Support to customer teams, Test Escape Analysis (TEA), Code Coverage Analysis, (CCOV), etc
• ASIC Verification on Gigabit Ethernet SoC - Understand the architecture, changes, and new features and validation of L1/L2 (PHY/MAC), and L2/L3 features on Switched network fabric ASICs
• Verified various key networking features such as port configuration of various network topologies and interface such as 1G/10G/40G.
• Validating ASIC in pre-silicon and post-silicon stages using cutting edge technologies
• Provide extensive support to bring the cutting edge ASIC SoC to production through various layers of testing - Architect verification, Design verification, emulation testing, post-silicon testing, etc
• Provide assistance and support to design team, customer team, and support engineers, and ongoing various projects.

Sr. Test/Automation Engineer

Confidential, Contract

• Tested and Automated Solace Key feature attributes: SolFS, XML document parsing & routing, SNMPv2 & SNMPv3, HTTP running through an SSL or TLS tunnel, filtering, routing and XSLT transformation.
• Innovative, content-based routing protocols CSMP and CSPF Traffic segregation and network virtualization facility.
• 3200 router parse XML document through the H/W, and match the subscriber request route to the document to the subscriber effectively.
• Developed and execute Feature Testing and Regression Test Automation for XML Name Space, XML Conformance, SNMP, SSL/TLS, etc

S/W Developer

Confidential, Ottawa, ON

• My responsible includes but not limited to Test plan development & execution, bug reporting, bug analyze, Test execution projection and management, etc.
• As a part of Cisco Equipment Module Team, provide support for various design phase software development. coding using TCL, expect, C++, etc
• Automation Engineer, Contract - Cisco Systems, Ottawa, ON (2004 - 2005)
• Developing Automated test cases for Cisco routers (GSR/HFR/CRS/IOX/IOS) using Tcl and Router Tester (RT900) API's
• Porting, enhancing, and developing diverse test suites into new Testbeds, dynamic allocation of testbeds for manual/automation test
• Maintaining/enhancing libraries & testbeds for ongoing development changes
• Provide support for test improvements and test coverage.

Sr. Verification Engineer

Confidential, Ottawa, ON

• Testing and verification on Confidential 7K/15K/20K platforms for Layer 3, IP functionality on diverse features including ViPR, IP Multicast, etc.
• Developed automation test suites to cover the 70% of IP Multicast functionality by automation.
• Enhanced and developed ANVL (Automated Network Validation Library) IP Performance test suites. ANVL is a software testing tool that validates the protocol implementations and operational robustness of networking device. It is a product of Hammer Technologies.
• Developed automated test cases and test plans for regression testing using PTAS, Tcl, and Attech API’s
• Developed cshell scripts for PV teams to reproduce bugs to support CR's.
• Extensive experience in testing and verifications; able to program in any languages. Experienced with C/C++, TCL, Perl, Java, HTML, Sed/Awk, CGI, etc. Used various test tools including ANVL, Smartbit, Agelent Sonet test sets, DMS call traffic generator (Crosando, TACT), MCHammer (IP Mcast traffic generator), etc

Senior Software Engineer

Confidential, Boston, MA

• Partner with product design and field support teams to facilitate test aspects in a Time-To-Market conscious environment,
• Planed and prepared various test (system, feature, regression, sanity, etc.) for test engineers,
• Designed and developed test plans, test process and procedures,
• Leader for Fiber Optics Transport products Testing, conducted S/W & H/W testing cycles,
• Advised, reviewed and approved various engineering documents: High Level Designs (HLD’s), Design Documents (DD’s) and Design Testplans (DT’s),
• Identified, defined and corrected software maintenance problems, solving technical issues, and mentoring the teams,
• Developed and executed test plans and test strategies; Implemented and improved testing procedure and process; Developed automated test tools and test cases,
• Introduced and implemented the automated sanity and data driven test automation methodology;
• Tested Interoperability Test with Juniper Networks and Cisco networking products, and used Agilent Technologies protocol analyzers, Tektronix Smart bits, and other venders’ test equipment.

Software Engineer

Confidential

• Lead the Confidential product group to develop and maintain a metrics to deliver high quality software products and service on time,
• Provided assistance on system analyses, code coverage analyses, test escape analyses, and software testing cycles,
• Developed and executed test plan for various feature testing including TCP/IP, Bridging, Frame Relay, PPP, Token Ring, ATM, VPN, IPSec
• Assisted to the software testers, developers, lab managements, and test organization managers to test the Confidential software.
• A key player to developed a huge networks with 6 passports 6400s, 4 Sun work stations, 3 PCs, 4 Cisco routers, Bay Networks hubs, Smart Bits and Cintallian traffic generators and many other products to test Confidential product software,
• Mentored to the software testers and co-op students to maintain the test cases and results in a test case database; integrated various feature (OSPF, BGP4, RIP, Bridging and Tunneling) test cases into sustaining.

Automation Engineer

Confidential

• Designed and developed automated test cases in T-Language for Confidential (Extended Architecture Core) Platform.
• Developed AGE4 tool in C++ and TCL.
• A team player in Brampton Transition project, transferred 23 archids from Brampton, classified all archids and automated them.
• Automated regression testing on 88K, PPC, and VSOS Switches.
• CPUTIL Test Prime, DMS 100 CSP Product Validation
• Owned CPUTIL (Call Processing Utilities) archids for testing. The archids are BASE, FPE (Feature Programming Environment) EXTIN (EXTernal Interface) SPECON (SPEcial CONnection).
• Reviewed and approved numerous HLDs (High Level Documents) and DTs (Designers Test plans).
• A key team player in CSP (Communication Software Platform) Validation group, assisted to tester to complete the testing on time, bug finding, bug reviews, address the problem to the right group, TEA, and pick up good test coverage for SVn (System Validation).
• Actively participated ongoing programs: Employee Satisfaction program, Customer Satisfaction program, Team Building events, Job Fair, Hiring employees and co-op students, Lunch Time Learning, and etc.