Engineer Test

Amit Duggal

Vancouver, BC

Canada

immigration status: Canadian Citizen - can work In USA on TN Visa

Phone: 778-***-****

( ********@*****.***

Summary

Worked at GOOGLE in the PLATFORMS NETWORKING group on Data Center Cluster

Networking Devices - Layer 3 switch being developed by Google

Total 12 years of experience in the Networking Industry with 4 years of

experience in testing MPLS protocol and its associated areas like

Traffic-engineering, Label Distribution Protocol, MPLS-QoS and MPLS-

VPNs on CISCO - Carrier Routing System - CRS-1 and CISCO 12000 series

router

One of the first few Engineers to work on the IOS-XR software, Cisco's

latest OS designed for the CRS platform

Expertise includes troubleshooting, testing and debugging of NORTEL

Passport family of switches - Passport 6000 and Passport 15000

Worked in various areas of Data Communications including ATM technology,

TCP/IP protocol suite, Routing and Switching Technologies

Worked on VoIP related services platforms and used SIP protocol to test

VoIP sessions between SIP entities

Instrumental in bringing TL9000 processes into the work-groups at Cisco

especially in the Development and Test Engineering Teams

Worked with various IP routing protocols like RIP, ISIS and OSPF,

multicast protocols like PIM [Protocol Independent Multicast] and

IGMP, GRE and IP-IP tunneling, VPN protocols including MPLS-BGP layer3

VPNs.

Experienced in both black box testing techniques and use of various

Protocol Testing Equipment like Agilent Router Tester, IXIA,

Smartbits and Adtech and sniffers like Ethereal.

Prepared and Executed Demonstrations for customers at Customer sites and

adopted customer support roles

Quick learner and a team player looking for an opportunity for growth in

a challenging role in a Development Test Engineer position

Awards

. CISCO PIONEER PRODUCT AWARD 2005 in recognition of valuable

contributions to the development of the CRS-1 and IOS-XR products

. CISCO OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE AWARD 2005 in appreciation of

outstanding contributions in preparing the Business Unit for TL9000

Audit at a short Notice

. Six Awards for TEAM WORK and INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION in various

projects at Cisco

Experience

Senior software Test Engineer - 01/2008(CURRENT

Software quality Assurance Team

ZEUGMA SYSTEMS

Richmond, BC, Canada

. Responsibilities include preparing and executing Feature Test

plans for PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol for subscriber management

on Zeugma Services BRAS Node.

. Worked on testing IGMP and PIM Protocols for the Zeugma Services

BRAS Node, which has routing features like OSPF, ISIS, and

multicast protocols to connect to the Provider Edge Routers.

. Prepared testplans for the above features and executed them for the

FCS (first customer ship) version of the Zeugma Services Software

. Setup System Testbed with PPP, DHCP, IGMP, PIM and QoS features for

execution of the System Testplan.

SENIOR SQA Engineer - 06/2007(01/2008

Platforms Networking group

Data Center Cluster Computing

GOOGLE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, USA

. Worked on testing a Linux and other Open source software based

Layer 3 cluster switch, which is being developed by Google for data

routing within a cluster and between the Data Center clusters.

. Setup mini-clusters using the cluster switches and also layer 2

Quanta LB4 switches to simulate Data-Center like environment to be

used as a testbed for Inter-cluster data routing tests.

. In-charge of writing testplans for various features for the cluster

switch and system and performance testing for the mini-cluster

setup

. Involved in mentoring new hires in Google's data-center and server

technology

. Learnt new ways in which Google's data centers are designed (

including visits to Google's Oregon and North Carolina Data

Centers) with optimization of Google Applications on Google servers

so that data can be routed between clusters in the data centers.

. Worked on proprietary OSPF-like LSD-based protocol which runs in

the Google's clusters.

Senior Software Test engineer - 11/2006(05/2007

Critical Business Communications Division

VoIP-based Console Systems

Zetron, Inc., Seattle, Washington, USA

. Working on the VoIP-based console systems used by emergency

personnel like 911 dispatch, ambulance services and businesses

which require field radio operations

. Working knowledge of SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] which is

used set up VoIP sessions between the console application and

target devices such as Radio Gateways to which Field Radios are

connected

. In-charge of writing testplans for various features of the VoIP

console application, like simul-select, patching of field radios

etc.

. Planned the Local Area Network on which the console systems will

operate, the network supports 6 consoles and 20 SIP Radio Gateways

[SRGs]

. Used Multicast Protocols like PIM and GRE Tunnels on Cisco Routers

to add remote consoles and SIP radio gateways to move the network

into the WAN domain.

. Providing solutions to customers where consoles and SRGs can be in

different subnets but still communicate using GRE tunnels across

the corporate network using the ISP provided VPN.

Software Test engineer - TEAM LEAD - 06/2005(11/2006

IOS S/W GSR 12000 series Router Devtest Team

CCMS Business Unit

Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India

. Team lead for planning testing strategies for a new SPA [Service

port adaptor, 8 port OC3/OC-12] for the GSR 12000 series of

routers.

. Work includes writing testplans, automation, execution and Customer

Demo planning for the new hard-ware.

. Worked on Testing 2 new SPAs, DWDM and WANPHY in the IP + Optical

Domain for GSR.

. Worked with MPLS features on new Line cards for the GSR 12000

series routers, was also involved in testing of various routing

protocols like OSPF, ISIS, RIPv2.

. Planned automation suites for various features in MPLS including

MPLS-BGP Layer 3 VPNs and Routing protocols and acted as a team-

lead in getting those scripts working for lab test-beds.

Software Test engineer - 01/2001(06/2005

IOS-XR S/W Infrastructure MPLS Devtest Team

CCMS Business Unit

Cisco Systems, Canada

. Tested MPLS features, Traffic-engineering [TE], Label Distribution

Protocol [LDP], MPLS forwarding Infrastructure [ MFI], MPLS QoS

and MPLS Diff-serv TE [DS-TE]

. Worked on writing testplans, planning execution of the testcases

for various features, reporting S/W and platform related bugs via

DDTS.

. Working on Automation Infrastructure, part of the team which

developed MARX - MPLS Automated Regression System for IOS-XR

. Overall Incharge and Prime for the MARX system, its maintenance,

updates of scripts, input files, Managing script development and

managing code-reviews for the scripts

. Worked on creating scripts in tcl/tk for the MARX system, for MFI,

DS-TE, QoS Features.

. Instrumental in setting up MPLS Devtest Team's CRS-1 testbed with

Prototype HFRs for internal testing of the MPLS features in the San

Jose Lab.

. Mentored and coached new team-members as part of their ramp-up

during the training phase.

System Integrity engineer - 09/1997(01/2001

ATM / ILS Verification team, Passport ATM Switch

Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

. Worked with Passport 6K (PP6K) team on the ATM WAN technology for

about 2 years

. Involved in writing testplans, executing testcases, and reporting

bugs including service requests via the Prostar System

. Involved in writing Automated testcases using the custom-built

Autotest Test authoring environment, completing a suite of about 50

testcases in various areas in ATM

. Owned and tested a number of features on the PP6K such as ATM

Multicast, VPT (Virtual Path Termination), PNNI and ATM Trunks

. Worked for the Passport 15K team on a new generation of line cards

called ATM-IP FP (SGAF) and testing ATM functionality for the PP15K

for such cards

. Worked with Different IP routing protocols like RIP, OSPF on the PP

6K, executed testcases on different releases of software for the

ILS (InterLan Switching) functionality

Software test engineer - 05/1997(09/1997

GSR 12000 software test team

CISCO SYSTEMS, San Jose, California, USA

. Worked on a new series of routers called GSR 12000 testing Packet

over SONET (POS) technology on OC-12 POS cards and ATM OC-3 line

cards.

. Work included testing of the features of Packet over SONET, ATM and

FDDI

. Involved in regression testing, writing test plans, executing

testcases and reporting bugs for GSR 12000

. Work involved use of automated test tools, network analyzers and

packet generator. A Black-box Testing Approach was taken for

various features.

Programmer Analyst - 08/1996(05/1997

ATM High Speed Networking Labs

North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA

. Worked on a NASA funded project to develop algorithms for

distributed query processing over high speed broadband networks. An

Experimental ATM Testbed was setup which consisted of CISCO

Lightstream 1010 ATM switch

Test Analyst - 05/1996(08/1996

Lucent Technologies (Ascend Networks Division)

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA

. Worked ( as a summer Intern) in the area of ATM Networks with

special emphasis on Router Management System and Software

Debugging. Involved in Regression Testing and development of new

test, diagnostics and performance testing for the Ascend Gigarouter

- a 16-slot router with an aggregate bandwidth of 16 Gbps

Network / Systems Proficiency

NETWORK RELATED SKILLS

TCP/IP, ATM, POS, IP over ATM, MPLS

Routing Protocols - OSPF, RIP, BGP, IGRP, EIGRP

Routing and switching systems - CISCO 7K, 12K, Cisco Lightstream

1010,

PP6K, PP15K, FORE Systems Forerunner

Skills and Personal Attributes

. Excellent Communication skills and ability to work independently or

in a team

. Dedicated, Punctual and Hardworking

. Take initiative to identify and solve problems

. Leadership qualities with very good task management and

organizational skills

. Proven analytical and technical abilities, Highly adaptable to new

working environment

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science (April 1997)

North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Master's Thesis: Distributed Query Processing over High Speed Networks

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering (May 1995)

Delhi Institute of Technology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

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