Soni Thakur

Sunnyvale, CA

Summary:

Accomplished and seasoned, Automation Test Engineer and WLAN Network Engineer with 10+ yrs. of experience.

Expert in WLAN concepts, computer networking, TCP/IP, Wireless LAN and variety of software L2/L3 protocol, hardware and network based application

Expert in TCL, Python scripting on product testing level.

Extensive knowledge of software testing and management

Knowledge of project management with good planning and organization skills with the ability to independently complete tasks and prioritize work in a quick-paced, real-time environment.

10+ years of experience in Wireless Network Testing & Implementation.

2 years of Wireless network engineer.

Managed a team of 6 members during Juniper projects.

Strong Knowledge in TCP/IP, Networking Concepts, Routing, Wireless LAN protocols and IXIA traffic generator.

Extensive experience in wireless testing, Layer 2 to Layer 7 protocols, Wireless LAN Controllers, Access Point, Wireless Bridge and Client cards

Experience in troubleshooting and maintenance of ISP operations, implementation of customer networks.

Experience of product testing on TCL n Python scripting language.

Technical Skills:

Main Skill: Testing Network Wireless Protocols, Server Load Balancer, WLAN

Protocols: TCP/IP, l2 protocol, STP, RSTP, HSRP, VRRP, MPLS, Multicast

Routing Protocols: L3 protocol, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGPv4, QOS

Wireless Protocols: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, WEP, TKIP, LEAP, PEAP, EAP

Routers : Cisco AS5300, 5800 & 7000 Series, Juniper Mx

Switches: Alteon Application Switch, Radware Alteon 5412, 4408, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 2900

Wireless Devices: Cisco 5500, 5760, 3850 Wireless Controllers, Access Points - 3700,3600, 2600, 1140, Bridges – 1310, 1410, Cisco PI, MSE, NCS5000

Firewall & VPN: Junos SRX 5800, 5600, 3600,1400, Cisco PIX 506, VPN Concentrator 3000

Network Tools: IXIA, Avalanche, Agilent traffic generators, Etherpeek, MS web stress tool, Airsnort, SIP ONDO server,SIP X-client, tcpdump, mybridge, fragroute.

Project Management tools: Microsoft Project Professional, Test Management templates.

Scripting: TCL, Python, Unix

Professional Experience:

CCNA certified 8+ years of industry experience as a Test lead and Wireless network engineer.

Worked on WLAN test activities in Cat3K, Cat4k platforms.

Performed testing of JUNIPER SRX Firewalls.

Involved in testing of Wireless LAN devices for CISCO.

L2/L3 testing on IOS and IOS-XR .

Strong knowledge in WLAN concepts, WLAN Security, SLB concepts and TCP/IP, CISCO IOS, Microsoft Networking, Routing Protocols. Exposure to several network management and monitoring tools like PI and Network/Wireless Sniffers.

Educational Qualification:

Bachelor in computer application - 2003

Master in computer application - 2008

Trainings Attended:

ISTQB Foundation and Advanced level

Spirent Avalanche Traffic Generator TCL/Tk

Python,Basic of C

IXIA IxLoad and IxExplorer

Basic Presentation and Communication Skills

Accreditation:

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Facebook, Menlo Park, Pal Alto, Ca

Sept 2017-till now

Wireless Testing and Validation Engineer

Working on Facebook, Infra Connectivity team for Terragraph radios,60GHZ and NMS tools. NMS tools is a network management tool. It is used for managing Terragraph network.

Writing software programming in python, test plans, test cases, and development of documentation of new features;

. Modifying existing software to correct errors and for new features to adapt it to new hardware, or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance;

Designing test plan to encompass component level and end-to-end connectivity testing to ensure wireless mesh network meet the strict performance and reliability requirements of ISP;

Providing in depth network testing to validate performance of layers 1-3 of the wireless mesh network;

Working cross-functionally with local engineering, deployment/operations team, and OEM vendors to design, test, and debug validation test plan;

Creating test bed for the new features requirements;

Troubleshooting and debugging the network;

Developing comprehensive documentation of results and bugs discovered during engineering validation test plan;

Reproducing the customer issues in lab and building the same topology in Lab environment;

Working on different types of network devices of Cisco AP, Controllers, Ruckus APs, Mojo APs and protocols like BGP, OSPF, IPV6, 802.11ad, 802.11a, b,g,n,ac,,ad,TCP,UDP,VLANX,PING6, Terragraph High Availability features;

Designing and executing engineering validation test plan to test performance and reliability of a millimeter wave wireless mesh network;

Determining millimeter wave RF characteristics and performance in real world Terragraph network topology; and impact of rain and snow on Terragraph links.

Working with SW and HW engineering teams to iterate on hardware and software designs.

Mattson Technology, Fremont, CA

Mar 2017- Sept 2017

Network Engineer

Design and setup a network (including clients, servers, routers, Switches, Wireless controllers and access points.

Troubleshooting and maintenance of different vendor devices like Juniper, Cisco, Pal Alto, Netgear.

Scripting in python for updating and configuration of devices and network.

Working on OSPF, BGP, RSTP,MSTP,VLAN Ethernet. Fiber Optic, Modem,802.11 b,g,n,ac

Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA (Offshore) India Jan 2016 – June 2016

Sr. Network Test Engineer

Design and setup a test network (including clients, servers, routers and dedicated test equipment) independently.

Development and maintenance of Automation scripts using TCL/TK, Python

Coordinated end to end Testing Activities for each release in the User Acceptance testing (UAT) environment.

Settings of the networking devices (Cisco Router, switches) co-coordinating with the system/Network administrator during implementation.

Responsible for analyzing product requirements and set direction of overall product design and technologies and for executing and validating Test procedures.

Developing Test plans, Test Procedures, executing functional testing of Carrier Ethernet Switches.

Designed and implemented Routing Protocol software, including unit-testing and bug-fixing activities.

Cisco Systems, Bangalore, India Sept 2011 – Oct 2015

Senior Test Engineer

Leading Cisco Wireless Releases.

Access Point Testing: Tested all the AP functionalities some of which are Security, repeater, wireless bridge, WDS (Cisco Wireless Distribution System), hot standby, IP and IP port filters, NTP server, MAC filters, MAC authentication, VLANs.

The project involved manual and automated testing for the new and existing features on various Cisco AP platforms and Clients on Windows operating systems. The Cisco India WNBU team is completely responsible for all the client feature testing and much of the AP functionality testing.

Our team was responsible for testing functionality of various Cisco's Wireless Access Points, Bridges, Workgroup Bridges and Wireless LAN Solutions Engine for quality and to ensure that they comply with standards.

Wireless Bridge testing and Client Radio testing.

Taking up ownership of new features

Testing a wide range of wired and wireless features in Cisco’s Next Generation WLAN Controllers.

Bringing issues to closure.

Subject Matter Expert for 802.11r, CAPWAP, Guest Access, webAuth features.

Mentoring engineers.

Providing Solution to customers in their deployments and handling escalations.

Participating in support mail aliases answering Sales, Marketing and Customer Support etc.

Delivering Presentations and Demos to Customers about our Wireless portfolio, Cisco’s innovations in wireless, help customers understand features and their working in live session

Delivering Demos to TAC/TME etc.

Creation of test plans & test execution

RTSP

TFTP, FTP, DNS features

Layer 7 HTTP Application Redirection, and Cookie persistency

TCP connection pooling

L2 VLAN, STP and L3 OSPF protocols

Juniper Networks, India Jan 2010 - Apr 2011

Senior Systems QA 4

Involved with leading a team and testing of SLB module in High end SRX devices (5800, 5600, 3600)

Underwent Junos/SRX training in Sunnyvale, CA

Qualified SSL offloading, Health monitoring, Real Server Group Enhancement, NAT-FTP/TFTP ALG features of server load balancing in SRX

Aricent, India Jan 2008 – Jan 2010

Worked as a Wireless Network Engineer

Troubleshooting and fixing customer issues.

Configuring customer devices through remotely.

Updating the bug.

Scheduled meetings with Product Managers, Developers and QA to discuss about project status and bugs

Bug scrub meetings

Analyzing defect metrics and root cause analysis

Formal project closure and documentation of the lessons learned

Organized training programs for the team

Lancesoft, India Feb 2005 – Apr 2007

NOC Engineer

Responsible for maintaining and monitoring the organization’s high-end production servers. Having good experience with Sun Enterprise servers (E4500-E6500), Network Load Balancers (Cisco Local Directory), NetScaler and Firewall (Cisco PIX). Performing support/administrative duties in heterogeneous systems environment consisting of Windows XP/2000/NT/9x.

Design & Administration of the Organization’s LAN/WAN

Day to Day maintenance of Cisco 1720 Router, Cisco VPN concentrator, Catalyst Switches and Cisco PIX Firewall

Providing 24*7 availability of oracle database and high-end servers

Providing support to operations with the integration of distributed systems

Administration and troubleshooting of a LAN comprising about 250 nodes and NT 4.0 servers

Configuring Cisco Routers, switches, hubs etc.

Designing and Implementation.

Troubleshooting software, hardware and network problems. Patch administration, performance analysis and tuning. LAN cabling with compliance to CAT5 standards.

Involved in planning, designing and implementation of leased line connectivity to Dishnet Hubs and Customers.

Commission 2Mbps Circuit, ISDN PRI and E1/R2 lines

Planning, designing, product evaluation and implementation of networks.

Projects Done:

WAN Connectivity between five locations

Installed and configured E1/R2 and ISDN PRI circuit

Established Site to Site VPN tunneling between Corporate and Branch office using Cisco PIX Firewall.

LAN Network with NT server with 50 clients

Proxy server setup for 5 Browsing Centers connected via Leased line

Anna University Online hall ticket program

Installation and Configuration of Linux severs for Prepaid billing Project

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