Engineer Information Technology

NIKHILA YADUNATH, Email:********@*****.***

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikila-yadunath-raman-b498b265/

OBJECTIVE:

● Seeking to move to a Software Test Engineer position in order to use and develop skills in programming and Network Testing.

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EDUCATION:

● Professional certificate program in Information technology at University of California Santa Cruz extension in Information Technology,

● http://www.ucscextension.edu/student/nikhila-yadunath

● Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Telecommunication from India - BNMIT, Vishveshvaraya Technological University (VTU).

SKILL SETS:

● Networking: TCP/IP, Ethernet, LAN, WAN, DHCP, ARP, DNS

● Wireless Protocols: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth

● Software Tools: WireShark, Bamboo, Stash, Splunk, TestRail JIRA & Adb

● Hardware Tools: Personal Access points,Openwrt Access points, Cisco switches, Web power switch.

● Operating Systems: MAC OS, Ubuntu, Windows, Linux, RTOS

● Languages: Worked on C & C++ in the past, getting familiar with bash scripting & Python. here: https://github.com/nikihapy?tab=repositories

CERTIFICATION:

● Cisco Certified - Network Associate, (CCNA)

● Juniper Certified - Junos Associate (JNCIA-Junos)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

FEB 2016 to FEB 2017 at Nest-Labs (Alphabet) as a QA Network Test Engineer

● Owning WiFi (end to end coverage) on the Nest protect for all Functional, Regression and Smoke tests.

● Performing WiFi Sanity, Functional and smoke tests for all types of Nest camera.

● Certify software releases for general use with automated python tests and black box tests.

● Working on both Linux and RTOS platforms, mainly in integrating code changes and achieving successful test results.

● Responsible for sensing the slightest changes in product behavior w.r.t Wireless and Battery usage.

● Responsible for looking through the huge data generated by all devices under test and scan for abnormalities, and file issues.

● Training new recruits and helping them understand the product whilst guiding them to drive issues to closure.

● Working towards learning python to write automation scripts for testing.

DEC 2014- FEB 2016 at Nest-Labs (Alphabet) as a QA Engineer

● Sanity test Planning and Execution.

● Bug Reporting and Issue Debugging.

● Working closely with SW/HW engineers and members of the Communication Integration/Test team to fix the issues, leading to verification and closure.

● Wifi Sanity testing for daily builds on Nest-thermostats and the Nest-Protects sent as a self- sufficient report.

● Extended Sanity/Stress test cases over a longer period using automation scripts in python, in a bash environment.

● Work consistently to reproduce bugs received from customer calls.

● Capturing sniffer traces to perform in depth packet analysis.

● Log collection and analysis based on certain signatures for issue detection.

● Briefly responsible for Bluetooth Sanity testing on the Nest Protect.

● Consistent efforts in bug reproduction to improve Customer satisfaction.

MAY 2014 – NOV 2014 at VERSA networks as a QA Network Intern.

● As a team member, Understanding the QA framework.

● Verify data plane forwarding through a distributed virtual appliance (primarily using the VMware ESXi) for different kinds of CGNAT scenarios

● Documentation of the scripts as test plans with summary and tabulated results.

● Perform CLI testing on various features.

● Managing the test bed in a Linux environment and debugging related issues.

DECEMBER 2008 – MAY 2010 at National Aeronautical Labs, (NAL) in India as a Research

● Engineer for Boeing’s Ray tracing project .

● As a team member,responsible for ray tracing associated with Time-independent Ray Propagation inside a Right Circular Cylindrical Cavity.

● Research was carried out in both time dependent and independent environments.

● Development of the code in C and C++.

● Drafted a set of classified project documents & Software user manuals along with team members & team lead based on the findings and listed here.

● 304, on http://oldsite.nal.res.in/pages/cemlab/cempub.pdf

SOFT SKILLS SUMMARY:

● Ability to work in a dynamic environment and maneuver efficiently between products to reorder priorities.

● Ability to judge, with in defined procedures and practices.

● Good analytical skills to solve problems in a creative manner.

OTHER:

Took part in the 5th WIFI Knowledge summit held in Bangalore, India on March 9th.

Details here: http://www.wifi-ks.org/ and http://www.wifi-ks.org/archives.html covering various current trend wifi topics by active communities of WiFi practitioners and enthusiasts.

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