PRATAP MATHUR

Mobile 510-***-**** E-mail: ad4ejk@r.postjobfree.com

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Summary

1.Senior Software and Systems Test Professional with more than 20-year experience in full life-cycle software.

2.Domain Expertise: Storage, Systems, Network, IPTV.

3.Participated in Integrated System Tests in Storage on Embedded systems with knowledge of RAID, iSCSI, TCP/IP, SATA, SAS, FC, FCOE, NVMe.

4.Testing experience on Embedded Blade Servers and Embedded rack mount servers, Disks, Switches; including End-to-End storage testing apps.

5.Knowledge of Audio, Video standards, MPEG2, HDTV, DVI, HDMI, HDCP, Composite, S-Video, Component, LAN, Wi-Fi.

6.Understanding of functionality Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing.

7.Excellent organizational and communication skills, team works, highly motivated, self-starter, leadership, results-oriented individual.

8.Knowledge of PowerShell, Bash scripting, and Python.

9.Excellent in writing comprehensive detail-oriented procedures that can be used each and every day.

Skills

Languages

Perl, C, Python

QA Tools

HP-Quality Center ALM, Clearcase, NT-Stress, Netperf, TFTP, Wireshark, Putty, Winscp, MobaXTerm, FileZilla, Diff

Platforms

MS Windows, Linux

Version Control Tools

SVN, Clearcase

Defect Tracking

ALM, Clearquest, HSD, JIRA

Debugging

Teledyne, SerialTEK, XGIG FCOE Analyzer, Fiber Channel Analyzer, Power meter, SCSI Analyzer.

Packages

MS-Office, MS-Visio, Altiris Cloner, Ghost, Clonezilla.

Education

California State University at East Bay, Hayward, California; August 2005

Certification in Bioinformatics

DeAnza College, Cupertino, California; April 2002

Perl Programing

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas; December 1990

B.S Electrical Engineering

Professional Experience

Micron Technology, Longmont, CO

Storage Validation Engineer, January 2020 – February 2023.

Motherboards:: Asus X570, Z80, Maximus VIII (PCIe motherboards)

NVMe Drives: Micron 7500, Micron 9400, Micron 7300

1.Use MTAP (Micron Test Automation Program) to

a.Run automated tests

b.Maintain and Create Test pools

c.Upgrade firmware.

2.Use NCMT (from Memblaze) and Disk Recovery Tool (DRT from Micron) to regain a failed drive.

3.Maintain documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software.

4.Responsible to do Fresh install OS ISO image to servers using PXE boot.

5.Responsible for relocating, migrating, and decommissioning of servers. Move the Server from one rack to another; Pack and unpack RMA Servers. .

6.Ran Compliance tests on M.2 and U.2 NVMe drives on PCIe systems.

a.PCI-SIG- Lecroy tests

b.PCIe 3.0 Compliance Tests

c.UNH-Lecroy PCIe Tests

d.IOL-UNH-PC-Edition tests

Intel Corporation, Folsom, CA

Onsite Lead Engineer, June 2019 – September 2019.

1.Perform US daytime work; Fulltime US resource.

a.Follow appropriate Bamboo projects and jobs

2.Remove impedance for the offshore team

a.Get questions answered

b.Hardware access.

Nutanix, Inc., San Jose, CA

Component Test Engineer, October 2018 – May 2019

Systems: SuperMicro, Cisco, HPE Rackmount servers with PCIe motherboards.

SSDs: Toshiba, Samsung, Hitachi, HPE and Cisco Branded SSDs.

1.Unblock the offshore team

a.Infrastructure access

b.Hardware setup

2.Run automated test suite (using Python) using the required drives (Capacity and Brand)

a.Cisco branded SSD on Cisco machines.

b.HPE branded SSD on HPE machines.

c.Generic SSD, NVMe drives on Embedded Nutanix NX machines

3.Executed Manual Breakfix Test on

a.SuperMicro/Nutanix, HPE and Cisco branded SSDs.

4.Setup racks and nodes in the new lab.

a.SuperMicro/Nutanix, HPE and Cisco Embedded nodes in the rack.

b.Assign static IP address in the BIOS level.

5.Analyze and fix hardware and software issues with Super Micro, Cisco and HP servers running MS Windows, VMWare ESXi

Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR

Firmware Integration Test Engineer, August 2016 – December 2017

1.Responsible for integration testing of server platform firmware.

2.Integrated Host-Target systems.

a.The Host has a SSD.

b.Collaborate with firmware developers to develop and automate test cases and tools for the firmware validation.

3.Executed

a.Automated test cases using Multi Tester Command Center

b.Manual test cases using Visual Studio C#

4.File defect reports and report test progress.

5.Debug Test scripts using Visual Studio 2012

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Palo Alto, CA

Senior System (Storage) Test Engineer, May 2015 - November 2015

Systems: HP DL980

Products: SAP-HANA, 3PAR arrays

1.Performed the CSUR (Converged System Upgrade Release) using

a.HPSUM CD boot

b.Mounting CD in Linux

c.Using Windows on

i.Scale up nodes

ii.Scale out nodes

iii.CMS node

iv.3Par Storage arrays.

2.Defined and developed test plans, executed test cases after reviewing product requirements.

3.Identified and communicated issues/risks to Lead Engineer.

4.Test Storage with High Availability, Replication, Raid, Snapshot, GUI.

5.Interact with technical teams and business users

a.to identify and share test information and procedures.

b.Report QA status, as appropriate, to keep project stakeholders informed on deliverables and timelines.

6.Upgraded the firmware on the HP LAN and FC switches.

Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR

Senior System/Validation Test Engineer, February 2014 - August 2014

1.Validation of

a.BMC firmware

b.Storage software using IPMI.

c.Upgraded the BMC firmware on Intel rackmount server.

2.Executed

a.Manual tests

b.Automated tests

c.Regression tests

d.Functional tests

e.System tests

f.Test analysis.

3.Reported QA status, as appropriate, on deliverables and timelines.

4.Executed tests for software in different Operating Systems (DOS, Windows, and Linux.)

5.Troubleshoot and resolve issues, using IPMI over Lan, RDP and SSH.

Exablox (now StorageCraft), Sunnyvale, CA

Test Engineer, December 2013 - February 2014

1.Testing and Configuring file system.

2.Configured Storage File Systems, Compatibility testing

3.Executed Python scripts.

4.Wrote manual test cases throughout the development lifecycle

5.Upgrading, installing builds for Exablox systems.

Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA

Senior Test Engineer, April 2013 - June 2013

1.Installed, setup, and configured SLES 11SP3RC2 on NAS and SAN.

2.Ran the Test Suite, EFI command tests, Crash dump, and Stress tests (Grey box)

3.Installed new applications, configured BIOS on HP blade systems.

4.Configured Network switch (VLAN, troubleshooting).

5.Created test cases using Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

6.Created the connections diagram using MS Visio 2011.

7.Upgraded the firmware of the LAN modules on the rack.

Cisco, San Jose, CA

Senior Test Engineer, April 2012 - October 2012

Systems: Cisco UCS Blade servers

Products: Cisco Fusion IO controllers, LSI Mezzanine Storage controller

1.Configuring blade server using IPMI and test the UCSM build.

2.Responsible to test and lead the Cisco-Fusion IO OEM program through an Agile based methodology to test the Fusion IO Mezzanine storage card, with a NAND Flash SSD in the UCS blade server.

3.Responsible to test and lead the Cisco-LSI OEM program through an Agile based methodology to test the LSI Mezzanine storage card, with a NAND Flash SSD in the UCS blade server.

4.Responsible to write and execute the performance test (benchmark test) on the LSI NAND Flash SSD using the UCS blade server.

5.Responsible for troubleshooting Network connectivity issues caused by Switches, cables, to the software or hardware level.

6.Collaborated to test and qualify NAND Flash SSD, SAS hard drives on different UCS blade servers.

Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR

Validation Test Engineer, March 2011 - April 2012

1.Evaluating software for

a.Network storage, Network

2.Responsible for running

a.Scripted Test plans, Ad-Hoc Test plans

3.Wrote and edited Aspect scripts to configure FCoE switches.

a.Cisco, Brocade

4.Configured Cygwin scripts to automate some tests on the FCoE adapters, switches

5.Installation and configuration of

a.High bandwidth adapters (HBA), Storage servers.

6.Completed the FCoE adapters' test pass for

a.Windows Servers

7.Configured and Upgraded the firmware on Dell LAN switch, Dell blades, Super Micro servers.

8.Setup the debugger for the developers to debug issues.

9.Used PowerShell script to create a batch file to configure the server to install required software, create shortcuts.

10.Used Oscilloscope to measure the signal strength during I/O.

Hewlett Packard, Cupertino, CA

Senior Triage Test Engineer, March 2010 - February 2011

1.Responsible to test Intel based Server systems (IA64 and X86_64 scale-up systems), using Windows Server 2008, with emphasis on

a.I/O Configuration

b.Primarily Network (including 1Gb & 10Gb switches)

c.Responsible to triage issues on Network adapters, using TCP/IP protocol.

i.LOM, PCIe cards, Mezzanine cards

2.Responsible to upgrade and test network adapters' driver/ Firmware.

3.Executed Network Integration tests on the new HP blade systems and using HP switches.

4.Configured Ethernet networks and run stress tests on

a."Virtual Connect Interconnect Modules"

b."Non-Virtual Connect Interconnect Modules"

c."Pass Thru Interconnect Modules"

5.Configured and executed System test cases on 4GB and 8GB Fiber Channel and FCOE cards.

6.Configured Virtual Machines using a Storage system in a server.

7.Installed the OS (Windows Enterprise 2008 Server) in a VM and created a clone on another VM.

8.Added Virtual NIC on the VM and ran stress tests on those NICs.

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