MANIKANDAN.S #N***, *** South Fair Oaks Avenue,

Northwood Building, Sunnyvale,

California - 94086

Mobile No: +1-650-***-****

Email: adkjzw@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Intend to build a career in a leading, hi-tech corporate environment that is

Allows Self exploration, Innovation and Talent honing to the best of Potential.

Challenging and Creative

Professional Summary:

Pursuing Master of Science in Business Analytics (Data Science) at CSU East Bay since Aug- 2019 (Expected graduation by May-2021)

12+ years of experience as a quality assurance engineer in the Storage systems domain

Expertise in RAID Controller Architecture, Storage Area Network (SAN), Direct Attached Storage

(DAS) and Storage Virtualization

Excellent knowledge in Controller firmware, Driver & Storage Management software validation

Expertise in validating Data center solutions like Local & Remote Mirroring, Volume Copy, Volume Migrate, Snapshots & Thin Provisioning

Sound knowledge in FC protocol stacks and its root cause analysis.

Good knowledge in analyzing FC traces via Finisar

Good exposure to SAS, TCP/IP and iSCSI protocols

Experience in Multipath configuration & FC Zoning.

Experience in validating RW Caching on SSD drives by using LSI SAS Megaraid controllers

Good exposure in validating High Availability and fault tolerance Clustering Solution (MSCS cluster)

Experience in qualifying x86, x86_64 & IA64 server motherboards.

Working knowledge on Windows, Linux, ESX and UNIX operating systems

Proficiency in Developing, Implementing and Executing test plans

Expertise in defining test strategies for system, regression and scale testing.

Expertise in testing, root cause analysis, bug reporting, tracking and verification

Good Knowledge in Agile & Waterfall Software development life cycles

Good Cross-Geo & Cross-functional interactions (with respect to internal and external vendors)

Experience as mentor for the existing staff and trained new resources for QA team

Good exposure to Python Pandas, Numpy, NLTP, Matplotlib and keras packages

Worked on automation frameworks like VATS(EMC) to develop a python script.

Hands on experience in configuring & troubleshooting LSI ENGENIO, EMC VPLEX & EMC Recover point products.

Technical Skills:

Storage Protocols: FC, iSCSI, SAS, SCSI & ATA

Test Design & maintenance: Mercury test director, STEAM, OTUS & HP quality center

Status & Bug tracking tools: Rational ClearQuest, Change synergy, CSE & JIRA

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2K3/2K8/2012, RHEL 5.x/6.x, ESX 5.5/6.0, AIX 6.0 and Solaris 11.1 X86

Failover/Multipath drivers: MPIO/DSM, Linux Device mapper & EMC Power path

HBAs: LSI Megaraid(SAS/SCSI/SATA), Adaptec (SAS/SCSI), Qlogic (FC) and Emulex (FC)

Server platforms: Sun, Dell, IBM & Super Micro

Storage Management tools: Netapp APG SANtricity Storage Manager, LSI’s MEGARAID Storage Manager, Adaptec ‘s Adaptec Storage Manager & EMC Unisphere

HBA Management tools: Qlogic SANSurfer & Emulex OneCommandManager

IO tools: SMASH (NetApp proprietary tool), Chaos (LSI proprietary tool), Datatest (EMC), Copa

(EMC) & IO Manager

Fabric Switches: QLogic & Brocade

Analyzers: Finisar Analyzer (FC)

Database & Scripting Language: SQL, Python, R

Storage Appliance: EMC VPLEX, EMC Recover Point

Storage Emulation tools: SanBlaze, Dummynet

Machine Learning: Classification, Regression, K-Nearest Neighbor, Logistic Regression, Regression Trees, Cluster Analysis, Neural Networks & Principal Component Analysis, etc. Professional Experience:

Since Aug-2019

Master of Science in Business Analytics at CSU East Bay, Hayward, California, United States.

July 2013 – Sep 2018

Senior quality Engineer, VPLEX, EMC software and services India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India.

Jan 2013 – July 2013

MTS QA-III, Array Product Group, NetApp India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India.

Aug 2011 –Jan 2013 (Moved back to LSI as part of LSI-ESG Acquisition and reorganization)

Senior Software Test Engineer, Accelerated Solutions Divisions, LSI India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India.

May 2011 – Jul 2011 (Moved to Netapp as part of LSI-ESG Acquisition) MTS QA-II, Array Product Business Unit, NetApp India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India.

Nov 2008 – May 2011

Test Engineer II, Engenio Storage Group, LSI India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India.

Jan 2008 - Nov 2008

Product test Engineer, Engineering Industrial services (EIS) – Embedded System, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) at Bangalore deputed in Intel Corporation (IIDC) - Mobile Platform Group (MPG), Bangalore, India.

Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

Product Engineer, Product Engineering Group (PEG), HCL Infosystems, Pondicherry, India.

Nov 2005 - Nov 2006

Graduate Apprentice Trainee, Product Engineering Group (PEG), HCL Infosystems Limited, Pondicherry, India.

Educational Background

Master of Science in Business Analytics at California State University-East Bay, Hayward, California Since Aug-2019 (Expected Graduation – May 2021) Related Courses: Database Management, Data Mining, Data Analytics, Data Warehousing & Business intelligence, Optimization Methods, Big Data technology, Time Series, Text mining & social media analytics and Deep learning

Bachelors in Electronics and communication Engineering from University of Madras, India

(From Oct-2000 to Apr-2004) with aggregate of 68.66% Work Experience & Project details

EMC VPLEX – Bangalore, India (Senior QA Engineer, From July-2013 to Sep-2018) The V-Plex family removes physical barriers within, across and between data centers. V-Plex Local provides simplified management and non-disruptive data mobility across heterogeneous arrays. V-Plex Metro provides data access and mobility between two V-Plex clusters within synchronous distances. With a unique scale-up and scale-out architecture, V-Plex's advanced data caching and distributed cache coherency provides workload resiliency, automatic sharing, balancing and failover of storage domains, and enables both local and remote data access with predictable service levels Roles and Responsibilities:

Involved in Test case development, Test estimation, Test execution of VPLEX features and its use cases

Validating continuous data protection, continuous local and remote replication of VPLEX

Defect triaging, analysis & Providing test suggestions for the internal customer defects.

POC for Auto Mirror isolation feature & Failure and recovery procedures.

Mentoring QA team on defect triaging and analysis.

Customer defect analysis and verification.

Developed test methods to identify uncovered bugs.

Defining test strategies for system, regression and scale testing. Netapp APG – Bangalore, India (Senior QA Engineer, From Jan-2013 to Jul-2013) Flash read cache

Flash Cache controller uses an attached PCI-e intelligent device which uses SSD drives to optimize our storage system performance. SSD drives used to cache more recent READ data which further enhances the READ performance

Roles and Responsibilities:

Excelled in executing the test cases & troubleshooting issues.

Experience in setting up the configurations and testing of LSI External RAID Controllers in SAN environment using FC and iSCSI protocols.

Ensure that there is 100% coverage of functionality.

Uncovered new bugs and reported through Change Synergy.

Adherence to Quality processes and timelines.

LSI/Netapp – Bangalore, India (Senior QA Engineer, From May-2011 to Jan-2013) CacheCade on Megaraid SAS 6Gb/s & 12Gb/s controllers Read and Write caching software for dual core 12Gb/s MegaRaid SAS controller cards. It leverages SSDs in front of HDD volumes to create high-capacity, high-performance controller cache pools. RW caching of hot spot data significantly reduces I/O latency. Roles and Responsibilities:

Test case design, review, execution and sprint planning

Defining test methods and platforms for new features/hardware’s

Defect filing, root cause analysis, bug reporting, tracking and verification

Worked on both RAID Core and Cachecade FW on 12Gb/s SAS RAID Controllers

Performance testing on cachecade by using third party tools such as JetStress, TPC-E and Sysbench.

Tracking Sprint execution, Defects status to ensure the project delivered on time.

Helping the 4-member team and guiding them to achieve their target

Publishing this project status and its performance results across BU’s Internal Storage Virtualization (Senior QA Engineer, From Nov-08 to May-11) SVM (Storage Virtualization Manager) enables independent scalability, top performance, and high availability of all SAN resources. SVM provides substantial improvements for managing enterprise- class storage networks, reduced administration costs and improved utilization of expensive storage resources & also enables advanced DR and backup applications. SVM operates in a heterogeneous SAN environment that can include servers and storage devices from various vendors. Roles and Responsibilities:

Testing of Virtualization features like Local & Remote Mirroring, Volume Copy, Volume Migrate, PIT’s, Thin Provisioning and other related features

Testing of all range of Fiber channels, SAN Storages from Entry level to High-end in all Windows and Linux flavors.

Hands on experience in 4G/8G FC HBA’s, External controllers and Switches

Design the test plan for unit, integration and system tests

Coordination and Review the test design activities.

Planning of hardware requirement for the project.

Interaction with the Client team on the project status updates.

Preparation of reports and documentation.

Bug filing, root cause analysis, tracking, Bug Verification during firmware testing.

Functional, stress and Regression testing of storage products TCS – Bangalore, India (Quality Engineer, From Jan-2008 to Nov-2008) Mini Compatibility validation on Intel mobile platforms (Laptop) at Intel (IIDC) in Bangalore. Roles and Responsibilities:

Testing and Release of Intel’s latest mobile platforms (Montevina and BMP08) under different scenarios for specific test compatibility on Fedora, SUSE and Ubuntu.

Testing and Release of Intel automation tools for Mobile platforms on Linux flavors.

Testing and release of Bios for Intel (tiano) and AMI for Mobile platforms.

Member of Mini CV validation team, Suggesting and updating the client test cases, test procedures as per the product specification.

Test Execution, Root Cause analysis, Logging and tracking the defects. HCL – Puducherry, India (Product Engineer, From Nov-2005 to Dec-2007) HCL Info systems Ltd is one-stop-shop for your requirements of products & services in the areas of Desktops, Laptops, Servers, Storage, Enterprise Networking, Copiers, and Digital Projectors & Communication Devices.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Test and Release the Server products which include server Motherboards, RAID Controllers, Hard disks, Memory, Tape drives, Network cards and other Peripherals in various platforms

Hands on experience in Storage products & technologies such as RAID, SCSI, SAS and SATA

Delivered new products and services to market on time

Hands on of Experience & troubleshooting skills in Windows 2003, RHEL 4.0, SCO 6.0, Novel Netware 6.5 and UnixWare 7.1.1.

Enhance Product Quality plan, Release Document, Test Plan and Test Execution Documents for Devices, Operating system and Applications

Presented technical sessions on latest Technologies

Test and release of customer specific order with Non-Standard operating systems (legacy).

Testing and release of Storage management applications such as LSI’s MEGARAID Storage Manager and Adaptec ‘s Adaptec Storage Manager.

Compilation & circulation of compatibility matrices for CPU, Memory, Motherboard, RAID controllers, Hard disks, Tape drives and ODD’s.

Good Cross-Geo & Cross-functional interactions (with respect to internal and external vendors). Personal Details:

Father's Name : S.Subramaniyan

Date of Birth : 16 - Jun – 1983

Sex : Male

Marital Status : Married

Languages Known : English and Tamil

Nationality : Indian

Visa : F1-OPT(From May-2021)

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