Quality Assurance Senior Qa

Sunanda M. Madanbhavi Irvine, California 831-***-**** *******.**********@*****.*** LinkedInmailto:*******@*****.***

SENIOR QA SPECIALIST

Highly motivated and detail-oriented Quality Assurance (QA) professional with over 16 years of experience. Specializes in Fiber Channel (FC), FCoE, NIC, and SSD technologies. Proven track record ensuring product quality, adhering to stringent standards, and seamlessly integrating new technologies within complex existing systems. Skilled in QA methodologies and technical tools, contributing to the growth of dynamic teams. Utilizes specialized knowledge in VMware, Linux and Windows driver and firmware testing to drive significant changes in the development process.

CORE EXPERTISE & VALUE PROPOSITIONS

Test Planning Developed and implemented detailed test plans, test cases, and manual testing procedures for Fiber Channel and SSD products.

Collaboration & Alignment Encouraged collaboration and transparent communication between Developers (driver and firmware teams, Product Managers, and support teams.

Automated Testing Frameworks Utilized Pytest for automated testing.

Defect Identification & Resolution Leveraged JIRA for defect tracking.

Mentorship Provided mentorship for Junior QA Engineers.

Product Design Reviews Actively participated in comprehensive reviews.

SSD White-Box Testing Developed, executed, and followed up on white-box test cases that validated internal logic of SSD firmware.

SOFTWARE/TOOLS

Vcenter Servers deploy/manage

VMware, Linux and Windows

Switches and storages tools.

Medusa, FIO and IO Meter

FC and network Analyzers

Pytest, Python

Git hub

CICD, Automations.

ESXi8.0/7.0/6.0 deployments

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QLOGIC/CAVIUM/MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 2011 – 2024

PRINCIPAL ENGINEER

Set up storage area networks using various HP, Dell, IBM, and Lenovo servers, switches, and storage systems, involving complex SAN network configurations detected by OEMs.

Conducted test efforts for Fiber Channel adapters (64G/32G/16G/8G) from industry-leading vendors, including Brocade, Cisco switches, and HPE, Dell, and Lenovo storage systems, ensuring compatibility, performance, and reliability.

Qualified FC Adapters for VMware driver testing, including configuration of vSphere and vCenter Server, and deployed a large number of VMs for the automation team, including Linux, Windows, and Ubuntu VMs.

Utilized VMware virtualization technologies to set up test environments, simulate real-world scenarios, and conduct comprehensive testing, including storage vMotion.

Used Finisar analyzers and jammers for Fiber Channel, iSCSI, and FCoE protocol trace analysis.

Developed and executed test plans and test cases for new features such as USCM (Universal SAN Congestion Mitigation), Cisco Virtual Lane, reset and recover procedures, loopback testing, and Forward Error Correction (FEC) testing. Collaborated closely with development teams to understand feature requirements, provide feedback on design and implementation, and address issues identified during testing.

Utilized USCM technology to mitigate SAN congestion by identifying and addressing oversubscribed or over-utilized servers, ensuring optimal performance and resource allocation across the storage area network.

Executed manual and automated test cases, analyzed test results, and reported defects to development teams using defect tracking tools.

Ran IO Meter, Medusa, and DT IO test tools for testing performance and reliability of Fiber Channel and iSCSI adapters on different software and hardware platforms.

Resolved numerous customer issues, involving configuring systems, reproducing issues, and collaborating with driver and firmware development teams until resolution. Provided technical support to customers experiencing issues with software, hardware, and applications.

Designed and implemented FC automation test cases. Coordinated with onsite and offshore teams.

Conducted functional and performance testing of SSD products, developing and maintaining test plans, test cases, and test scripts to ensure comprehensive coverage of product features and functionalities. Worked on the "get log page" feature.

Implemented unit tests and integration tests for code validation and quality assurance using testing frameworks such as Pytest.

Tested firmware features using the Pytest framework. Managed test repositories and version control using GitHub, ensuring proper documentation and traceability of test cases and results.

Utilized RPI (Ubuntu system) testing techniques to evaluate SSDs under various conditions, including power on/off SSD and flash SSD adapter using RPI.

Earned the MEET2022 Best Posters Awards for exploring methods that creating congestion in Fiber Channel SAN and test mitigation strategies in a lab environment.

Operating Systems: VMware (ESX8.0, 7.x and 6.x), vCenter Servers, VCF, KVM,RHEL/SLES, Ubuntu and Windows.

Tools: Simulator used for SSD firmware testing. IO tools like IO meter, Medusa and FIO. Network tools iPerf and WireShark

Hardware Adapters: Marvell FC (64G/32G/16G/8G) and CNA Adapters, Ethernet Adapters (10/100/1000/10000).

SSD: SSD Marvell Bravera B0/B1(Vai) adapter

Switches: Brocade 64/32/16GG and 8G and Brocade8000, Cisco 64G/32G/16G/8G and 5020, 5010 FCoE Switches, QLogic 8G switches. Brocade and Cisco switches used for chassis.

Chassis: HPE TB chassis, Dell Chassis, Cisco and Lenovo Chassis.

Storage: HP MSA6050, XP7, 3PAR FC and iSCSI, 3PAR, Dell, EMC, IBM and Netapp AFF 300/400.

Automation: Pytest and familiar with python scripts. Experience with version control systems such as Git.

Tools: VSCode and PyCharm for python dev tools.

For FC and SSD: Used the CI/CD and Jenkins for Automations.

QA Process Tools: Qtest for testcase creation and Management. Jira for the defect tracking.

HCL TECHNOLOGIES 2007 – 2009

SYSTEM INTEGRATION & TESTING – P6 SERVERS

Worked as part of the Global Server Integration team, responsible for the bring-up and integration of P series midrange and high-end servers in single and multi-node configurations within an open systems host environment.

Assembled servers to set LAN parameters and load appropriate device drivers, firmware, and logical partitioning.

Loaded boot images (I5OS/VIOS/AIX) to initialize servers and performed troubleshooting.

Utilized AIX 610, AIX 53L, and VIOS on IBM Power series (P6) for server integration.

USed CRONUS, Grub, Cadence Allegro, BML (Bare Metal Linux), CRO, HTX (Hardware Test Executive), and Clear Quest for various tasks and troubleshooting.

Understood architectural aspects of low-range, mid-range, and high-end servers.

Participated in functional bring-up plans and implemented various power handling techniques.

Identified and isolated hardware bugs.

Followed hardware rework instructions and performed initial qualification of hardware using CRONUS, including running Grub tools, loading BML, and executing HTX.

Installed and qualified IO adapters on AIX and Linux systems.

Operating Systems: AIX Series (5.2, 5.3 and 6.0), VIOS Series.

Tools Familiarity: HMC, AIX, HTX, Clear Quest, Trial Tracker, Best Quest, CMVC.

Hardware Adapters and Switches: SAS, SATA and SCSI Adapters, Qlogic FC & iSCSI Adapters (2GB,4GB), Emulex FC Adapters (4GB SFF), Ethernet Adapters (10/100/1000/10000), IBM, Emulex, and QLogic FC Switches.

Storages: IBM DS Series (DS3000, 4000 & 8000), Netapp FAS 270 and IBM DASD, Tape drives.

***Additional experience in Hardware Board Design at Rass Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; Embedded System Development at BEL***

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications, Karnatak University, Karnataka, India

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