QA Test Engineer
Resume:
DELEEP SRIVATSA MURALI
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
Telephone: 412-***-**** Email: ******.****@*****.***
Objective: To secure a testing position, where I can effectively utilize my testing experience, skills and creativity to make sure the product tested is robust and meets customer expectation.
• Extensive knowledge of testing networking equipments (manual and automated testing)
• Extensive knowledge of all system/software engineering life cycle phases
• Expertise in planning and implementation of new quality processes.
• Experienced in creating cost-effective remote testing methodologies.
• Proficient in automating and maintaining test infrastructure.
• Expertise in manual testing using CLI, EMS and NMS.
• Proficient in programming languages (C, C++, TCL, JAVA, Shell scripting)
• Proficient in writing SQL queries
• Experience in testing web-based applications
• Experience with SEI-CMM level process and methodologies
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
ECI Telecom Inc. Pittsburgh, PA August 2006 - April 2009
Global provider of networking infrastructure equipment such as routers switches etc.
Principal Group Leader, QA
QA Lead in the Automation and Infrastructure group
• Team Lead of 5 member team in Pittsburgh and a 3 member team in India
• Design, Development of new features in the infrastructure such as automated test-controller, software builds verification in TCL.
• Continuous performance improvement of the automated test processing code (includes Initialization, test-processing, post test-processing, database updating of test results).
• Debugging nightly tests on the infrastructure to understand failures and raise problem reports.
• Implementing new features using TCL, SQL in the automation infrastructure.
System and stress testing of ECI routers and switches (SR97xx, STseries)
• Manual testing of various protocols such as VPLS, OSPF, BFD, CFM, ISIS, MPLS, RSVP, LDP, BGP, VLANs, 802.3ad and data-path testing.
• Interoperability testing with Cisco, Juniper and Alcatel products
• Designing and testing customer use-case scenarios such as E-LINE, E-LAN, E-TREE
• Performed stress testing using packet generators such as Adtech, Ixia, Smart bits
• Execution of the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) test plan
• Raising product defects using GNATS
• Experience in using configuration management tools such as PERFORCE, CVS.
• Created private scripts in TCL, PERL to automate overnight stress tests.
Product Marketing of ECI's CESR product (SR97xx)
• Represented ECI at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2009 at Berlin and Singapore. This involved interoperability testing with 34 different vendors for services such as E-LINE, E-TREE and E-LAN for end to end services (such as voice, data, video)
• Discussions and demonstrations to customers regarding the various services and features supported by ECI and product descriptions
ECI QA project management of a 15 member remote team
• Instituted a QA process plan (involves creation of a feature plan, design plan, test plans templates and review process)
• Project scoping, work and resource allocation, tracking of projects schedules for the remote team
• Review of design plans, TCL scripts and test plans.
• Monitor the various project schedules and dependencies (involves projects dealt by other QA managers)
• Provided training and technical support to the remote team
• Monitoring and debugging of various test failures automated by the remote team on a daily basis and debugging and follow-up of failures with the software team.
Aricent (previously FutureSoft), Chennai, India October 2000 - August 2006
Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on communications.
Technical Lead
ECI Telecom Inc., Pittsburgh USA. (April '06 - August '06)
• Established a successful relationship with ECI by presenting FutureSoft's technical strengths and quality standards.
• Prepared a complete test plan for Firewall filters, Static routes and Denial Service
• Project Management of a 5 member team for automating features like Firewall Filters, Static routes and Denial of Service.
• Daily knowledge transfer to team in India and bringing them up to speed.
Avici Systems, Boston USA (September ’04 – April ’06)
Job Responsibility:
Testing the Terabit core router (Avici QSR, HSR) at customer premises in Boston USA for 15 months. Created and implemented an offshore testing model and established a 9 member remote QA team in India for Avici.
Project Lead of a 9 member regression testing team
• Interfacing with the customer on a daily basis with all the teams for the various projects
• Writing and Implementing test plans for all new projects (RAPID, RSVP-FRR, BGP4+) in iTCL.
• Debug daily test failures and raise problem reports and discuss with the onsite engineers in the US
• Performance evaluation for all team members
• Regression testing of RSVP-FRR by creating new topologies and scenarios
• Developed a cost effective offshore testing model and presented to the customer for approval
• Implemented this model at FutureSoft’s office in India.
• Built the offshore team from scratch to a 9 member team including hiring of all the members
• Successfully conducted performance appraisals for all team members
• Testing of Avici web based NMS software.
Protocol Stress Testing
• Topology design and testing of the protocol & system stress setups
• Testing the core router and protocols like BGP, OSPF, MPLS, LDP, PIM, RSVP-TE, Ipv6, BGP4+ using Adtech AX4000 packet generators
• Interop testing with Cisco GSR (12000) and Cisco 7500
• Daily debugging of failures and raising problem reports and providing daily reports to upper management on showstopper bugs.
• Make alterations to the stress topology as when customer issues are seen in the field and reproduce those failures in the stress setup.
• Raising BUGS and reproducing them as and when required
Carrier Access Next Generation, Chennai India (November ‘02 – September ‘04)
Job Responsibility:
Complete study of Wintegra Network Processor Architecture and API management. Project involves porting of FutureSoft L2 – L3 protocol stack using the Wintegra API’s (WDDI) to the ADIT 3402.
• Study of Wintegra Network Processor Architecture and API management.
• Project involves porting of FutureSoft L2 – L3 protocol stack using the Wintegra API’s (WDDI) to the ADIT 3402.
• Defect Prevention coordinator for the entire project. Accomplished minimal defects during quality reviews
• Wintegra Porting of Future L2 Protocols onto Adit3402.
o Testing of STP, RSTP, MSTP protocols.
o Testing and Bug Fixing of FutureSoft L2-L3 protocols.
o Complete testing of VLAN (MAC & Port based)
• Design, coding, testing and bug fixing of FutureSoft DNS resolver using C Language.
• Project co-ordination of the bug fixing and maintenance team of the Adit 3402.
o Monitoring daily failures and problem reports
o Debugging failures and reporting to customer
o Daily work assignment to the team based on new problem reports
HPUX Routing Protocol Support, Chennai India (May ‘02 – November ‘03)
Job Responsibility:
The Project deals with conversion of FutureSoft BGP4 from Ipv4 to Ipv6. Implementation of Multi-Protocol Extensions (MP-BGP, RFC 2858) and BGP peer-groups. CLI implementation and porting of BGP4+ from 32 Bit to 64 Bit. Project also involves complete automation of FutureSoft BGP4+ using HPUX shell scripting.
• Design and testing of MP-BGP
o Implementation of test plan for MP-BGP
o Involved in the design and testing of FutureSoft MP-BGP
• Design, Development and testing of BGP4+ Peer Groups and BGP CLI.
o Designed the BGP4+ Peer groups feature with CLI support
o Complete coding and these features in C and testing of the same
• Code review of other features of ISISv3, RIPv3
• Futuresoft IPv4 to IPv6 conversion
• Identification of new test cases for achieving code coverage target of 75%
• UNIX Shell Scripting and automation of BGP4+ System Test Plan
• Testing of BGP4+ for obtaining 75% code coverage in system testing.
Other projects (more information will be furnished upon request)
DSQ Software, Chennai, India December 1999 – October 2000
Software Engineer
Linux Kernel Building
SNMP Manager for Windows using Visual C++.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E), Madras University, India.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Best performer award at FutureSoft (currently Aricent) for the year 2006.
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