Barsha Kumari
Bangalore
Summary
Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience building high-performance networking systems (MPLS, segment routing, and L3 forwarding) at Cisco Systems. Proven track record of driving feature delivery, leading cross-functional initiatives, and mentoring engineers. Experienced in program coordination and team leadership through initiatives like Crescit.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Bangalore
04.2021 - Current
- Designed and implemented MPLS and Segment Routing features in a high-scale distributed routing stack for service provider deployments for major customers.
- Coordinated end-to-end feature delivery across software, hardware, and QA teams, ensuring timely, high-quality releases.
- Led cross-functional efforts to resolve complex system-level issues spanning control plane and forwarding hardware.
- Redesigned hardware log processing to enhance debugging efficiency, reducing noise and enabling faster root cause analysis.
- Reduced regression issues by ~20% through enhanced test coverage and code hardening practices.
- Mentored junior engineers on networking protocols and debugging techniques, enhancing onboarding experience and team productivity.
- Actively contributed to design and code reviews, influencing architectural and implementation decisions.
Software Engineer
Array Networks
Bangalore
02.2019 - 04.2021
- Developed performance-optimized features for network security products in C, enhancing product reliability.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to test and validate networking features, ensuring robust functionality with traffic generation tools.
- Built internal PKI setup tools using Flask and OpenSSL, streamlining certificate management.
- Created VM images using Packer for in-house hypervisors and VMware environments.
Associate Software Engineer
Spirent Communications
09.2016 - 01.2019
- Developed APIs for networking protocols OSPF, IPv4, RIP, and RFC2554 to enhance system interoperability.
- Worked on HLTAPI and OpenHLT using Python and YANG for test automation and interoperability.
- Conducted benchmarking for OSPF and LDP, analyzing convergence time, scalability, and performance to inform protocol optimization.
- Built a regression analysis tool using Python, PostgreSQL, and Web2py to predict failures and reduce testing effort.
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering
Narula Institute of Technology
Skills
- C
- MPLS networking
- Python
- Networking
- Data Structures
- Algorithm
- Agile Methodology
- Distributed Systems
- Networking Stack
- Debugging
- Performance Optimization
Languages
- Hindi
- English
- Hindi
Others
Crescit S3 Program (Cisco)
- Team Lead and Program Coordinator: Lead a team of participants in a competitive engineering program, driving project execution from ideation to final delivery.
- Organised and conducted a full program season, coordinating with multiple stakeholders, including participants and judges.
- Mentored participants on technical problem-solving and solution design, improving overall output quality.
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
04.2021 - Current
Software Engineer
Array Networks
02.2019 - 04.2021
Associate Software Engineer
Spirent Communications
09.2016 - 01.2019
B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering
Narula Institute of Technology