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Deeksha Suvarna D

Technical Specialist
Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic and results-oriented with 15 years of hands-on experience in telecommunications, combined with strong project management skills. Proven track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams in the testing, deployment, and optimization of telecom products. Seeking a challenging role where I can utilize my technical expertise and project management skills to drive innovative solutions and deliver projects on time and within budget.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications

Work History

5G OgNB Technical Specialist (Technical Management)

Radisys
05.2021 - Current
  • Specializing in testing of 5G ORAN MPLANE features, along with call testing and end-to-end deployment scenarios.
  • Lead and manage the end-to-end 5G ORAN OgNB project, from initial planning and design to deployment and optimization, ensuring adherence to project timelines and budget constraints.
  • Worked with tools like Simnovus (UE simulators), Attero (impairment tools), Spirent (traffic generators), CUE, and chipset (Xiaomi, Nothing, Telit UE).
  • Worked on multi band (n40,n48,n78) multi vendor RU integration ( 4T4R, 8T8R)
  • Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders, and develop comprehensive project plans and schedules.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams, including test engineers, developers, and vendors, to execute project tasks and deliverables according to plan.
  • Monitor project progress and performance, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful project delivery.
  • Communicate project status updates, milestones, and key decisions to stakeholders, including senior management, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives.
  • Conduct post-project reviews and lessons learned sessions to identify areas for improvement, and drive continuous process improvement initiatives.

Release Manager for CISCO Content Security (ESA, SMA) (Project Management)

Wipro
11.2019 - 05.2021
  • Responsible for the release activities of Cisco Content Security Products.
  • Managing a team of 25 developers, manual testers, and automation test engineers.
  • Involve yourself with technical teams, dig deeper into the issue, and work on solutions.
  • Responsible for requirements tracking, master release strategy, risk analysis, defect tracking, and deployment strategy.
  • Working in Scrum and Kanban methods of Agile principles.
  • Front-ending all customer meetings and escalations.
  • Managing Cisco UCS servers’ blade M3 and M4 servers used for deployments.
  • Testing and verification of TLS certificate renewals on the machines.
  • Post-release support and tracking.
  • Work with developers, product managers, and operations engineers to define, manage, and execute milestones for each release.
  • Participating in the preparation of quality assessments, reports, and metrics, as well as formulating go/no-go statements based on reports and metrics, test progress, and defect status.
  • Work with the development (technical) leads to establish and document release plans, and communicate those plans to all necessary participants.

Tech Lead for CISCO MURAL, CPS-WIFI and LESS

Wipro
01.2019 - 10.2019
  • Responsible for the deployment and technical support for the three projects, MURAL, CPS-WIFI, and LESS.
  • Also responsible for an additional two EOL projects, SR, and RMS.
  • Managing all feature releases and deliverables from the testing end.
  • Managing testing activities, like requirements analysis, test plan preparation, test case writing, and execution.
  • Test team, resource planning, and mentoring.
  • Front-ending all customer meetings and escalations.
  • Managing all end-customer deployments and post-deployment support.
  • Implemented continuous integration and deployment strategies for faster release cycles and improved application reliability.
  • Increased application stability by regularly monitoring performance metrics, addressing bottlenecks proactively to minimize downtime occurrences.

Tech Lead for ATT Femtocell SR Migration

Wipro
01.2016 - 12.2018
  • Owned the entire project, involving everything from the planning phase to post-deployment support.
  • Worked on planning for sprints, along with complete solution delivery.
  • Tracked daily progress through meetings and wiki updates.
  • Planned for the performance testing of the complete solution, as the solution was being migrated to different hardware and OS.
  • Involved in getting the automation framework ready for end-to-end regression.
  • Coordinated with cross-department teams like QA, DevOps, and Support to ensure seamless end-to-end software delivery process.

Test Engineer for Cisco Femtocell Solution

Wipro
10.2011 - 12.2015
  • Involved in Test plan Development and Integration testing of the Cisco Femtocell Solution for Cisco DPH151, DPH 153, DPH 154 and Ubiquisys Femtocell Access Point (FAP) hardware.
  • Deployment of the Femtocell solution components (RDU, DPE, CNR, CAR) using VMware, ACE and ASR5K configurations and testing the end-to-end Iuh provisioning of the Femtocell product.
  • Working knowledge on VMWare Vcenter, Virtual Machines, Datastore, ESXI and Vcenter upgrades
  • Through knowledge of TLS protocol and certificate creation. Written script to automate certification creation.
  • Involved in customer support activities (Responding to Customer support quires, fixing support cases)
  • Involved in production deployment (making sure deployment goes through smoothly and completes within the given maintenance window).
  • Maintained up-to-date documentation of all test plans, procedures, results, and defect tracking databases for future reference or audits.

Test Engineer for MC-TES-AUTH-UAT

Wipro
06.2010 - 09.2011
  • Understanding the Customer Requirements. Having a walkthrough and review meeting with the client regarding the requirement document.
  • Preparation of the test plan, test cases, and test data for manual testing, as well as preparation of the test bed in HP Quality Center (QC), and testing as per the directions.
  • Preparing day-to-day status reports and sending them to the respective leads and client counterparts.
  • Reporting defects and keeping track of the defects in HP QC.
  • Preparing sign-offs for the projects.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

National Institute of Engineering
Karnataka, India
01.2009

Skills

  • Skilled in project coordination

  • Comprehensive knowledge of 5G network systems

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills

  • Experienced with tools like Microsoft Project and JIRA

  • Agile methodologies

  • Application Testing

  • End-to-End Deployment

Certification

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) Certified Tester – Foundation Level

References

Available upon request.

Timeline

5G OgNB Technical Specialist (Technical Management)

Radisys
05.2021 - Current

Release Manager for CISCO Content Security (ESA, SMA) (Project Management)

Wipro
11.2019 - 05.2021

Tech Lead for CISCO MURAL, CPS-WIFI and LESS

Wipro
01.2019 - 10.2019

Tech Lead for ATT Femtocell SR Migration

Wipro
01.2016 - 12.2018

Test Engineer for Cisco Femtocell Solution

Wipro
10.2011 - 12.2015

Test Engineer for MC-TES-AUTH-UAT

Wipro
06.2010 - 09.2011

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

National Institute of Engineering

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