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Deepak Dominic

Bengaluru,KA

Summary

R&D Manager with vast experience and a strong background in Deep Packet Inspection Technology for effective Research and Analysis of Data Plane/Control Plane Network Protocols.

Broad knowledge in TCP/IP Protocol Stack, Internet Service Provider, Load Balancing, Service Function Chain, Virtualization, Cloud Computing , Cloud Native, Open Stack. Accomplished software engineer with proven success in designing and implementing cutting-edge products and solutions for ISPs, enterprises etc.

Strong technical leadership across Telecom & Data com technologies combined with customer focus and program management skills. Focused on delivering innovative solutions to real-world business problems for Telco ISPs

CORE COMPETENCIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Leadership and Management. Provide strategic counsel to Senior Leaders. Continuously sought after for input by other department leaders and employees. Consistently created highly successful and proficient teams

Communication. Cross-cultural work experience; effective communicator, able to prepare diverse, global communications with cultural sensitivity and, emotional intelligence.

Creativity and Innovation. Proactively produce and implement unique ideas/solutions for problem-solving and competitive edge.

Project Management. Exceptional ability to manage projects from ideation to completion and Sales enablement. Consistently delivered quality projects on time with quality. Successfully delivered 5 different Sales Strategy Solutions with excellent quality and no significant schedule deviation.

Technical Skills. Technologies: Deep Packet Inspection, Switching and Routing, IP (Data com), Virtualization, Cloud Native, Network Automation.

Programming languages: Python, Java

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

R&D Manager

Sandvine Technologies
12.2022 - Current
  • Working with Sales Engineering, Solution Management, Product line architecture teams to define project requirements, estimating timelines and resources, and ensuring successful delivery of projects within specified constraints.
  • Assisting developers in solving complex technical challenges and involves in architectural decisions, technology and tools selection.
  • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and quality of software development.
  • Proactive in identifying and mitigating risks that may impact project timelines, quality, or budget. This involves assessing potential risks, developing contingency plans, and monitoring project progress to address any issues that may arise.
  • Responsible for evaluating performance of your team members. This includes conducting regular performance reviews, providing constructive feedback, and identifying opportunities for skills development and career growth.
  • Interact with various stakeholders, both internal and external, to understand their requirements, address concerns, and provide updates on project status.
  • Staying up to date with latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices and encouraging same with team members.

Technical Lead

Sandvine Technologies
10.2019 - 12.2022
  • Product Owner on migrating Data Plane to Cloud Native(Kubernetes, RedHat Openshift, AWS) and TCP-Aceelerator product Implementation.
  • Owning Automation Framework, Lab infra , Dimensioning and Solution Implementation
  • Front end engineer for RFP, PoC, Sales Engineering
  • Driving Customer deployment i.e. brown or green field
  • Responsible for EDA and converging in process through checklist

Senior Software Engineer II

Sandvine Technologies
10.2018 - 09.2019
  • Resolving escalations with respect to Network Design, Implementation & Solution, Request for Proposal, Proof of Concept, Customer Trials in IP Core Networking
  • Working with R&D , Architecture, Customer support, and Product Line Management teams
  • Analysis of Customer Issues involving Hardware, Software, Kernel, Protocol, Virtualization, Cloud, Performance, Dimensioning and Stability issues
  • Contribute to vision and strategy of improved Development/QA processes, quality and productivity improvements of sustaining efforts
  • Focused on NFV based functions, including Openstack, KVM, VMWARE
  • Solution Dimension
  • Capacity Planning

Senior Engineer

Sandvine Technologies
06.2016 - 09.2018

Focused on quality and testing for our flagship hardware/virtual platform which enables Internet operators to improve quality of experience for consumer's Internet. Provides guidance, support, and technical expertise for team members. Facilities knowledge sharing, team collaboration, and skills improvement.

Product Overview:

1. https://www.sandvine.com/products/policy-traffic-switch
2. https://www.sandvine.com/products/tcp-accelerator
3. https://www.sandvine.com/products/traffic-steering-engine
4. https://www.sandvine.com/hubfs/downloads/archive/outreach.pdf

Senior Engineer

Qualcomm (Calsoft)
11.2014 - 05.2016

Responsibilities:
1. Validating Access Point Designs (11n/11ac) as per IEEE Protocol Specification, RFC
2. Performance Bottle Neck Identification
3. mBSSID, WDS, NAWDS, Multicast, Video streaming, TX Beam Forming, Multi-User MIMO Triple Play Research and Validation
4. Wireless Enterprise Network Validation in Access Point
5. Wireless Security Systems Validation WPA2, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, WEP, WAPI etc.
6. Customer issue Analysis and Escape analysis to patch any holes in Test Coverage
7. Hands on experience in setting up multi-AP/multi-client Test Bed that will simulate real-world deployments to test complex features like roaming
8. Performing Competitor Benchmarking to support marketing teams
9. Handling of IXIA-Veriwave based testing to benchmark Access Points
10. Handled and automated daily/weekly regression test suits.
11. Switch testing using IXIA to ensure RFC compliance

Project:

Qualcomm Atheros WIFI Chip sets

Product Overview:

https://www.qualcomm.com/products/wi-fi

Lead Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc. (HCL Technologies)
02.2012 - 11.2014

Responsibilities:
• Developing test plans for testing the new features
• Automation of the cases in java and manual testing .
• Manual and automation testing of the SCE box with SM module by pumping real traffic by using IXIA, sesame and various tools like Gulliver.
• Setup the testbed and execute the test cases manually.
• Regression testing in various platforms and in cluster setups.
• Performance testing across various platforms
• Finding bugs and tracking them till they are resolved to fixed status and also scripting case to verify them.
• System -BM Testing and System - Regression Testing.
• Communicating with Dev, Escalation and Production Team
• Guided escalation team for Severity one customer issues make it solved.
• Building up the test setups and recreate the Customer found defects See less

Project: Service Control Engine, Cisco

Product Overview:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/cable/serv_exch/serv_control/broadband_app/rel350/prod_overview/product_overview.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/service-exchange/sce-8000-service-control-engine/model.html

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

University of Madras
India

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Technical sales
  • Technical program management
  • System architecture
  • Solution architecture
  • Customer management
  • Influence
  • Customer experience
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Product management
  • Strategic thinking

Certification

Certified in Technical Program management by Wipro Limited | Certified in IP/Optical networking architect by Wipro Limited | Senior Leadership skills assessed and certified by PWC and Deloitte

Timeline

R&D Manager

Sandvine Technologies
12.2022 - Current

Technical Lead

Sandvine Technologies
10.2019 - 12.2022

Senior Software Engineer II

Sandvine Technologies
10.2018 - 09.2019

Senior Engineer

Sandvine Technologies
06.2016 - 09.2018

Senior Engineer

Qualcomm (Calsoft)
11.2014 - 05.2016

Lead Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc. (HCL Technologies)
02.2012 - 11.2014

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

University of Madras
Certified in Technical Program management by Wipro Limited | Certified in IP/Optical networking architect by Wipro Limited | Senior Leadership skills assessed and certified by PWC and Deloitte
Deepak Dominic