ISHWARYA MOHAN

Work on Cisco Nexus Dashboard as an Automation Engineer, focusing on feature validation and test automation. • Hands-on testing across Cisco NX-OS (NX) and ACI platforms. • Test feature functionality through both REST APIs and UI workflows. • Design, develop and execute automated test cases for networking features. • Perform functional, integration and system-level testing across different feature areas. • Debug test failures, reproduce defects, analyze issues and collaborate with development teams for resolution and fix verification. • Over the past 8 months, focused on sub-agent creation and reusable skill development to support and streamline testing activities.

• Hands on experience on Juniper Firewall Products – SRX Devices(vsrx,SRX4k, SRX5k,SRX1500 and Branch devices)
• Hands-on experience in troubleshooting various control and data plane problems in system
• Definition, documentation, structure and implementation of software / product system and validation tests

• SDWAN (Software Defined WAN) Networking with rich experience towards End-End Automation using PYTHON.
• Built 15+ Automation Infra-structure using Python and pytest for Test-case Automation.
• Performed Proto-typing, Implementing and Unit-Testing new Product Feature Testcase.
• Periodically Monitored Regression results and to maintain stability
• Participated in Hardening of regression by Debugging and resolving regression issues
• Followed up with dev teams for Bug closure and Software behaviour change
• Created Guidelines documentation that empowered and enabled Team to extend skills, leverage system features and find resolutions to questions without intervention from others
• Loaded software, granted permissions and configured hardware for new employees as part of onboarding process
• Performed tests of functionality, performance of different Software releases

• Tested NOKIA IP DSLAM 7302.7353 and 7367 devices.
• Worked in platform testing group which operates in AGILE methodology.
• Involved in functional, system and performance testing of subscriber management protocols like INTERNAL DHCP SERVER, IGMP-PROXY, IPV6- PREFIX- STABILITY, DB-OAM and SVLAN-PINNING, CONTROL PACKET MIRRORING.

• Automated & Implemented test cases in TCL language using automation framework (ATS).
• Developed parser to compare and extract CLI information.
• Involved in checking crashes and trace back at end of each test case execution.
• Tested layer 3 routing protocols such as RIP, EIGRP and OSPF on cisco High End Routers like NCS6k and CRS which requires high degree of overall knowledge in the way system or protocol works and high degree of debugging skills to identify any misbehavior in the way networking protocol/system is expected to work.
• Handled customer cases and verifying bugs as part of project work.
• Debugging all image issues found while testing, raising bugs for it, following it up to closure through multiple Development teams.
• This will involve manually reproducing issues and working with Development Engineer on the same.
• Test case execution, test case results tracking, debugging, logging defects in CDETS, reproductions and fix verification.

• Managed user accounts and giving share & security level permissions.
• Owned Responsibility to install, set up, maintain network and also configured peripherals, cabling equipments accordingly as per requirement.
• Maintained Backup network, hardware, software, files on regular basis accordingly as per company policies.
• Managed data base of server & creating new users accounts.
• Involved in configuring & troubleshooting NETGEAR & CISCO ROUTER, SWITCHES.