Jaya Parthasarathy

• Chaired chapter initiatives connecting women into leadership roles at Bangalore site.
• Owned local inclusion and community engagement plans with chapter volunteers.
• Mentored and supported leadership partnerships to advance WEIG’s mission locally.
• Coached a 10+ person team of engineers and QA professionals for onboarding.
• Guided sprint ceremonies as scrum master and delivery lead during releases.
• Managed release planning and quality sign-off aligned to customer expectations.
• Handled conflicts and balanced workloads across geographically distributed teams.
• Reviewed test strategies, automation code, and system designs for technical guidance.
• Coordinated with product, architecture security, and customer support during SEV triage.
• Adopted CI/CD automation to improve release predictability and reduce manual effort.

• Achieved Cisco Delivery Champion Award for three consecutive years.
• Led automation efforts using Python (pyATS) for ASR1000 platform testing.
• Implemented TREX for end-to-end SD-WAN performance automation.
• Designed robust automation infrastructure while managing customer escalations.

Served as primary interface with Cisco stakeholders to facilitate project alignment.

• Acted as QA Lead and Scrum Master for enterprise firewall product development.
• Directed virtualization testing across VMware, OpenStack, and Virtual Contexts.
• Developed productivity tools to enhance existing automation frameworks.

• Executed feature testing and automation for Ericsson SSR/EVR NFV routers.
• Achieved approximately 50% reduction in test execution time through optimization of scripts.
• Automated virtual machine recovery, eliminating around three hours of manual effort daily.

Developed test plans and executed testing for IPV4/IPV6 configurations, Access-list, NAT, and Sourcefire features.

Collaborated with development teams under agile methodology to integrate testing processes.

Designed and planned features including Sourcefire IDS/IPD, modes, NAT, and access types.

Executed scripts on Hyperlight for feature porting and automation.

Automated feature integration within regression environment to enhance efficiency.

Established and maintained network topology for team testing requirements.

Analyzed root causes of issues and communicated findings to development teams for resolution.

Led monthly team meetings with DU Head to align project objectives.

• Contributed to Sandvine DPI and Policy Traffic Switch products development.
• Developed C++ protocol recognizers and authored detailed PIR documentation.
• Coordinated release processes, ensuring timely product launches and quality assurance.
• Served as lab owner, managing resources and equipment effectively.