Kalpana Saravanan
BANGALORE
Summary
- 18+ years of testing experience in Network Security and Security Management across Cisco Firewalls.
- Responsible for design, deployment and management of Cisco Firewall and Network Security Infrastructure.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software QA Engineer
Cisco Systems
BANGALORE
07.2007 - Current
- Achieved 30% reduction in CFD count through collaboration with development, TAC, and product teams.
- Reduced bug count by 25% via rigorous manual and automated testing of Cisco Firewall Management products.
- Conducted functional, integration, scale, and regression testing to ensure software quality.
- Used to give demos and presentations to
- beta customers which would help in early testing and providing early feedback increasing the product efficiency by 40 %
- Tested hotfixes, release patches
- Expedited test case identification, cutting feature completion time by 50% with test automation.
- Managed defect tracking using Cisco's CDETS system to enhance software functionality.
- Mentored new engineers, decreasing onboarding time by 30%.
- Designed and executed test plans that improved overall efficiency by 40%.
- Facilitated bug scrub meetings to expedite defect resolution, improving response time by 50%.
- Analyzed requirement documents from the Product Managers and customer asks and design the test plan accordingly.
- Worked as both part time and full time Scrum Master role for 3 scrum teams.
- Facilitated scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand Ups, Sprint planning, and retrospectives for three teams.
- Enforced Scrum principles to drive continuous improvement and eliminate impediments.
- Guided teams in creating user stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria and definitions of done in Target Process- enterprise agile planning tool
Software Engineer
Aricent
Chennai
09.2006 - 05.2007
- Executed comprehensive test plans to identify software vulnerabilities and bugs.
- Conducted functional testing to verify feature support and enhance operational efficiency.
Deputy Engineer
Accton Technology
Hsinchu
02.2004 - 08.2004
- Implemented quality control measures to ensure compliance with industry standards.
Engineer- R&D
Kavveri Telecom Products Ltd
BANGALORE
09.2002 - 10.2003
- Engaged in PCB layout design to enhance product reliability.
Apprentice Trainee
Indian Space Research Organisation [ISRO]
BANGALORE
03.2001 - 03.2002
- Specialized in PCB layout design using ORCAD
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology
Bangalore09-2000
Skills
- Testing methodologies: Manual and automated
- Functional and regression testing
- Performance testing
- REST API and UI testing
- Automation tools: Open ATF and Python
- Test management and bug tracking: TIMS and CDETS
- Database management: MonetDB and Sybase
- CI/CD tools: Jenkins
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master
- Certified Product Owner
- FIREWALL
- CCNA and IINS
Affiliations
Active participation in giving back to society events
Veena player and participation in many events
Timeline
Software QA Engineer
Cisco Systems
07.2007 - Current
Software Engineer
Aricent
09.2006 - 05.2007
Deputy Engineer
Accton Technology
02.2004 - 08.2004
Engineer- R&D
Kavveri Telecom Products Ltd
09.2002 - 10.2003
Apprentice Trainee
Indian Space Research Organisation [ISRO]
03.2001 - 03.2002
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology
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