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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
Bangalore
09-2000

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
Kalpana Saravanan