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Prabhu A M

Prabhu A M

Summary

Result-driven Project Manager with 17+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver.

Skilled in various management methodologies, along with expertise in Network Operations and Testing.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

Wipro Technologies
07.2023 - Current
  • Managed the team of 35 engineers aligned with stack holder objective and Requirements
  • Responsible for invoice management, allocation and RLS
  • Requirement Analysis, Project estimation, Delivery and Quality management
  • Preparation for contract renewal, and Dsow renewal for every quarter
  • Monthly Programme review with Client Director to ensure the on track KPI
  • Responsible to have a BCP and Mitigation plan to ensure the business continuity during critical times
  • Validate the test report and conduct retrospective for each release
  • Drive scrum calls and daily huddle with leads
  • RCA management for customer issues to meet the customer KPI
  • Resourcing talents with skills to full fill customer needs
  • Upskilling the team to meet customer technical expectations

Project Lead

Wipro Technologies
02.2022 - 07.2023
  • Data com testing which covers both Wifi and Multicast testing as the major feature for the product
  • Test features like Port Forwarding, WiFi, QoS and Voice testing for the Gateway CPE
  • Validate network performance, firmware performance & stability, GUI experience of Gateway products based on OpenWRT
  • Speed test for 10 G carried over with Okla servers to ensure the peak through put of the device
  • Wifi band Steering executed for both 2.4 and 5 Ghz in clean environment
  • Managing Test environment, lab infra and procurement

Senior Technical Lead

HCL Technologies Limited
10.2014 - 02.2022

Project: NG3k Feature Testing (9k), Manual and Automation (11/2017 – 02/2022).

  • Preparing a test plan for the platform and L3 feature based on the new product architecture.
  • Responsible for bringing up the required setup in the local lab to execute testing.
  • Engaged in testing the app hosting feature, Thousand Eyes, for multiple releases on platforms 9300, 9400, and 9500.
  • Executed the test cases for the following features: RACL, PACL, VACL, and fast reload (xfsu) for the 9k platform.
  • Convergence test carried out for 9,300 L3 unicast topology.
  • Performance Testing (RFC) for L2, Unicast, and Multicast features.
  • SGACL automation in Python was executed for Nyquist SKUs.
  • Multicast scale, L3 feature DT, and automation in Python using pyATS for the Polaris 16.9 release.
  • Had full ownership of testing the UPOE feature and CR testing.
  • Responsible for handling the customer-found defect by reproducing the defect in the local lab and working with the dev team.
  • Engaged with the Dev team for the defect filed until closure.
  • Run and verify the Python test cases to test performance and scale for BGP.

Technical Lead

Project: Edison Manual Testing
10.2014 - 10.2017
  • Test Plan Derived for Euclid and Theon respect to the hardware and Software Specifications
  • Had a Travel to San Jose Lab to bring up the Lab setup and to test the platform Case for Euclid and Theon
  • POE, POE+ and UPOE testing for Euclid and Theon SKUs ownership hold for testing
  • Customer Found Defect analysis and automation
  • Verifying the data path with IXIA traffic for various forwarding Feature
  • Manual testing on covering feature over L2 and L3 for Euclid and Theon flavours
  • CFD reproduction in local lab as per Dev team request

Senior Associate - Network Operations

AT&T Communication Services India Pvt Ltd
03.2010 - 09.2014
  • Providing appropriate Network Solution to worldwide AT&T Network (Project ENO) that includes LAN and WAN
  • Active participation in outage calls to isolate and FIX the Network issues within SLA
  • Work closely with Global Tier-3 team to share the finding in the issue called as Executive SWAT
  • Analysing the Existing configuration on the Network to remove any bottle neck in the Network flow
  • Having detailed technical discussions within CISCO TAC for hardware issues and IOS bug related issues
  • Driving onsite support to find hardware related issues and configure Network device remotely to replace the faulty one
  • Interface with various TELCOS for circuit testing and turn up
  • Co-ordinate and facilitate with vendor for the new installation and troubleshooting
  • Act as a Network SME for AT&T Unified Global Networks, it’s a part of International AT&T business units
  • Reporting to the Top management in hourly basis for the Network outages

Senior Network Engineer

Gemini Communications Limited
11.2007 - 02.2010
  • Worked as a senior network engineer for Chennai Region
  • Managed the team with 8 field engineers and technicians
  • Responsible for the data center operation including 3 nodal points
  • Located in TNEB Head quarters data center to drive the entire team towards problem resolution
  • Configuring and troubleshooting the RF modems, (Airspan, NGN)
  • Maintaining the Lease line connectivity for the Nodal points
  • Providing on call assistance to the remote site engineer in critical outage

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - ECE

Vel’s Srinivasa Engineering College
Chennai
01.2007

Skills

  • Project development
  • Feasibility analysis
  • Workforce training
  • Project tracking
  • CCNP Certified
  • WPMP Certified
  • Switching: VLANs, VTP, STP, EtherChannel, redundancy protocols (HSRP, VRRP), port security, and DHCP
  • Routing - Implementing routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, and VRF
  • Traffic Generators – IXIA and Spirent
  • Good knowledge of the data path on devices 6880, 6840, and NG3K (Cat 9k and Cat 3k) devices
  • Tools: CDETS, eARMS, JIRA, GitHub, CVS, TIMS

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that all the information mentioned above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

Project Manager

Wipro Technologies
07.2023 - Current

Project Lead

Wipro Technologies
02.2022 - 07.2023

Technical Lead

Project: Edison Manual Testing
10.2014 - 10.2017

Senior Technical Lead

HCL Technologies Limited
10.2014 - 02.2022

Senior Associate - Network Operations

AT&T Communication Services India Pvt Ltd
03.2010 - 09.2014

Senior Network Engineer

Gemini Communications Limited
11.2007 - 02.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - ECE

Vel’s Srinivasa Engineering College
Prabhu A M