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PRAKASH PERUMAL

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST
Bangalore

Summary

  • An accomplished Quality Assurance Engineer with 14.6 Years of experience in Platform Validation, System Management Software Validation, Hyper Converge Cluster software testing, ESXi NIC Device Driver certification and Post Silicon Validation.
  • Hands on Experience in BAT, Functional Testing with Legacy BIOS & UEFI Firmware Testing using Dell Command Configure Software.
  • Hands on experience in Dell System Management Software Testing (OMSA/OMSS/DTK/SBUU) Storage Testing on Dell Servers.
  • Adapt at designing testcases based on Functional specification and product requirements documents provided and aided the team in delivering a quality product within stated schedules.
  • Hands on experience in testcase automation framework using Pytest or Unit test framework using Python data types, data structure, loops, OOPS, modules, functions, exception handling, file handling and debugging, root cause and fix the code issues.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education

Work History

Technical Manager

L & T Technology services
09.2023 - Current
  • Prepare test plan based on test features
  • Fill the gap in test plan based on review comments
  • Executing Testcases and writing new testcases for the new features
  • Executing and debugging domain issues on server Platforms
  • Pushing the test content into NGA and monitoring the test execution flow
  • Result Analysis & Filing defect for open issues in each test cycle
  • Debugging the Open issues and update my findings and root cause information in bug tracking tool
  • Defect report, Defect verification and Defect closure for all reported issues
  • Update the defect status in our daily system debug call
  • Presenting the test status, Open issues, bug Status and bug closure & blockers in daily client meeting
  • Presenting the test status to client & our internal management for the test approval and exit for each test cycle
  • Validation of register path values for all the IPs for new silicon
  • Update the fuse Register test status to client and our internal management for the fuse approval and exit
  • Report generation for the manual and automation executions
  • Analyze the L3 cache dump

Technical specialist (SME)

L & T Technology services
04.2022 - 09.2023
  • Leading 5 members in ESXi NIC Certification Team
  • Assigning testcases, tracking test status with team members, debugging issues & sending the test report to client on daily basis
  • Follow up and collect the Test execution report and issues with each test cycle in NIC Qualification
  • Update NIC Certification test status, Discuss about issues/blockers, Lab issues in Client meeting
  • Providing KT session and Hands-on test execution to newcomers in team
  • Upload the NIC test results in VMware Portal to list the device driver for different speed like 1G/10G/40G cards for each ESXi NIC qualification

Senior Technical Lead

HCL Technologies
01.2019 - 04.2022
  • Company Overview: Client: Nutanix (Hyper Converged Infrastructure)
  • Lead and manage 5 team members in HPDX Team
  • Preparing the Change list or delta in firmware build or Software build, or driver build
  • Preparing test plan, Test Strategy, Test Estimation, writing test cases for new feature, Platform Configuration Metis, Adhoc Testcases, Automation readiness, Test tool availability and hardware availability for HCI Software (Acropolis Operating System STS or LTS build) testing on HPDX Rack & Blade servers
  • AOS regression, Foundation Sanity & NCC Sanity on HPE DX Gen 10 Rack servers and Blade servers
  • Qualification of ESXi Hypervisor Patch builds on HPE DX Gen 10 Rack servers and Blade servers
  • Performance testing with single or multi-HBA HPE SAS Controller testing on Compute Node, Hybrid Node and All flash HPDX Nodes
  • Qualification of new model of SSD drives, NVMe drives & Boot controller & M.2 Boot drives
  • Qualification of different NIC Models on HPDX & DX8000 Pro e910 blade servers
  • BIOS, BMC testing & Secure Boot testing on HPE Gen10 Servers
  • Update daily test status, discussing about product issues, blockers and Hardware availability for testing in HPDX Status meeting
  • Raising defects, isolate the failure component for the reported issue, follow up for the defect fix defect verification and defect closure in JIRA
  • Presenting & reviewing the test report with managers and incorporate the review comments
  • Presenting test report to client in client meeting on weekly basis
  • Publishing test exit report after completion of each release
  • Filing document JIRA for HFCL and CM update after completion of each software qual
  • Client: Nutanix (Hyper Converged Infrastructure)

Software QA Test Engineer 2

Dell R&D India Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 01.2019
  • Completely own the testing for Dell command configure for each release
  • Responsibilities to test the existing and new BIOS feature using DCC software builds for different generation of Dell Desktops, Laptops & Thin clients
  • Doing Firmware update for new BIOS for Dell Desktops, Laptops & Thin clients
  • Testing Token & PLDM interface for BIOS features
  • Prepare Test Strategy & Test Plan Document for DCC and get it reviewed from team members, team lead and team managers
  • Writing test case for new features
  • Responsible for Test Execution, Defects, Defect Tracking and Defect Closure
  • Providing demonstration of tested new features to internal stakeholders like Marketing, Development lead, Test lead and Technologists
  • Analyze and respond to ODM Issues and Queries
  • Publishing test exit reports
  • Hands on Experience in Python CLI and GUI Automation scripts

Senior Test Engineer

Access Automation Private Limited
06.2013 - 03.2015
  • Company Overview: Client: Dell
  • Responsibilities to test the existing feature and new RAID Controller feature using software builds for various generation of Dell PERC Controller with different generation of Dell Rack servers, Tower servers and Blade servers
  • Firmware update for IDRAC, BIOS, RAID Controller BIOS and Network Controller BIOS using .EXE (DUP)
  • Testing new features for different HW & SW RAID Controllers
  • Preparation of Test Strategy Document to be reviewed from team members and leads
  • Preparation of Test cases for new feature
  • Responsible for Test Execution, Defects, Defect Tracking and Defect Closure
  • Providing demonstration of tested new features to internal stakeholders like Marketing, Development lead, Test lead and Technologists
  • Analyze and respond to ODM Issues and Queries
  • Publishing test exit reports
  • Completely own and deliver the test ownership of software products like OMSA/OMSS/DTK
  • Testing Basic Acceptance Testing (BVT), Functionality, Regression, Negative, Inter-operability and Ad hoc Testing, Storage testing, Performance and Stress testing for software builds
  • Hands on Experience in Python CLI Automation scripts
  • Analyze the script failure, debug and fix the Python scripts issue
  • Client: Dell

System Quality Analyst

TEK Systems
11.2012 - 03.2013
  • Company Overview: Client: AMD
  • Stress testing for mainline & release graphics driver daily
  • Daily driver promotion for mainline & release AMD graphics driver based on driver quality
  • Publish Daily stress report
  • Engineering Problem Report filling for valid bug
  • Analysis of Crash dump/memory dump/BSOD using Windows debugger tool
  • Root cause analysis for graphics drive integration failure and regression failure
  • Early stress coverage with Discrete GPU configurations
  • Client: AMD

Test Engineer

UST Global
12.2010 - 11.2012
  • Company Overview: Client: Intel
  • Platform testing for different configurations in Shark bay-ULT platforms
  • Test case execution, bug filing, tracking the defects & bug closures (Intel HSD Site (High Speed Database) under shark bay platforms and operating systems
  • BAT and Functional testing for every BIOS release (AMI, UEFI and EDKII) for Win 7 32 bit & 64bit OS & Win 8 32-bit OS with cedar trail Platforms
  • EBAT (Engineering BAT) and KSC validation for Net books and Net tops for cedar trail platforms
  • Client: Intel

Graduate Apprentice Trainee

HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
11.2009 - 11.2010
  • Evaluation and testing of all range of Intel and Non-Intel servers, Desktops and Laptop for all Operating Systems
  • Installing, configuring, and maintaining DHCP for production servers
  • Clearance of materials (Motherboard, Memory, HDD, and Graphics card) for production during engineering changes
  • Test execution and root cause analysis for failures during evaluation of systems & developing solutions for the failures
  • Preparing Manufacturing Guidelines and Providing Customized BIOS and supported Drivers for all Servers and Motherboards released for Mass Production
  • Energy star compliance verification for notebooks

Education

Graduate Apprentice Trainee - WHQL Certification & Process Engineering

HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
Pondicherry
11.2009 - 05.2010

Skills

Post Silicon

Accomplishments


Received Star of the Month in L&T Technology service


Received On Spot Award in Dell, HCL Technology services.

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the information stated above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

Technical Manager

L & T Technology services
09.2023 - Current

Technical specialist (SME)

L & T Technology services
04.2022 - 09.2023

Senior Technical Lead

HCL Technologies
01.2019 - 04.2022

Software QA Test Engineer 2

Dell R&D India Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 01.2019

Senior Test Engineer

Access Automation Private Limited
06.2013 - 03.2015

System Quality Analyst

TEK Systems
11.2012 - 03.2013

Test Engineer

UST Global
12.2010 - 11.2012

Graduate Apprentice Trainee

HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
11.2009 - 11.2010

Graduate Apprentice Trainee - WHQL Certification & Process Engineering

HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
11.2009 - 05.2010

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