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Ramachandran Natarajan

Ramachandran Natarajan

Bengaluru,KA

Summary

A highly experienced Feature/System Test/Packet-Core Engineer with over 15 years of industry expertise at renowned companies like HCL, Cisco, and Ericsson. Demonstrates a relentless pursuit of excellence and unwavering dedication to delivering top-notch quality. Showcases exceptional attention to detail, leaving no stone unturned in the quest for perfection. The commitment to delivering superior results has been the driving force behind successful career achievements.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Leader

Cisco Systems, Inc.
08.2022 - Current
  • Handling Packet-Core Services/Operations of Cisco's Control-Center Application,which is managing 80M(CCAR, IoT) Subscribers all over the world
  • Responsible for analysing/Resolving the any issues that happens on the production site, Wireless Data services which includes managing the nodes PGW/UPF, monitoring the end-to-end Devices/hosts for Seamless Services
  • Conducted regular training sessions for team members on new technologies and programming techniques, enhancing overall team competence levels.


Senior Software Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc.
12.2015 - 08.2022
  • System Tester on Various 4G/5G Packet Core Nodes (PGW/UPF) Features
  • Good Understanding of the 3G/4G/5G technologies and its interfaces interfaces
  • Tested methodology with writing and execution of test plans, debugging and testing scripts and tools.

Senior Software Engineer

Avvas Infotech
07.2014 - 09.2015
  • Worked as System Test Engineer for Ericsson SSR/SE/IPOS-Ref Series Routers
  • End-to-End Testing on BNG(PPP, DHCP, PPPoE) & Routing Protocls (OSPF, BGP)
  • Maintained comprehensive documentation of development work, facilitating knowledge sharing among team members.

Software Engineer

Cisco Systems
08.2011 - 04.2014
  • Feature Test Engineer for the product GGSN (ST40/ASR5500) for the GTPP, HDD, IPsec, OSPF Features
  • Implemented effective debugging strategies, resulting in fewer software defects and increased reliability.
  • Tested methodology with writing and execution of test plans, debugging and testing scripts and tools.
  • Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.

Software Engineer

HCL Technologies
10.2008 - 01.2011
  • Feature Test Engineer for various Cisco Router platforms like 7200,7600, Catalyst 3K
  • Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware Quality.
  • End-to-End Testing from Manual, Automation & Regression Testing on the features PPP, PPPoE, DHCP, ISG, L2TP

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science

SRM Institute Of Science & Technology
Chennai, India
05.2008

Skills

  • 3G/4G/5G Architecture
  • PGW/SMF & UPF
  • Kubernetes
  • L2/L3 Protocols
  • TCL Scripting
  • Grafana, Prometheus
  • SNMP, Bulkstats
  • Testplan Creation
  • Issue Reproduction
  • Problem-Solving abilities
  • 7200, 7600, CSR1KV,Nexus Switches
  • ASR 5000, ASR5500, QvPC-DI/SI
  • KVM, Openstack
  • Virtualization & Deployment
  • Jira
  • Agile Methodology
  • Network Administration
  • Quality Assurance
  • Project Management

Languages

Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)
German
Elementary (A2)

Timeline

Technical Leader

Cisco Systems, Inc.
08.2022 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc.
12.2015 - 08.2022

Senior Software Engineer

Avvas Infotech
07.2014 - 09.2015

Software Engineer

Cisco Systems
08.2011 - 04.2014

Software Engineer

HCL Technologies
10.2008 - 01.2011

B.Tech - Computer Science

SRM Institute Of Science & Technology
Ramachandran Natarajan