Ramakrishnan R
Automation Architect
Chennai
Summary
I am highly motivated, hardworking; Process oriented and likes to analyze things in detail, practical approach towards finding solutions. I am proactive and determined to fulfill the tasks and responsibilities. Quality expert with success reviewing features and assessing functionality to identify common and complex software problems. Special experience in Cloud software and networking product testing illustrated throughout career accomplishments. Collaborates with cross-functional team members to enhance product quality.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Automation Lead
Aruba Networks
02.2015 - Current
- Leading Automation Test team for feature automation development and Automation Infrastructure development
- Mentored junior engineers on industry best practices, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing within the team.
- Led capacity planning activities for multiple projects simultaneously while balancing budgetary constraints and performance requirements.
- Developed custom scripts for automating routine tasks, increasing team productivity and reducing manual errors.
- Evaluated new cloud technologies and recommended solutions that aligned with organizational goals and objectives.
- Contributed to product improvement initiatives by providing valuable insights based on hands-on experience with various cloud engineering tools and frameworks.
- Supported multi-cloud environments by designing unified operational processes for seamless management of diverse systems.
- Assisted in migration projects from on-premises data centers to cloud environments, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
- Collaborated with development teams to design, implement, and maintain continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
- Reduced server downtime by proactively monitoring cloud resources and addressing potential issues before they escalated.
- Enhanced cloud infrastructure efficiency by implementing advanced automation techniques and tools.
- Used metrics to monitor application and infrastructure performance.
- Managed use of various types of databases and configured, installed and upgraded new ones.
Framework Developer and Automation Engineer
Dell Force10
07.2013 - 02.2015
- Led and worked on developing complete infra-structure of Framework using Python and Robot Framework
- Led the team, performing various tasks related to Automation like Library development, Framework Development, Continuous Integration and Initiatives for increasing the Automation productivity
- Worked on improvising current In-House Framework for better run-time reduction and stability of the file system
- Introduced Generic APIs for parsing show outputs and automated a tool for generating procedures and Test Scripts which helped to improve the automation metrics as 12 test cases per week by a person
- CI/CD for test automation
Sofware Engineer
Cisco Systems
05.2011 - 06.2013
- CSG2: Worked on Content service Gateway which runs over Cisco router 7600, which is used for Deep packet inspection in L4 to L7 protocols
- Tested billing management system
- Have hands on in automation framework ATS
- ASR5K – Feature testing: Tested SGW, PGW and GGSN (4G and 3G) on ASR5K and ASR5500 Platforms
- Trained several teams on the product after doing POC for adaptation of the DUT with different tools
- Customer Lab Testing: Have written test plans and test sections based on GTPv2, GTPv1, eHRPD, NEMO, HA and GTP’ technologies for Customer lab testing of ATT and Verizon
- Worked closely with the customers and setup the lab as a replica of testbeds in the production
- Recreated many customer issues promptly in time and helped the DEs to fix the issues
Automation Engineer
Alcatel-Lucent
12.2008 - 05.2011
- Started the career fixing of automation bugs
- Marked remarkable count of script fixing and received performance awards
- Automation and IR Integration: Have written test plans and automated the scripts using TCL
- Worked on integrating the test cases to the repository after checking the quality of the script, coverage area
- PTP Wave4: Worked on addressing all inconsistent issues in the scripts and manual testing (tiger team)
- Lead the team in india for this project and have successfully completed with 95% inconsistent bugs were reproduced and fixed by this project
- Automation framework development: Have improved the automation framework by developing scripts to support parallel execution of test cases which reduces the run time of regression testing and multiple DUT testing
- Automation tool development: After understanding the difficulties people face during automation using automation framework, developed a GUI tool for automation.
Education
B. Tech - Information Technology
Saveetha Engineering College – Anna University
01.2004 - 04.2008
Skills
Process improvement strategies
Software Development Lifecycle
Requirements Analysis
Project management abilities
Cross-platform testing
Continuous Integration Knowledge
Agile Methodology Experience
Mobile App Automation
Scripting Language Proficiency
Expertise in Automation Tools
Test automation strategy
Behavior-driven development
Automation design
Process Automation
DBMS
Automated Testing Frameworks
Performance Testing
Other
- Received STAR
- SPOT
- Best Contributions
- Silver awards in all the companies worked.
Tool Box
English, fluent in speech and writing, Telugu, native, Germany, Beginner, Windows, Linux, TCL/tk, shell, Python, ROBOT Framework and ATS, Selenium, Django, cypress, playwright, protractor, Jenkins (both UI and Backend) (Complete CI/CD development), REST APIs, UI Testing, Embedded device testing, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/jQuery, Angular JS, AJAX, Automated Testing infrastructure with different nodes with different modes of use (UI, Embedded, Headless, Headful testing), Dropbox, dSPACE, AGILE (Altassian JIRA Tools for Scrum board and standups), Waterfall Model, CANoe systems for testing.
Personal Information
- Year of Birth: 1986
- Citizenship: Indian
- Driving License: Indian Driving License
Timeline
Automation Lead
Aruba Networks
02.2015 - Current
Framework Developer and Automation Engineer
Dell Force10
07.2013 - 02.2015
Sofware Engineer
Cisco Systems
05.2011 - 06.2013
Automation Engineer
Alcatel-Lucent
12.2008 - 05.2011
B. Tech - Information Technology
Saveetha Engineering College – Anna University
01.2004 - 04.2008