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Sasi Ellappan Shreenivasan Chandramohan

Sasi Ellappan Shreenivasan Chandramohan

Virtualization And Storage QA
Bengaluru,India

Summary

An experienced Engineer with diverse skillsets around Server Virtualization and Data Storage technologies seeking challenging position to utilize skills in an organization that encourages continuous learning and improve knowledge extensively thereby contributing towards company growth and goals

Professional Summary :

  • 11+ years of IT experience with specialization in System / Interoperability Testing, Design, Implementation around VMware Server Virtualization and Storage arrays
  • Expertise in deploying and configuring VMware vSphere, SAN, NFS Storage and Software Defined Technologies VMware VSAN, vVol, VAAI
  • Good Python programming skills
  • Expertise in qualifying Operating System I/O stacks VMware ESXi, Linux and Windows over SAN and NFS
  • Exposure to Storage arrays NetApp FAS, HPE 3PAR
  • Expertise in debugging and Root cause analysis using Wire traces
  • Proficient in Partner and Vendor communication
  • Proficient in Scrum, QA Lifecycle developing Test Plans, designing Test cases and defect tracking workflows
  • Experience in leading projects, a team player with self-motivated acumen in owning deliverables

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Software Specialist

HPE
Bengaluru, Karnataka
01.2019 - Current

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Lead HPE Primera System QA testing for Core OS component
  • Review functional spec and feature spec documents , design test plans and plan executions
  • Create project documents - like test plan, project page, schedules & deliverables, h/w & s/w requirements
  • Plan test execution cycles to align with Product timelines and to assign sub-component execution to peer members of team
  • Write test case to cover new features for every release
  • Automate new test case using existing automation framework available for HPE Primera testing
  • Analyzed and tested different builds to identify, trace and help resolve bugs.
  • Work with development to root cause issues and to verify fix provided by developers

As part of Core OS System Test team :

  • Perform System testing for different sub-components which is part of Core Inform OS
  • Oversaw major new enhancements to existing software system

Software Specialist

HPE
Bengaluru, Karnataka
02.2017 - 12.2018

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Take ownership and drive 3PAR array sustenance testing, eliminate defects & stabilize the overall product interoperability with Tier-1 OS(ESXi, RHEL, SLES, WIN)
  • Review functional spec and feature spec documents , design test plans and plan executions
  • Create project documents - like test plan, project page, schedules & deliverables, h/w & s/w requirements & support matrix postings
  • Create Test-setup by installation of OS, configuring client and storage systems and provisioning storage for desired test
  • Work with support teams to identify field issues, reproduce issues and Update and patch testing

As part of Sustenance team :

  • Qualify FC & NFS protocol Interoperability for 3PAR storage systems with Tier-1 OS
  • Configure End-to-end FC/NFS connection with 3PAR-Multiple OS environment.
  • Perform Zoning with Cisco & Brocade switches, configure Deduplication and Compression for LUNs and Shares
  • Create different flavor of VMs for workload generation on ESXi hypervisor and other OS using Snaptest, Hazard IO Tool

Member of Technical Staff

NetApp
Bengaluru, Karnataka
12.2013 - 02.2017

VMware NFS Interoperability Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities :

  • VMware ESXi installation, storage partition, VM creation with C-mode storage
  • ESXi feature testing Fault tolerance, VMware-HA
  • Testing behavior of ONTAP OS with multiple ESXi versions using NFSv4.1 and NFSv3 datastores
  • Installing and configuring NetApp virtual storage console (VSC) to provision vVols
  • Having good understanding in ESXi, VM settings and recommendations required for various guest operating systems
  • Good knowledge on VM cloning, migration and template creation
  • Basic knowledge in cisco UCS and HPE blade platforms
  • Working on NetApp storage ONTAP installation and configuration end to end
  • During all this Testing, simulating complete product environment and testing various real time scenarios to assure Quality and supportability of NETAPP OS
  • Good ability in communicating with Partner engagement programs and various cross-functional groups on various aspects like project planning, status exchange, resolving technical issues, exchanging technical views and seeing through closure of project
  • Involved in catching any new regression issue due to feature enhancement at any stack

Quality Analyst

Magna Infotech Ltd.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
11.2012 - 11.2013

Client : NetApp

VMware NFS Interoperability Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities :

  • VMware ESXi installation, storage partition, VM creation with C-mode storage
  • ESXi feature testing Fault tolerance, VMware-HA
  • Testing behavior of ONTAP OS with multiple ESXi versions using NFSv4.1 and NFSv3 datastores
  • Installing and configuring NetApp virtual storage console (VSC) to provision vVols
  • Having good understanding in ESXi, VM settings and recommendations required for various guest operating systems
  • Good knowledge on VM cloning, migration and template creation
  • Basic knowledge in cisco UCS and HPE blade platforms
  • Working on NetApp storage ONTAP installation and configuration end to end
  • During all this Testing, are simulating complete product environment and testing various real time scenarios to assure Quality and supportability of NETAPP OS
  • Good ability in communicating with Partner engagement programs and various cross-functional groups on various aspects like project planning, status exchange, resolving technical issues, exchanging technical views and seeing through closure of project
  • Involved in catching any new regression issue due to feature enhancement at any stack

Member of Technical Support Staff

VMware
Bengaluru, Karnataka
06.2010 - 11.2012

List of Features involved in System Testing in ESX :
1) VMkernal Storage Stack: VMFS & NFS
2) VMWare High Availability and Fault Tolerance
3) CIM (Common Information Model)

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Testing software to identify and resolve problems from customer perspective
  • In charge of developing product testing automation framework against specified requirements
  • Accurately monitoring and recording results in test documentation
  • Preparing detailed test plans, acceptance criteria and test scenarios for each release
  • Liaising with developers and programmers to swiftly resolve bugs
  • Analyzing, writing reports & communicating results to colleagues & managers
  • Monitoring testing process and identifying and logging test failures
  • Testing full product suite's, identifying problems & resolving them with development team

Intern

VMware
Bengaluru, Karnataka
06.2009 - 06.2010

Automation framework Development for ESXi Testing

  • Involved in development for automation framework for ESX storage features like VMFS and NFS

Education

Master of Science - Embedded Systems

Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manipal
08.2008 - 06.2010

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

SRM University
Chennai
07.2004 - 06.2008

Skills

    Virtualization technologies

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Timeline

Senior Software Specialist

HPE
01.2019 - Current

Software Specialist

HPE
02.2017 - 12.2018

Member of Technical Staff

NetApp
12.2013 - 02.2017

Quality Analyst

Magna Infotech Ltd.
11.2012 - 11.2013

Member of Technical Support Staff

VMware
06.2010 - 11.2012

Intern

VMware
06.2009 - 06.2010

Master of Science - Embedded Systems

Manipal Academy of Higher Education
08.2008 - 06.2010

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

SRM University
07.2004 - 06.2008
Sasi Ellappan Shreenivasan ChandramohanVirtualization And Storage QA