Sunil Kumar
Bengaluru
Summary
Innovative engineer with a passion for technology and operational excellence. Notable success in driving business initiatives and developing products for enterprise, service provider, and cloud deployments. Expertise in Networking, Security, CDN, virtualization/NFV, and cloud domains. Excellent communication and leadership skills, and a proven track record of interfacing with enterprise and telco customers. Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment; highly driven, independent, and motivated. Technology enthusiast who has contributed to the design and testing of various products in security, WAN optimization, SD-WAN, and SASE.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Engineering QA
Aryaka Networks
Bengaluru
11.2018 - Current
- Managed full cycle of product delivery to production.
- Developed protocols for testing products against established standards before release.
- Managed a team of engineers, providing guidance, training, coaching and feedback.
Principal Engineer
Aryaka Networks
Bengaluru
12.2010 - 11.2018
- Responsible for testing Aryaka's WAN optimization, SD-WAN solution, and CDN networks.
- Tested various network features, like IPSec VPN, SSL proxy, VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol), QoS, NAT, BGP, CIFS proxy, and HTTP proxy.
- Responsible for functional and performance testing.
- Responsible for automation.
Sr. Software Engineer
Watchguard Firewalls
Noida
03.2005 - 11.2009
- Executed testing on IPSec VPN, IPS/IDS, AV, and IP/Domain reputation engines for comprehensive security evaluation.
- Played a key role in identifying critical test cases for Firewall applications.
- Tested features such as DHCP and DNS to support robust network operations.
Education
Master of Computer Applications -
Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra
03-2005
Skills
- VPN Technologies: Expertise in IPSec and SSL VPNs
- Layer 2/3 Protocols: Proficiency in TCP/IP, ARP, ICMP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and multicast
- SASE Technology: Hands-on experience in SASE technology
- SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) provides intelligent routing and optimization of network traffic across multiple connections
- Secure Web Gateway (SWG) protects users from web-based threats by enforcing security policies and filtering malicious content
- Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) offers visibility and control over data and threats across cloud services
- Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) delivers firewall capabilities without the need for physical hardware, enabling scalable and centralized security enforcement
- Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
- Wan optimization and CDN networks (deep understanding of HTTP protocol)
- Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
- Automation
- Team leadership
- Technical mentoring
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Customer engagement Handling the engineering escalations
Accomplishments
- I was the first QA engineer at Aryaka Networks, I brought up all the QA labs infrastructure, tested the product single-handedly, and delivered it to production
- Delivered Aryaka WAN optimization and CDN product to customers
- Delivered Aryaka SD-WAN product to customers
- Delivered the Aryaka SASE solution to customers
- Responsible for handling customer escalations
- Design, testing, and delivery of checkpoint and Palo Alto NFV in Aryaka device
- Responsible for designing the automation framework for Aryaka QA
- Demonstrated ability to work with and lead global teams spread across the US, Germany, and India
- Project planning, management, resource allocation, budgeting, execution, and timely delivery of committed products
Timeline
Director of Engineering QA
Aryaka Networks
11.2018 - Current
Principal Engineer
Aryaka Networks
12.2010 - 11.2018
Sr. Software Engineer
Watchguard Firewalls
03.2005 - 11.2009
Master of Computer Applications -
Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra
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