Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Core Competencies
Network Protocols
Automation
Networking Hardware
Test Tools
Certification
Timeline
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VENKATRAM VAYALUR SHIVARAM

Quality Assurance & Project Management

Summary

Senior software QA and test automation professional with 17+ years of diverse experience and having proficiency in network protocol testing, platform verification, design & implementation, technical support, customer escalation & project management.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

QA Lead

Niagara Networks
9 2020 - Current

Leading a team of 5 engineers involved in feature automation, regression run of packet broker features part of Network visibility solutions used in ISPs, data centers & enterprise networks


● Team & People management, Training & Orientation
● Process improvement & quality initiatives
● Periodical one-on-one meetings & Performance Appraisal
● Presenting team’s status in prioritization & Sync up meetings
● Review of code, test automation design, weekly run reports
● Topology design, test bed - setup, maintenance, optimization
● GAP Analysis - Address missing coverage in automation

Senior QA Software Engineer

Extreme Networks
5 2011 - 6 2020

● Proof of concept [POC] - Kroger retail, Christiana Care

Virtual Port Extender - Extended Edge Switching Solution
Leaf & spine solution using Extreme fabric
● Customer profile - Intel
● MLAG feature - GAP analysis

Senior Test Engineer

Aricent technologies
02.2010 - 05.2011

● ECMP - Formulated test plan & validated the feature

Senior Test Engineer

TATA ELXSI
09.2006 - 02.2010

● MPLS system testing - automation

Technical Support & Escalation Engineer

CSS CORP
02.2004 - 01.2006

● Escalation support for enterprise network vendors - Netgear & Linksys

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication

Madras University
04.2001 -

Core Competencies

● Agile methodologies - Scrum, Sprint components
● Test strategy, Requirement Acceptance Criteria & Traceability Matrix

● Feature Interaction, POC, Customer profile, Performance & Scalability
● Platform Qualification, Functional, SNMP, Smoke, Negative testing

● Automation - test scripts & infrastructure APIs, Regression
● Review - test plans, design & user guides

● Cross-functional collaboration, Stakeholder management

● Risk mitigation, Conflict resolution, Customer escalations

Network Protocols

  • OSPF, BGP, RIP, VRRP, PIM, MVR, MSDP, IPv6, L3VPN
  • IGMP/MLD, Q in Q, xSTP, Sflow, IPFIX (netflow)
  • LAG - LACP & MLAG, 802.1BR, ERPS, EAPS, ELRP, ACLs
  • SNMP, DHCP, NAT, RADIUS, TACACS, Wireless 802.11 a/b/g
  • N/w visibility - Packet slicing/masking, Deduplication, SSL/TLS decryption
  • Header stripping, GTP, MPLS, GRE, VXLAN, Bypass, NetOps, SecOps

Automation

  • Python, Pytest TAF, TCL/Expect, I-test, Unix shell, REST API
  • Jenkins, Virtualization - Dockers & Containers, Cloud - GCP

Networking Hardware

  • Extreme summit & BD series, Tellabs 86X0, Cisco 2600 series
  • Niagara Network packet brokers - Fixed & modular, Bypass switches & TAPs

Test Tools

  • IXIA, Spirent, Agilent N2X, Wireshark, tcpdump, tcpreplay, Ostinato, XENA
  • Test planning - Test link ,HP quality center, Bug tracking - JIRA, Clear quest, Siebel CRM, Repository - GIT, CVS / SVN, Clear case

Certification

Certified Scrum Master : March 2022 - March 2024

Timeline

Senior Test Engineer

Aricent technologies
02.2010 - 05.2011

Senior Test Engineer

TATA ELXSI
09.2006 - 02.2010

Technical Support & Escalation Engineer

CSS CORP
02.2004 - 01.2006

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication

Madras University
04.2001 -

QA Lead

Niagara Networks
9 2020 - Current

Senior QA Software Engineer

Extreme Networks
5 2011 - 6 2020

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