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VINAY KUMAR

Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic QA professional with 11+ years of expertise in Big Data, Hadoop, Spark, Airflow, and cloud technologies. Skilled in troubleshooting, early problem detection, and leading teams to deliver high-performance solutions. Proven success in managing complex projects under pressure, with hands-on proficiency in Hadoop, Spark, AWS, Database & Airflow. A passionate technologist focused on operational efficiency and continuous improvement, ready to drive results in fast-paced environments.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Engineer 2, QA

Zscaler Softech Pvt Ltd
04.2022 - Current

Major Projects:

  • As maintenance of Hadoop Infrastructure is cumbersome process, I lead the project end-2-end to verify pipeline to process large volume of customer logs which are subject to regional processing to AWS cloud
  • Zscaler generate business insight reports which captures office location stats based on user proxy IPs


Tools: AWS Lambda, S3, Cloud watch, SNS, SQS, Terraform, Airflow, Spark, Hive


Job Role:

  • Review the architecture document for initial design, Led the team for Verification and enhancement, Continuous review & bug triage with the dev team and deployment of this project
  • Led feature enhancement and conducted thorough end-2-end testing alongside developers, Improved the Query performance by adding cache, broadcast join & proper partitioning mechanism to get completed within 15 minutes, Bug Triage & Feature enhancement discussion with the dev team
  • Test all aspects of the product like functional, performance, regression and load, Enhanced the Query performance using multiple optimization such as partitioning, serialization, led query to get complete within 5-10 mins
  • Delivered exceptional client support by promptly addressing concerns and implementing requested changes or enhancements to software solutions.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design innovative software solutions.
  • Enhanced software functionality by identifying and resolving complex technical issues.
  • Regularly reviewed peers'' code contributions, offering constructive feedback to enhance overall product quality.
  • Developed scalable applications using agile methodologies for timely project delivery.

Verification Engineer Lead Analyst

Ribbon Communications
11.2013 - 03.2022
  • The Volte & VoWiFi insight analytics application is a collection of Volte & VoWiFi dashboards, analytics tools, and reports
  • It provides operators the means to monitor and troubleshoot Volte & VoWiFi networks
  • Environment: CentOS, Kubernetes, Rest API, PostgreSQL, Hadoop, Hive
  • Mentored junior engineers in best practices for validation engineering methodologies improving team skillsets.
  • Established strong working relationships with vendors ensuring smooth communication during project deployment.
  • Conducted root cause analysis on deviations during validation activities, enabling timely resolution of technical issues.
  • Reduced operational risks associated with validated systems through periodic review assessments and targeted revalidations when necessary.
  • Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
  • Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
  • Traveled to job sites with senior personnel to aid in inspections and ongoing project observations.

Trainee Engineer

Madmurk Cloud Computing Private Ltd
04.2013 - 10.2013
  • Joined this company as Trainee Software Engineer and worked on cutting edge technology
  • The project is mainly involved in dealing with Big Data using Java as a main programming language and working on Hadoop ecosystems such as PIG, HBase, Hive using Java in Linux (Ubuntu) platform
  • Worked on web development application of the organization using Play Framework in Eclipse IDE
  • Aided in analyzing, designing, and implementing solutions based on provided customer parameters and needs.
  • Improved overall project efficiency by streamlining communication channels and providing timely updates to team members.
  • Reduced project completion time by effectively prioritizing tasks and managing resources efficiently.

Education

BTech - E.C.E

Gandhi Institute For Technology
BBSR
08-2012

Class 12 - Science

St Columba's College
Hazaribag
01-2007

Class 10 -

PVSS DAV Public School
Jhumri Telaiya
01-2005

Skills

  • Hadoop
  • Hive
  • Spark
  • Python
  • Airflow
  • PostgreSQL
  • Bit bucket
  • Postman
  • Kubernetes
  • S3, Lambda
  • SNS, SQS
  • Cloud watch
  • Terraform
  • Test Planning & Management
  • Requirement gathering
  • Technical support Escalations
  • Testing & Deployment

Accomplishments

  • Received the Inspire Award from the QA Director twice: in April 2021 and October 2020.

Languages

English
Hindi

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 06/19/90

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the above information is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer 2, QA

Zscaler Softech Pvt Ltd
04.2022 - Current

Verification Engineer Lead Analyst

Ribbon Communications
11.2013 - 03.2022

Trainee Engineer

Madmurk Cloud Computing Private Ltd
04.2013 - 10.2013

BTech - E.C.E

Gandhi Institute For Technology

Class 12 - Science

St Columba's College

Class 10 -

PVSS DAV Public School
VINAY KUMAR