# Archana Narasimhan

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: Fremont, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/archananarasimhan

Dynamic, highly technical, hands-on Senior Software Engineer with a wealth of knowledge and experience in C, C++ and Python programming, network operating systems, and high availability data centers. Successfully delivered multiple mission-critical software modules for features in data center switches, including High-Availability Failover, Asynchronous System Monitoring and In-Service System Upgrade. Triaged and turned around several live and complex customer software issues in Network Operating Systems

Technologies: Languages: C, Python, C++; Scripting: Bash; Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac OS; Version Control: Clearcase, Git

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Lakeside Software
Jan 2023 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Cisco
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | SF Bay Area
Developed software features and maintenance bug fixes for network infrastructure to manage system startup, start processes, monitor those processes, coordinate IPC among processes, core collection, configuration management, In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU), maintenance mode and ensure High Availability (failover) on NX-OS for Nexus 9000 and Nexus 7000 switches.

### Software Engineer @ Cisco
Jan 2010 – Jan 2019
Software development and maintenance support of networking protocols, including TCP, UDP, FTP, TFTP, IPv4 and IPv6, on Cisco IOS (primarily Catalyst 6000 switches and various router platforms)

### Nokia Siemens Networks (formerly Siemens Communication Software) · Full-time - Software Engineer @ Nokia
Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

### Software Engineer @ Infosys
Jan 2002 – Jan 2003


## Education
### MS in Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, Riverside

### Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Computer Science and Engineering
Bangalore University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/narasimhanarchana

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Last updated: 2026-04-01