# Shilpa S. > Principal Software Engineer @Palo Alto Networks Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/shilpas - Result-driven Quality Assurance professional with solid knowledge in manual and automated software testing and extensive experience in software development methodologies including both Agile (Scrum, Kanban, XP) and Waterfall models. - Proven expertise in test design, test development, and QA of cost-effective enterprise level application systems, middleware, and web solutions that exceed client's business requirements and expectations. - Quick learner of new technologies - Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle as well as Software Testing Life Cycle. - Self- driven and self-motivated person with great communication and presentation skills. - Comfortable working as a member of integrated team as well as independently. Domain Experience : Virtualization : Kubernetes, Docker, Hyper-V, VMware, Storage, Security and SaaS ## Work Experience ### Principal Engineer @ Palo Alto Networks Jan 2024 – Present ### Sr Staff SDET @ Palo Alto Networks Jan 2022 – Present | Santa Clara County, California, United States ### Staff SDET @ MobileIron Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California, United States ### Sr SDET @ Tigera, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Engineer in Test @ Vindicia Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Redwood City, California ### Software QA Engineer @ Veritas Technologies LLC Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 -Developed automation for Virtualization support by NetBackup Software : Hyper-V and Vmware using Agile methodology -Developed test automation for functional and regression tests for testing different features of the product using inherent TestEngine framework based on Perl. -Created test plans and test scripts for running automated test procedures on different environment. ### Software QA Engineer @ Symantec Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View - Developed functional and regression tests for testing different features of the product using inherent TestEngine framework based on Perl. - Created and maintained test plans and test scripts for running automated test procedures on different environment. ### Software QA Engineer @ Healthline Networks, Inc. Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco, CA - Automation for WebApplication using selenium ### Software QA Engineer @ Webroot Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 ### Software Developer Intern @ Emulogic Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 ## Education ### Master in Computer Science California State University - East Bay ### Bachelors in Business Management SDM college of Business Management ### PGDBM in Business Management St. Aloysius College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ssherigar - Portfolio: http://www.symantec.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/shilpas JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/shilpas/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12