# Sreedhara Chikkanna

> PRINCIPAL QA SW ENGINEER at Extreme Networks

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sreedhara

•	Extensive experience in network software testing, product validation, protocol verification, security feature testing, test automation and customer support across multi-vendor environments.
•	Strong expertise in IP routing and switching with hands-on experience in OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, RIP, BFD, VRRP, MPLS, LDP, L3VPN, BGP EVPN, STP, RSTP, MSTP, NAT.
•	Strong background in telecom and optical technologies, including SONET, DWDM, Ethernet, VoIP, SIP, SS7 (ISUP, NAP/MAP), ISDN, and GSM protocols.
•	Hands-on experience in using industry-standard test equipment and traffic generators including Spirent, Ixia, and Mu Dynamics.
•	Proficient in test automation and scripting using Python, TCL, and Perl
•	Knowledgeable in virtualization and cloud environments including VMware, KVM, and OpenStack.
•	Early career experience in software development (5 years) using C/C++, focused on IP router enhancements and protocol analyzer (TMN) development for SS7, ISDN, and GSM stacks.

## Work Experience
### PRINCIPAL QA SW ENGINEER @ Extreme Networks
Jan 2020 – Present

### STAFF QA SW ENGINEER @ Extreme Networks
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | San Jose
- Responsible for testing Brocade Data center switch. 
- Verification of features like BGP EVPN, IP Fabric, VXLAN etc. 
- VDX Platform testing
- Customer issue verification

### Quality Assurance Project Manager @ Wipro
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Bengaluru, San Jose
- Responsible for Project management, Test planning of Network router testing, test automation
- Managing the team which started with 4 Engineers and grew to 25 Engineers
- Managing offshore/onsite teams
- Worked at both offshore/onsite  (Bangalore/San Jose)

### Test Architect @ Wipro
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

### Technical Lead @ Wipro
Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 | Multiple locations, Bengaluru, Chennai, Canada, Dallas
- Exposure to multiple network equipment vendors. Have hands on experience of IP routing and switching, L2 and L3 testing, OSPF, RIP, BGP, MPLS, L3VPN,  BFD, VRRP, STP, RSTP, MSTP, NAT, SONET, DWDM, Ethernet, VOIP, SIP, protocols. 
- Technical support, debugging field issues, escalation engineer
- Deployment testing
- Ericsson virtual router, OpenStack
- Test Automation using TCL/Perl.
- Test automation using VMWare Virtual environment, KVM Virtual environment,

### Senior Software Engineer @ FutureSoft Ltd (Now Aricent)
Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 | Chennai Area, India
Responsible for software maintenance, enhancement of TMN using C and C++ programming language. Worked on telecom protocol analyzer (TMN) development for SS7, ISDN, GSM protocols and IP router enhancement, porting for NAT, SNMP.


## Education
### Bachelor of engineering in Electronics and communications
JNNCE, Shimoga


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sreedhara-chikkanna-354b4713

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Last updated: 2026-04-12