Around 18 years experience in SQA involving router/switching products right from early stage. Experience in feature/system testing, customer proof of concept, leading teams, automation design/implementation, release management. Experience in working with smaller teams / startups (Arista, Insieme)

Experience

AMDPrincipal Engineer

2022 — Now

Pensando SystemsSenior Principal Engineer

2022 — Now

Amazon Web ServicesSenior QA Engineer

2017 — 2018

CiscoPrincipal Engineer

2013 — 2017

Joined as one of the early QA engineers & handled the Layer 3 features on modular and fixed systems

Hands on leadership in delivering Layer 3 features on 35+ HW platforms (Top of the rack & Modular platforms) using both Merchant silicon as well as in house ASICs

Managed a team of 15 engineers and completely owned the L3 routing + forwarding functions for N3k and N9k product series

Experience in handling Customer Proof of Concepts, Customer Escalation

Authored white paper and Cisco Live speaker for Layer 3 Forwarding deep dive session on Nexus products

Have around 8 approved patents