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Kamesh Velu
Software QA Engineer
http://www.kameshraj.com/
Phone: 408-829-3865
Email: kamesh@employees.org
ProfileSeeking a technically challenging position in the area of networking, providing a highly motivated, progressive, friendly environment. Which allows the pursuit of career advancement and expand my knowledge and skills.
SummaryA results oriented individual! Expertise is broad in scope, including system software testing, creation and documentation of test strategies and test cases, test automation, lab and regression test bed setup. Possess a high technical aptitude and a high level of analytical ability. Trained in the use and creation of test automation tools and applications customized for proprietary uses. I understand and believe in the integration of techniques, I learn more and do more of the work, add more value to the team. Be able to handle complex situations and time crunch schedules, would create more value for the company and for the customer.
Contact detailsFive plus years of experience as software test engineer in top three IP Players, involved in testing and automation. Has knowledge and experience in the area of Networking concepts, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, PPP, L2TP, IPSec, H.323, SS7, MGCP, SGCP, Wi-Fi, 802.11a, 802.11b, VPN, MPLS, NAT, Cable modem, DOCSIS, ADSL and VoIP. Test automation using Expect/TCL and Perl.
- Scripting and test automation using Expect/TCL and Perl.
- Scripting testing tools like IXIA, Smartbits and Abacus.
- Strongly self-motivated, willing to assume responsibilities.
- Can work independently, lead or work within a team environment.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills,both oral and written.
Skill setKamesh Velu
1235 Wild Wood Ave #368,
Sunnyvale, CA - 94089.
Home : (408)-730-6993
Mobile: (408)-829-3865
Work History
OS Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows-x Languages/ Scripting C, C++, Perl, TCL/Expect, Unix Shell, AWK Protocols TCP/IP, Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP, IGRP, EIGRP), PPP, PPTP, L2TP, NAT, IPSec, H.323, SS7, SGCP, MGCP Technologies MPLS, VPN, NAT, Multicast, Routing, ATM, Frame relay, VoIP, SNMP Wireless Knowledge in 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, blue tooth RTOS Knowledge in VxWorks, pSOS Traffic tools IXIA, Smartbits, Adtech, QA-Robot, MGEN, Fore switch Cable tools Sigtek (RF capture tools), Config file editors Engineering tools DDTS, Extra view, CVS, EDCS, GNATS SNMP tools IWL, HP Open View, SNMPc, Unix binaries VoIP tools Cisco Call Manager, Abacus, Ameriteck Cisco tools CSCCON, Pagent, MibCheck Courses/ Certifications CCNP, CCNA, ACRC, ICRC
Training programs Introduction to Smartbits.
Introduction to Scripting using Script Center (Smartbits).
Configuring Subscriber Management System (Redback).
Configuring and Setting up 6400, 6130, 6100 (Cisco).
Programming Perl.
Programming in TCL.
xDSL.
Dynamic communication skills.
Administration Quality control, Audit and Assessment.
Write monthly, weekly status reports.
Experience with SEI-CMM and ISO 9000.
Created a web based, company wide client to access, monitor and report status of employees.
Skilled in both the writing and execution of system, functional and black box Testing.
2003 April - Till date Juniper Networks. Sunnyvale, US
Member Technical Staff IIIJob Responsibility:2001 Feb - 2003 March Redback Networks,Inc. San Jose, USJuniper Networks. is engaged in making networking gear for core, edge, cable and wireless. Juniper is rated second best IP player in the industry. Currently working in their Cable division, this team is focused on testing CMTS (Cable modem terminating System) for DOCSIS 1.1 and moving towards DOCIS 2.0 and packet cable. My responsibility involves testing VoIP and Service Flows (QOS). Also involved in test automation using Expect & TCL.
Summary of duties:
- Test and automation of VoIP and QOS using Expect, TCL, IXIA and Abacus.
- Writing and execution of test plan, conduct test plan review, testing schedule.
- Involved in TLV 9000 quality process.
Software QA EngineerJob Responsibility:1999 Jan - 2001 Jan CISCO Systems, Inc - HCLTechnologies Ltd, Chennai, IndiaRedback Networks, Inc. is engaged in making User Intelligent Networks for edge networking and subscriber management. Redback is rated third best IP Player in the industry. I was working in their SMS division, focused on testing protocols and I/O interface. Primary responsibility involves testing Routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, RIP), TCP/IP, Multicast, ICMP messages, 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet I/O interface testing. Also involved in system testing and automation, there by gained hands-on in PPP, L2TP, VLAN, IPSec, Perl and TCL/Expect. These experiences helped me in setting up a regression test bed for our scripts.
Summary of duties:
- Development testing Gigabit Ethernet I/O, involves writing and execution of test plan, conduct test plan review, testing schedule and define SQA entrance.
- Interoperability, Bench Marking (RFC 2544 & 2432), performance, stress testing for I/Os.
- Design and execute functional and black box test plan and test procedure for ICMP messages, Multicast and 802.1Q (VLAN).
- Functional test for routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, RIP).
- System testing with PPP, L2TP, Routing protocols, ACLs enabled.
- Test automation using TCL/Expect, Perl, IXIA, Smartbits and conduct code reviews.
- Developed an interface for Perl scripts to call TCL libraries for IXIA. Seeing the benefits of this tool, QA team across Redback decided to use this for automation.
- Received award of reorganization for involving in gigabit Ethernet development testing.
- Received award of reorganization for setting up regression test bed and reducing the regression time by 36 hours.
- Building regression test bed.
Member Technical Staff - (Level III)Job Responsibility:1998 April - 1998 Dec – Sys Info Tech - Chennai, IndiaHCL Technologies Ltd is a Cisco offshore development center in Chennai, India. Cisco systems is involved in providing end-to-end networking solutions and networking gear. Cisco is rated top IP player in the industry. I was working in the DevTest division; our team was focused on testing consumer line of products like Cable and ADSL modem, VoIP. Primary responsibility involves leading the team in India, Supporting Cisco Systems in development testing, project transactions from Cisco systems to Offshore, setting up device testing lab network, build regression test bed and test automation. I was working offshore in Cisco Systems in San Jose and Austin to bring up the lab network. I worked on three projects in this time. These experience helped me in leading the team, designing a lab network and helped me in getting more projects from Cisco Systems. I enjoyed working in Cisco, as it was my first networking company.
Summary of duties:
Development test for Voice Hub - (2000 Jun - 2001 Jan)Development test for ADSL modems - (1999 Nov - 2000 Jun)This project involves testing Cisco VoIP solution using ADSL modem. Voice hub would support four phone lines with primary line fail over, call waiting, call forwarding facilities, data fax modem and 911 service. H.323 umbrella protocol was implemented to support all multimedia services.
- Leading the development test team in India.
- Developed system test plan and procedure to test VoIP protocols (H.323, SS7).
- Developed test plan and procedures to test SNMP MIB objects implemented (UPS MIB).
- Tested MIBs, using IWL (Internet Working Labs).
- Participated in ISO and CMM certifications.
Development test for Cable modem - (1999 Jan - 1999 Nov)This project involves testing Cisco’s ADSL modem with VoIP and HomePNA. ADSL modem supports data transfer using Ethernet port. RJ11 interface to hook up phone lines or fax modems. SGCP/MGCP (as the CPE doesn’t need much intelligence) was implemented in this modem to support calls and video services.
- Leading the development test team in India.
- Developed test plan and test procedure for VoIP protocols (SGCP, MGCP).
- Developed test plan and procedure to test Data forwarding and filtering capabilities of ADSL modem.
- Test automation using TCL/Expect, Abacus (bulk call generator), IXIA and Smartbits.
- Build lab network and development test bed in Cisco Systems (San Jose).
- Six months offshore experience in Cisco Systems.
This project involves testing DOCSIS 1.0 Cable modems. I was involved in testing ETH-01 and ETH-02, MP, BPI and OSS of DOCSIS 1.0 ATP.
- Test automation for Data forwarding and filtering test cases (ETH-01 and ETH-02 of DOCSIS 1.0 ATP).
- Testing MP, BPI and OSS (DOCSIS 1.0 ATP).
- Fine-tuned the scripts in regression to reduce test run time by a day.
ProgrammerJob Responsibility:1997 Jan - March & Nov - Dec - Chennai Metro Water - Chennai, IndiaSys Info Tech is an outsourcing company for K7 computing (Vx2000), Which was involved in designing anti virus solutions and vaccines. I was involved in coding vaccines for Boot and Partition sector virus.
Summary of duties:
- Program to backup Boot and Partition sector as a vaccine for virus.
- Coding was done in C and C++.
InternJob Responsibility:Other activitiesChennai Metro water is a government organization involved in water supply management for Chennai metropolitan city. I was involved in developing a dispatch manager to track the quantity of water been received and sent through trucks. Chennai metro water was using Ingress as Database. I developed a GUI interface using curses to access the database. I was also involved in exporting the database to SQL server and developed an interface for the database using Visual Basic.
Summary of duties:
- Developed Dispatch Manager, using Bourne Shell scripts in Sco UNIX and a GUI interface using Curses in C.
- Visual Basic with SQL server programming.
Education
- Designing web pages and CGI scripts for team management - Status reporting, Regression testing, Team Management, Action Tracking, Bug Tracking.
- Developed tools for documentation, Status reporting, Minutes of meeting, logging test bed issues and monitoring Action Items for CMM.
- Good knowledge in DHTML using Java Scripts.
- Participate in documentation for ISO, CMM.
1994 - 1998 Adhiyamaan College of Engineering - Hosur – India
Bachelors in Engineering, Computer Science and EngineeringThis Page was last updated on June 13th 2003
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