Greater Chennai Area
Engineering Leader with 16+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Release Management, and Technical Program Delivery. Proven track record of leading 22-member teams, driving Agile execution, scaling test automation, and delivering complex enterprise products across networking and storage domains. Open to Engineering Management and Technical Program Management opportunities.
• Led QA and Automation initiatives for enterprise appliance-based and cloud-enabled platforms at Gigamon. • Managed end-to-end Quality Engineering activities including: - Test Strategy - Test Planning - Release Governance - Defect Management - Risk Mitigation - Release Readiness Reviews • Led cross-functional QA and Automation teams responsible for: - Infrastructure Validation - Scalability Testing - Performance Testing - Enterprise Platform Validation - Regression Testing - Continuous Testing • Defined and implemented: - QA Governance Frameworks - KPI-driven Dashboards - Operational Metrics - Release Health Tracking - Quality Reporting Mechanisms • Drove Automation Strategy improvements using: - Python - Robot Framework - API Validation - CI/CD-driven Validation Workflows • Collaborated with: - Engineering Teams - Product Management - Program Management - Enterprise Customers - Global Stakeholders • Managed: - Customer Escalations - Delivery Risks - Defect Triage - Cross-functional Dependencies - Production Quality Concerns • Contributed to: - Improved Release Predictability - Enhanced Product Stability - Increased Validation Efficiency - Faster Test Execution Cycles - Better Operational Visibility • Worked extensively on: - Enterprise Networking Platforms - Cloud Infrastructure - Traffic Visibility Solutions - Infrastructure Automation - Appliance Validation - Networking Protocol Validation • Mentored and guided engineering teams while driving: - Continuous Improvement - Delivery Excellence - Quality-focused Execution - Team Collaboration - Process Optimization • Played a key role in strengthening enterprise product quality and enabling scalable QA delivery models across multiple releases and product lines.
• Led QA and Automation initiatives for enterprise appliance-based and cloud-enabled platforms at Gigamon. • Managed end-to-end Quality Engineering activities including: - Test Strategy - Test Planning - Release Governance - Defect Management - Risk Mitigation - Release Readiness Reviews • Led cross-functional QA and Automation teams responsible for: - Infrastructure Validation - Scalability Testing - Performance Testing - Enterprise Platform Validation - Regression Testing - Continuous Testing • Defined and implemented: - QA Governance Frameworks - KPI-driven Dashboards - Operational Metrics - Release Health Tracking - Quality Reporting Mechanisms • Drove Automation Strategy improvements using: - Python - Robot Framework - API Validation - CI/CD-driven Validation Workflows • Collaborated with: - Engineering Teams - Product Management - Program Management - Enterprise Customers - Global Stakeholders • Managed: - Customer Escalations - Delivery Risks - Defect Triage - Cross-functional Dependencies - Production Quality Concerns • Contributed to: - Improved Release Predictability - Enhanced Product Stability - Increased Validation Efficiency - Faster Test Execution Cycles - Better Operational Visibility • Worked extensively on: - Enterprise Networking Platforms - Cloud Infrastructure - Traffic Visibility Solutions - Infrastructure Automation - Appliance Validation - Networking Protocol Validation • Mentored and guided engineering teams while driving: - Continuous Improvement - Delivery Excellence - Quality-focused Execution - Team Collaboration - Process Optimization • Played a key role in strengthening enterprise product quality and enabling scalable QA delivery models across multiple releases and product lines.
Point of Contact: • Coordinated the maintenance releases and hot patches with the team. • Scoped end to end testing of the same with the team and tracked the bugs to closure. Individual Contributor: • Hands on experience on the Gigamon devices and features of the same • Involved in customer calls and providing solutions to customer issues. • Had discussions with various development teams across the sites and to understand scope of changes and worked with team members to derive Test cases, areas of improvement and Test case strategy. • Analyzed the product design and effectively identifying bugs and posting the same in JIRA. • Worked on automating the test cases using the existing framework (in Python). • Worked on various process developments to define the SDLC better. • Submitted ideas in the company’s innovation fair in a yearly basis
Led the QA functional activities for RAID FW for the enclosures. Travelled twice to HQ, for planning and building the test beds needed for the test life cycle.
Technical leadership for firmware and BIOS validation programs supporting enterprise storage platforms.
Responsibilities include: SDRS reviewing, test case preparation, test bed preparation, test matrix preparation, bug filing, assigning test cases to co-workers, tracking all bugs to closure.
Worked as an individual contributor. Analyzed the requirements from the framework documents given by the development and prepared test beds and test cases for the product test cycle. Logged bugs against the product and tracked the same to closure, Lead a team of 3 and tracked their testing cycle to closure. Worked on device drivers, BIOS, UEFI and internal tools for verification of firmware upload and download.