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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Designed and developed end to end integrated applications for Nokia’s IT infrastructure utilizing various technologies such as ServiceNow, Java, JavaScript, Python, HTML, Git and Jenkins.
• Created custom Telecom Expense Management solution in ServiceNow used for managing company mobile subscriptions(~60k) saving company more than 2 million dollars over 3 years. The application services ~60k lines and.
• Architected and created a custom application for request creation and fulfillment for Nokia’s business process support teams (Ex: Source to Pay, Master Data Management, etc.) to manage ~70k requests annually..
• Maintained and improved company’s core Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) used to connect and integrate Nokia’s IT landscape. Code base was written in Java and deployed in modular OSGI bundles hosted on VMs in Google Cloud..
• Added additional error checks and handling to ESB platform to detect and prevent failures and critical incidents.
• Supervised interns and co-ops with development activities in ServiceNow and ESB. Notable projects include a REST simulator written in Python used for localhost mock testing during ESB development. Simulator was.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Led remote team architecting a test automation framework from scratch to support the world-wide cable business unit organization (~200 Engineers). Framework was implemented in Python utilizing Robot Framework, YAML.
• Developed sanity test suite for validating and gating software builds to QA. Results were reported automatically and updated in TestRail.
• Team provided rotating around-the-clock support to debug issues and ensure software drops were not blocked by test equipment or tools.
• Managed testbeds across 3 remote sites with automated health check monitoring to report problems in real time and remove them from active test pool.
• Designed customizable feature and integration test strategy to minimize code duplication and improve reuse.
• Managed Agile sprints and led remote team scrums. Recorded and posted scrum demonstrations so they could be easily shared and communicated across different time zones.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Managed a team of rotating co-ops and interns to support automated needs for the FTTU and MSO EPON customer focused test teams. Team automated test cases and regression test suites using Robot Framework.
• Created script in TCL to dynamically generate customer specific configurations for large system testbed components (Network Element, Switches, Routers, Traffic Generators, SIP softswitch).
• Ported customer router configuration from Juniper Junos to Nokia SROS for large system testbed.
• Developed Python library to automatically update results in TestRail from Robot Framework xml results.
• Developed Python library to dynamically read or generate binary cable modem configuration files in Type, Length, Value (TLV) encoding.
• Developed migration test suite to verify customer upgrades with data and voice.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Supported lab network configuration and maintenance in additional to official responsibilities until position could be permanently filled.
• Migrated QA lab network from external third-party management to an internally managed configuration.
• Configured basic Layer2/Layer3 to support connectivity for ~300 engineers.
• Maintained and updated lab equipment and IP reservation applications.
• Developed automated script in TCL to perform nightly backups of all core infrastructure (Switches, Routers, DNS, DHCP) and store configuration in Mercurial.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Worked closely with a team of engineers to develop and test features using Agile methodologies for the FTTU 7342 product.
• Created automated feature test suites (802.1x, MTU, MAC Movement) in TCL which were integrated into larger regression test suites.
• Supported and trained team members in TCL and automation tools and processes.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Performed functional, integration, and robustness tests on scale testbeds to uncover and identify problems missed in feature tests.
• Created, provisioned and maintained scale setup utilizing ~1000 CPEs passing traffic at capacity.
• Worked closely with software developers to debug and do root cause analysis for defects.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Created automated solutions to address the needs for the FTTU GPON product. This includes automated feature and regression test development as well as creation and maintenance of automated test tools for use by.
• Designed an an XML based test specification web application to support testcase development, release baselining, version control, documentation and metrics gatherings for QA testcases. The application was written in.
• Developed a flexible data-driven test suite in Tcl to support nightly feature and regression testing of software drops and customer premise equipment prototypes.
• Developed an automated test suite for GUI testing of product application interface.
• Member of Alcatel-Lucent Global Test Automation Architecture Team responsible for standardizing automation practices and code reuse worldwide across different product groups.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Summa Cum Laude

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Concentration: Manufacturing and Automation