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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Identify and resolve technical issues related to the Klocwork Static Code Analyzer, interfacing directly with end users via email and phone calls.• Utilize technical expertise to create and configure test environments, accurately reproducing and troubleshooting issues across both Windows and Linux platforms.• Proficient in debugging code, reading logs, and writing shell scripts to drive effective solution development.• Trained in MISRA C Compliance, ISO 9001, and ISO 27001, ensuring regulatory compliance, quality management, and information security, fostering effective customer communication and data protection.

Ontario, Canada

• Utilized Kusto Query Language (KQL) and harnessed the power of Azure Log Analytics and Azure Application Insights to develop a custom error-tracking solution. • This solution promptly detected and resolved a critical production-wide error – service unavailability, that resulted in heightened service reliability, showcasing a significant improvement in operational efficiency and ensuring minimal downtime for CanadaPost post offices.• Elevated build and deployment processes through Jenkins and Kubernetes, reducing errors by 30% by expertly diagnosing faults, restructuring code, and ensuring a robust system.• Skillfully documented debugging protocols on Confluence and promoted inter-team cooperation, ensuring minimal disruptions and proactive issue mitigation.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Serve as a role model, resource, and leader for students in a residence community, working with a Residence Manager to create a supportive environment that fostered learning, academic success, and personal growth.

Ontario, Canada

• Spearheaded consolidation of aging servers into a single, larger unit, aligning with cost and reliability goals. Leveraged expertise in load consolidation and hardware/virtual transfers, including VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, to optimize performance and capacity.• Optimized server migration with TCP/IP expertise and memory management. Employed Wireshark, Open vSwitch and Datadog for secure data transfer and smooth 2-server integration, while proactively creating monitoring alerts to ensure network stability.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Developed 2D and 3D CAD drawings from hand sketches, verbal instructions and site visits.• Applied principles of electrical theory to advance and improve product development and efficiency.• Calculated mathematical formulae to develop and design detailed specifications for components and machinery with computer assistance.▪ Designed support structures and electrical drawings using CAD and Autodesk▪ Build and maintain customer and supplier/ vendor relationships

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Led the development of circuits and integration of components for Raspberry Pi using Python scripts.• Conducted tutorials for students to provide academic support in embedded systems and programming.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Led agile-driven resolution of critical 4G/5G test environment issues, harnessing product lifecycle management expertise, resulting in elevated product quality and accelerated time-to-market for 4G/5G Baseband stations and Radios.• Spearheaded the integration of Jenkins, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible, resulting in a substantial reduction in testing time, facilitating swift product deployment, and upholding stringent quality assurance standards.• Employed NETCONF to enable rapid network element configuration, enhancing the agility of testing environment setup, and ensuring robust adherence to quality standards during the software testing process.• Utilized RESTful APIs to integrate and streamline communication between diverse network components, facilitating efficient data exchange and system interoperability.• Devised Selenium and created JUnit test cases for integration of new baseband station software into the pipeline, boosting CI/CD efficiency and accelerating software delivery.• Utilized Prometheus and Grafana for real-time analysis, identifying causes for slow processing and minimizing incident response times, optimizing network performance.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Proficiently managed Digital Electronics labs, addressing SPI/I2C protocols, overseeing setups, troubleshooting microcontroller issues, and significantly contributing to a 15% class-average improvement during the pandemic.• Streamlined remote access to Raspberry Pi, FGPAs, Signal Generators, and Oscilloscopes for digital circuits and embedded systems courses, yielding a 50% boost in pandemic-era student engagement.

Ontario, Canada

• Reviewed current surveillance infrastructure of institutions and evaluated possible modifications to the existing VMS (Video Management System) to integrate video analytics for improvised detection • Evaluated the latest Contraband Detection systems through exhaustive testing to determine if the equipment is fit for purpose at Institutions in relation to ongoing threats• Created a solution for an end-of-life Panic Button System using LoRa Technology and Bluetooth, resulting in improved safety for officers and the ability to locate them and a 75% reduction in cost compared to traditional deployment methods.

Ontario, Canada

• Worked as a part of a team under the supervision of Prof Ramachandra Achar at the Electronics Department• Develop hi-speed interconnect modules for hi-speed designs• Assist with report preparations, presentations, and instrument development.