Senthilkumar Manickam Email & Phone Number

Greater Chennai Area

• Project Details - 2: WSS Analyzer | Nokia/II-VI | Infinite/Comnet, Chennai | May’19-May’21Senior Technical Lead - Responsibilities and Outcomes:
• Analyzed and documented the customer requirements and calculations for WSS Analyzer Parameters.
• Executed comprehensive testing and verification of the WSS Analyzer Application, covering all three components: Profile, Analyzer, and Viewer.
• Ensured thorough testing and validation of 50+ fixes and enhancements delivered for the WSS Analyzer Application.
• Identified and resolved 20+ bugs related to the Profile component of the application through code fixes, testing, and verification.
• Raised and tracked 90+ detailed bug reports for any unexpected behavior or exceptions encountered during testing.

Chennai

• Analyzed and documented the customer requirements for Vivaldi card, ES64 card, HDD to CF card migration, R5.6.6 (ANSI), R4.6.30 (ETSI) releases, field scenarios, and test automation.
• Designed and developed comprehensive test plans covering 300+ test cases across critical areas such as Alarms, Performance Monitoring, Provisioning, Protection, GMRE/GMPLS, and Upgrades.
• Executed full regression test cycles in the NE Lab environment, achieving 95% test coverage for the specified features and scenarios.
• Automated 60% of regression test cases using Python scripts, including ANSI traffic testing, database backup, and restore operations.
• Identified and reported 2 software defects/issues by raising detailed bug reports for any unexpected behavior or exceptions encountered during testing.
• Utilized a range of test tools and equipment, including Alcatel 1678, 1675, SPIRENT, IXIA, JDSU, and ANT-20 test sets, CT-EMS, Wave star-EMS, TL1, CLI, Python, Bugzilla, and Eclipse.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Reviewed and validated 500+ existing test cases and scripts carried over from the previous R15.3 release, ensuring alignment with new requirements for Cloud Xpress: CX-10, CX-40
• Achieved 95% automation of regression test suites across key areas including Alarms, Performance Monitoring, Provisioning, SNMP, and Upgrades.
• Executed 500+ regression test cases on the Raffle framework, achieving 90% pass rate.
• Conducted in-depth root cause analysis for 200+ test failures, reproducing issues manually to verify and isolate defects.
• Raised and tracked 15+ detailed bug reports for unexpected behaviors or exceptions encountered during testing using Devtrack bug tool.
• Improved test execution speed by 35% through parallelization and performance tuning of script.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Understood the customer requirements from specification documents for the release.
• Designed and wrote 200+ comprehensive test cases covering all required features and parameters, with a 95% approval rate after peer review.
• Executed full regression test cycles on the CTP tool for 15454 DWDM: Hydra chassis -M15 and Flex SMR 9/20 cards, achieving 90% test coverage.
• Thoroughly verified and validated core features such as GUI, SMR configurations (Terminal, Line, Multidegree), Multi Shelf Management, Layout Movement, Power, Release Upgrade, Upgrade, Restricted Equipment List, and.
• Ensured accurate testing of critical parameters including Bill of Material, Internal Connections, Optical Results, XML/NE updates, Layout, and Traffic Matrix.
• Identified and reported 50+ software defects/issues by raising detailed bug reports on CDETS for any unexpected behavior or exceptions encountered during testing and working closely with dev teams to resolve reported.

Greater Chennai Area

• Achieved 100% test coverage for all major features including Release Upgrade, Configuration, Faults, Performance Monitoring, Protection, Loopbacks, Resets, and Power cycling.
• Wrote and verified 500+ test cases aligned to requirements from Product Requirement Specifications (PRS) documents.
• Ensured zero traffic disruption during upgrades by verifying traffic before and after each upgrade.
• Reported and tracked 50+ software/script issues, raising Problem Track Reports (PTRs) and following up until closure.
• Enhanced existing Common Script Environment (CSE) framework, migrating from Suite-based to Config-based approach and streamlining admin creation process.
• Implemented 80% test automation for regression testing of new SW/FW releases.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Processed and tested an average of 10+ international orders daily from the TC10 tool.
• Maintained accurate RTD (Round Trip Delay) details for 200+ links between network elements across various countries.
• Provisioned, ceased, and re-routed over 1,000 circuits on SDH/SONET networks, utilizing capacity ranging from VC12 to STM64.
• Achieved a 99% success rate in circuit testing using online testers before activating circuits on the live network.
• Conducted comprehensive testing of 1+1 Linear MSP (Multiplex Section Protection) on the Cinea NMS, ensuring high availability and redundancy.
• Successfully managed and executed 10+ site closure projects, including the critical Thameside site closure project.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering, First Class With Distinction

Activities and Societies: NCC - 'C' certificate HolderDr. Mahalingam College of Engg and Tech , Pollachi

Master Of Science, Telecom Technology, A+