Karun Ganesharatnam

70 Boston Road Unit L238, Chelmsford, MA 01824

Phone: (508) 663-7653

Email: karun.ganesh@yahoo.com

Objective:  To obtain a QA/ Test Automation position that will enable me to make significant contribution for the growth and success of the company by utilizing my experiences and educational background

Education:

M.S. Software Engineering (as part-time)           2008 (GPA: 3.97/ 4.00)

Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

B.S., Computer Systems Engineering                 1998 (with Distinction)

Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada

Professional Experience:

May 2014 -Senior Test Automation Engineer

May 2016 Rift.IO, Burlington, MA

·   Developed python based automated tests with Pytest framework for RIFT NFV Orchestration Platform (RIFT component of Open Source MANO)

·   Developed GUI based automation with Selenium web driver to test RIFT Web GUI

·   Developed automation to instantiate and configure VNFs in a NFV Infrastructure, generate and monitor traffic, and validate the traffic flow through interfaces of each VNF along the data path

·   Developed automation framework to upload qcow images, create VM flavors, create tenant accounts on Cloud Management Platform (OpenStack)

·   Developed automation framework to create network services with NFV Orchestration Platform which includes creation of cloud-accounts, generation and on-boarding of NSD and VNFDs, instantiation of NS to start the VNFs on new VM instances and establish virtual links

·   Developed automated test to measure the performance of DPDK enabled fast-path VNF and report them as spreadsheet and plotted graphs

March 2007 -Senior SQA / Automation Engineer

April 2014 Oracle (Formerly Tekelec/ Camiant Inc.), Marlborough, MA

·   Played a critical role in testing the Oracle PCRF system which involves system deployment and policy creation, installation and execution

·   Tested the interaction of the PCRF with PGW, HSGW, P-CSCF and SPR via the Diameter interfaces Gx, Gxx, Rx and Sh for LTE and eHRPD networks, and functionality of PCRF in controlling dynamic policies

·   Developed automated tests for PCRF which includes development of test harness and test scripts using Python, NetHawk EAST, Gambit's MIMIC, and for CMP GUI using Selenium web driver, JUnit and Ant

·   Developed test plans for functional, performance, scalability, systems test against the PCRF system features, and Protocol testing (Diameter, Radius, LDAP, HTTP) and Management Interfaces

·   Executed performance test using Seagull for Diameter

·   Performed test-bed setup and configuration of network and devices in the lab

·   Execute test cases, generate test report with TestLink, and verify defects

·   Conducted numerous internal and customer facing documentation reviews

Aug. 2001 -Senior SQA/ Automation Engineer

Feb. 2007 TAZZ Networks Inc, Providence, RI

·   Involved in overall system core related SQA activities for TAZZ policy engine which includes development of test plan and executed test cases

·   Developed Java based libraries and test programs to automate test against the TAZZ GUI with IBM-Rational Functional Tester, and CLI based tests using TCL/Expect and PERL

·   Developed a web-based API using HTML, JavaScript and PERL which interactively obtains user input, drives execution of test suites, monitors progress, and displays the test result and summary

·   Executed test cases, reported and tracked defects, and produced test report

Oct.1999 -SQA/ Automation Engineer

July 2001 Alcatel-Lucent (formerly Ignitus Communications), Acton, MA

·   Developed test plan and test cases for tests against Lucent WaveStar ISTN ATM switch, Lucent Metropolis ATM switch, and Lucent ONT for APON

·   Developed and maintained test automation framework and test case scripts using TCL/Expect to test Lucent WaveStar ISTN switch’s embedded features

·   Submitted bugs, verified resolved bug, and produced test reports

·   Built software images on a daily basis, executed test cases, discovered, reported and verified defects

·   Configured Lab setup to perform customer demo and interoperability tests

Oct.1998 -QA Engineer

Sept. 1999 Alcatel-Lucent, Warren, NJ

·   Performed customer focused Acceptance, System and Integration Tests with GDC Apex-NPX ATM access switch and Network Management System (NMS) products

·   Wrote test plans with test scenarios, test time estimation, priority, risk analysis, resources allocation and test cases and executed them

·   Tested Voice Service Module (VoATM, Frame Relay, Ethernet and Circuit Emulation SONET and Virtual Connections (PVC, SPVC, SVC), Routers Configuration, and Broadband Test tools