D. ARUN KARTHIK

Mob: +91 - 9884151319

Mail: arunkarthik_mit@yahoo.com

QA/Cloud Infrastructure Engineer having 6years of Experience in

Cloud/Virtualization/Networking/Telecom

Career Objective

Intend to build a career with leading corporate with committed and dedicated people, which

will help me to explore myself and realize my potential.

Career Profile - Snapshots

  v Specialized in Software Testing Life Cycle.

  v Expertise in Various Types of testing (Functional, Regression, System, Integration and Feature.)

  v Expertise in Performance, Load, Traffic, Stress and Interoperability Testing.

  v Experience in Manual and Automation Testing using Selenium - Python and Robot Framework

  v Experience in Cloud platform - AWS

  v Experience in end to end complex infrastructure setup like Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming,

Cassandra, Kairos etc.

  v Experience in Server Virtualization – VMware vSphere

  v Experience with VMware technologies such as: HA, DRS, vMotion, Virtual Switches, Storage DRS, and

Storage vMotion

  v Exposure to WLAN technologies

  v Experience in Cloud based NMS product, which provides real-time Data Analytics based on usage

  v Experience in Security Testing of a Cloud SaaS based solution – Spam Manager

  v Experience as Gateway Security

  v Experience in Mail Security System - Spam, Image, Content and Virus detection and quarantine

  v Experience as Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

  v Experience in management and troubleshooting issues faced in Cloud Infrastructure

  v Experience in Configuring and Testing Cloud SaaS –Cloud Ready PBX solution

  v Experience in migration of legacy application into virtualization and cloud environments.

  v Experience in Test Planning, Test Design and Implementation

  v Experience in preparing Test Specifications and Test Report.

  v Presented POCs & White Papers on incorporating various emerging technologies with our product.

  v Experience in Defect Management System – Clear Quest and Quality Centre

  v Expertise in Network Testing and troubleshooting.

  v Experience in Automation Testing using UNIX Shell Scripting

  v Experience in End to End Validation of Private Branch Exchange(PBX) and IP Telephony

  v Expertise in Signaling & Networking Protocols VOIP - SIP, ISDN, FTP, SSH, TELNET, DHCP, NTP,

ARP, ICMP, LDAP, DNS, RTP, HTTP, SMTP, SFTP, BootP etc

  v Experience in tools like Spirent, WANem, Hammer, SIP Inspector, SIPP Tool

  v Experience in Validation of ISDN – T2, T1-CAS, T1-CCS, T0, SIP, H323 etc

  v Experience in Application Testing of Alcatel Unified Communicator in iOS and Android.

  v Experience in Validation of IMS system and Collaboration framework.

  v Experience in Validation of Contact Centre Applications (CCX) and ACD.

  v Experience in Hardware Virtualization –VMware VSphere V5.1

  v Proficient in Linux/Unix

  v Experience in testing Audio Codecs like G711, G723, G729 and Multi-Codecs.

  v Experience in Validation of DECT – GAP, GAP+ and IP-DECT.

  v Influenced Team to focus on Opportunity Mining to enhance the profitability of the Organization.

  v Working Experience in Agile and Waterfall model of software development.

  v Knowledge on CDMA, GSM, OFDM, LTE, Wireless Transmission RF & Channel Characteristics

   

   

    

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (ECE), Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University,

Chennai. Master of Business Administration (Telecom Management), Anna University.

Certifications

  · Rackspace Cloud University Certified Associate – CloudU

  · VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)

  · Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

  · Cisco Certified Network Associate - Voice (CCNA- Voice)

  · International Software Testing Qualification Board Certified Tester (ISTQB – Foundation)

Work Experience

Mar 2015 – Till Date

Jan 2014 – Mar 2015

Dec 2009 – Nov 2013

- Aruba Networks (HPE), Chennai

Member Technical Staff

- Symantec Corporation, Chennai

Cloud Infrastructure Specialist & SQA Engineer

- TCS – Alcatel Lucent R&D, Chennai.

Software Engineer

Project Experience

Aruba Networks (HPE):

Aruba Networks has a cloud based NMS product to monitor its WLAN product, called ARUBA CENTRAL.

The product runs on AWS platform which has several backend servers interconnected to provide real time

data analytics and processing.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  · Build / Set-up End to End complex infrastructure that involves several servers interacting and

communicating to each other

  · Automation of Test Cases using Selenium – Python and Robot Framework

  · Functional test of new features

  · Validate end to end performance and load tests

  · Testing HA, load balancing etc

  · Handled migration of several applications to new platform

  · DevOps task to create jobs in Jenkins for creating new servers in AWS

  · Verification and Validation of real-time Data Analytics

  · Lead the Regression Team

Symantec Corporation:

Cloud Infrastructure Administration (ROLE: Cloud Infrastructure Specialist)

Symantec Corporation has a Private cloud called INCUS which is used to deliver several SaaS to its customers.

It provides various Cloud based Mail Security services like Spam detection, Image blocking, content blocking

and Virus detection.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  · Monitoring and administration of the Cloud Infrastructure

  · Network Troubleshooting

  · Building/Customizing the Cloud Infrastructure as per requirements

  · Install, Configure and Troubleshoot

  · Maintenance of the Servers and hardware

Email Scanning Service (ROLE: QA Engineer)

Spam manager is the system that allows users to see what email has been sent to them and has been caught as

spam. User can release or delete the spam mail. After a certain number of days the mail is automatically

deleted. This depends on the "retention time" the client has paid for.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  · Responsible for analysis of Business Requirements for creating test cases and scenarios.

  · Responsible for Creating Test Plan, Test Specification and Test reports and sharing it with the

stakeholders

  · Involved in User Acceptance Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing

TCS- Alcatel Lucent:

The Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX™ Enterprise Communication Server (CS) is a highly scalable

solution based on a pure software communication server platform that provides multimedia call

processing for both Alcatel-Lucent and third-party clients/phones including TDM, IP and SIP.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  · Validation of IP Telephony System.

  · Test Plan, Design and Implementation of various functionality Testing.

  · Patch Qualification Testing and Acting as Training Coordinator.

  · Preparation of Test Specification and Test Summary Report.

  · Defect reporting, tracking and performing the regression test.

  · SIP automation testing using Java, SIP inspector and SIPP tool.

  · Integration of various telephony features supported by Alcatel-Lucent PBX system and its

interoperability with Omni Switch.

Professional Milestones

    

    

  · Taken initiative to enhance profitability to the organization by organizing a discussion on

“Opportunity Mining” – A bottom up approach.   

    

   

   

   

  · Proposed “SIP Automation Solution” to overcome the challenges faced within the team,

Which helped the project to bring in an additional billing.  

Team Skills

    

   

    

  · Jaunt Organizer - Organized various Team Building and Recreation activities.  

  · L&D Coordinator - Conduct training for new joiner  

Accolades Won

  · Received PRESIDENT AWARD(RASHTRAPATHI AWARD) for scouts and guides

  · Received GOVERNOR AWARD(RAJYAPURASKAR AWARD) for scouts and guides

  · First place in DISTRICT LEVEL KARATE TOURNAMENT

Personal Information

Father Name

Date of Birth

Languages

- T.S. Dharmalingam

- 15- Nov- 1988

- English, Tamil, Hindi

Gender

- Male

Nationality - Indian