kader Naseera Begam Sickender

About Me

Introduction:

I am Kader Naseera Begam, I have studied B.Tech in Information Technology which is equal to a B.S. in the USA. I have worked as a  senior software engineer at Veryx Technologies from 2011 to 2014. I have a career break of 10 years because of the visa laws in the USA. I entered the USA on a dependent Visa (H4), Since I don’t have EAD I couldn’t work.

Summary:

• 2.5 years of experience in Network Protocol Testing (Layer2/Layer3) and exposure to SDN and cloud
• In-depth knowledge of data center/Carrier Ethernet Product Features and Testing methodologies.
• Extensive experience with Firmware Testing, QA Testing, and Manual/Automation Testing
• Experience with SDN Controllers that include Opendaylight, HP-VAN, Floodlight, and Open Network Operating system (ONOS) and
• Hands-on experience with OpenStack and Cloudstack platforms
• Good Exposure in ATTEST (Automation Test tool), TCL Expect, Python, and Shell scripting.
• Involved in the Product development lifecycle, Test Planning, Test Case writing, Test Execution, and Report generation with end-to-end test phase

Technical Skill:

• L2 Features –> CFM, Y1731, LACP, ERPS, LLDP, VLAN, VxLAN, STP/RSTP, Link-OAM, ERPS, CE2.0
• L3 Protocols–> IPv4, RIP (v1 & v2), DHCP
• Language–> Python, JAVA, TCL-Expect, C, C++
• SDN/Virtualization–>Openflow1.0, KVM hypervisor, and Virt-Manager
• Device Types–>Datacenter/Carrier Ethernet Devices, L2/L3 Switches and OpenVswitch
• Test Types–>System Testing, Functional Testing, Conformance Testing, Regression Testing, InterOp Testing
• Tools–>PackETH, Wireshark, Spirent, Ixia, Agilent, Xena, and ATTEST

Project Details:

1. Project: Research & Development
   Period : October-13 to May-14
   Project Scope: SDN and Cloud – Deployment & Testing
   Role: Research Engineer
   Responsibilities:

• Installed and Tested the SDN Controllers like Opendaylight, Opencontrail and HP VAN SDN Controller
• Hands-on experience with various SDN Controllers architectures and its Platforms (OSGI Framework) and verifying its flows in the Dataplane.
• Demonstrated Openstack/Cloudstack elements installation and Virtual Machines instance creation with various images (e.g. qcow2, img ..etc)
• Good experience in the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Installed Network Functions (Switching/Routing) in Virtual Machines using the KVM hypervisors

     2. Project details:
         Client:  Overture Networks Inc
         Period:  January-2012 to September-2013
         Project: Carrier Ethernet Device Testing and CE2.0 Compilance testing
         ProjectScope:Testplan design/Execution and Defect filing/Tracking
         Role:Test Engineer
         Responsibilities:

• Tested E-Line, E-LAN and E-Access Metro Ethernet Services for Overture Ethernet Services Products (OVN1400, OVN4800 and OVN6500)
• Provided the Extended support for CE2.0 Certification
•  Hands-on experience with Linux shell scripting/commands (kernel loading and Service Status setting and debugging) for various test environments
• Tested OAM features –Link-OAM, IEEE 802.1ag CFM & Y.1731
• LLDP Functional and sanity Testing
• Tested L2/L3 Protocols that includes Link Aggregation, OAM over Ethernet/SONET(OC-3)/T1/E1 interfaces in OVN6000 Products
• Executed RFC2544 Test on the various Overture Carrier Ethernet Platforms (Throughput, Latency, Frame Loss test) with GigaNet
• Validated SNMP Operation using MG-SOFT
• Worked on ATTEST Framework for Automation Testing of the above protocols
• Regression testing, Manual testing Execution tracking through the Test Management tool (TestLink)
• Defect Identification, tracking & verification (JIRA)

Education Details:

• Bachelor of  Technology  in Information Technology | Anna University, Chennai- India
  2007–2011
• KJEM Higher Secondary School, Paramakudi, TN – India
  2005–2007

Aspiration:

• I aspire to take on a senior software/test engineer role within the next 12 months and strive hard to get a job after 10 years of career break.