QA Engineering Manager | Senior Network Engineer Highly qualified and extensively trained Network professional with over 20+ years of QA engineering and project lead experience that excels at leading cross-functional teams and coordinating multiple projects. Solutions-oriented senior Technical lead Engineer with notable success managing a broad range of QA initiatives like Design, Protocol testing, Network operation with excellent people management skills, while participating in planning and implementation of Cisco systems solutions to the customers. This includes 6 years of people management experience at Cisco. Currently seeking a position, either in management or technical role, that will effectively utilize acquired technical skills and abilities while demonstrating a track record of increasing responsibility in leading projects and coordinating with cross-functional teams. Areas Key Expertise Technical BGP, RPL, RIP, OSPF, Multicast, VLAN, Switching, ATM, Port Security, AAA/Tacacs, CDP , PTP/NTP, SNMP, Cisco Enterprise and Data center Switch 7000 and Core Router CRS etc., Tools IXIA, Spirent, ANVL, MS-Projects, MS-Visio, inbuilt tools of Citigroup etc., Scoping Accurate scoping and estimation, scheduling of test cycles Managing Capex/Opex requirements for the team Defect life cycle management and planning for regression cycle Defining and implementing corporate quality policies, processes and associated metrics across test teams Quality and Risk management Detailed risk analysis and mitigation planning. Definition of project quality objectives, plans and success criteria and monitoring it throughout the release cycle People Leadership Setting SMART priorities. Grooming and mentoring future leaders Active people management establishing high performance teams Promote and achieve high-performance multi functional teams. Customer/vendor interactions Strong collaboration with all project stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle Managing Customer Found Defect - fixes/patch deliveries to customers Effective collaborations with Supply Chain; SLA's for procurement.
