Accomplished SDET/QA Architect with deep expertise in test automation, validation frameworks, and quality engineering across startup and enterprise environments. Skilled in designing scalable test strategies and building reliable automation solutions for distributed databases, cloud data platforms, ETL pipelines, real-time streaming systems, and cyber/network security. Proficient in Python, Golang, JavaScript, and modern QA tooling, with hands-on familiarity in cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, and emerging AI technologies. Dedicated to ensuring data integrity, optimizing CI/CD workflows, and enabling fault-tolerant product releases through effective cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Databases

Senior
  • Redis
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Cassandra

Streaming System

Senior
  • Kafka
  • RedPanda
  • AWS Kinesis

Data Storage and Processing

Senior
  • Elasticsearch
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Flink
  • RabbitMQ
  • ZooKeeper

Database Benchmarks and Testing

Senior
  • Nexmark
  • YCSB
  • SysBench
  • TPC-H
  • SQLsmith
  • SQLLogic

Cloud Platforms

Senior
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP

Programming/Scripting Languages

Senior
  • Python
  • Golang
  • Groovy
  • Perl
  • Shell
  • JavaScript

Containerization and Orchestration

Senior
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Helm
  • EKS
  • ECS
  • Docker Swarm

Performance Testing

Senior
  • k6
  • Locust
  • Goreplay
  • ab
  • wrk
  • httperf
  • Siege

DevOps Technologies

Senior
  • Ansible
  • Terraform
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • SaltStack
  • Git

CI/CD

Senior
  • Jenkins
  • Buildkite
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • GitHub Actions
  • Continuous Integration

Test Frameworks

Senior
  • Unittest
  • Pytest
  • Robot Framework
  • Selenium
  • TestRail
  • Cypress
  • Cucumber
  • Playwright
  • Gherkin

API Testing

Senior
  • Postman
  • Swagger
  • WireMock

Network Protocol

Senior
  • TCP/IP
  • HTTP/S
  • SSL/TLS
  • SMTP
  • DNS

Work Experience (6)

Apr 2024 - Current
Senior Engineer
ElphaSecure
 Remote http://elphasecure.com
Drove release, internal tools, and reliability efforts for cybersecurity products, enhancing CI/CD and automation processes.
  • Worked as an SDET on enterprise security products including Automated Remediation Engine, Endpoint Agent, MalwareGuard, Security Posture Adaptive Security Engine, and Email Security.
  • Directed organization-wide Quality and Release Engineering strategy for enterprise security products, acting as Release Engineer to accelerate release cycles by 25%.
  • Architected scalable automation and performance testing frameworks (K6) from scratch, increasing test coverage by 30% and reducing regression time by 60% via CI/CD integration.
  • Developed a MockServer-based framework to validate high-throughput security telemetry ingestion across 4+ endpoint vendors, ensuring data accuracy for enterprise clients.
Sep 2022 - Sep 2023
Engineering Lead - Productivity & Reliability
Singularity data
 Remote https://risingwave.com/
Architected automation frameworks and SaaS-solution testing for the RisingWave database, with a focus on CI/CD and AI-driven testing.
  • Led a team of 4–6 engineers to drive reliability and test automation for a distributed stream processing database, standardizing testing practices across the engineering org.
  • Architected longevity, chaos, and deterministic testing frameworks, improving fault tolerance and stability under production-scale streaming workloads.
  • Built comprehensive performance benchmarking suites (TPC-H, Nexmark, YCSB), enabling data-driven performance comparisons with Apache Flink.
  • Leveraged LLMs and Hugging Face Transformers to automate SQL test query generation, dramatically increasing edge-case coverage.
  • Partnered directly with enterprise customers to deliver PoCs, demonstrating database capabilities for complex, real-time analytics use cases.
May 2021 - Aug 2022
Senior Engineer - Automation & DevOps
Fungible (Acquired by Microsoft)
 Remote https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/01/09/microsoft-announces-acquisition-of-fungible-to-accelerate-datacenter-innovation/
Senior Automation Lead specializing in bare-metal orchestration and GPU-over-Fabric solutions for datacenter solutions.
  • Led Quality Engineering for Fungible Data Centers and GPU-over-Fabric solutions, overseeing the testing lifecycle for disaggregated, bare-metal server architectures.
  • Architected scalable Python validation frameworks and E2E automation suites to validate system stability under extreme longevity and high-concurrency workloads.
  • Leveraged Docker and Kubernetes to orchestrate containerized testing environments, ensuring parity across development and production-like regression clusters.
  • Engineered Python microservices using OpenAPI to standardize API contracts and automated hardware provisioning, significantly reducing MTTR for QA environments.
  • Managed a team of 6 engineers, establishing data-driven KPI tracking for hardware reliability and driving test execution during the Microsoft acquisition.
Apr 2015 - Jan 2021
Senior Staff Engineer - Automation & DevOps (Engineering Lead)
A10 Networks (Via Appcito acquisition)
 Bangalore http://a10networks.com
Engineering leader specializing in automation strategy and scalable test frameworks, driving productivity, reliability, and engineering efficiency.
  • Led a team of 6 engineers to build centralized orchestration and test automation platforms for load balancers and cloud security products.
  • Architected a scalable, REST API-driven test automation framework and enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable continuous delivery.
  • Built a robust testing analytics and tooling stack utilizing Elasticsearch, Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, and ZooKeeper.
  • Conducted rigorous datapath and performance testing for ADC load balancers, optimizing throughput, latency, and connection handling rates.
  • Developed Python-based SDKs and implemented backup/restore mechanisms alongside AWS-based auto-scaling features.
Jun 2014 - Mar 2015
Member of Technical Staff
NetSkope
 Bangalore http://netskope.com
Architected test automation frameworks for NetSkope Endpoint Product.
  • Directed the automation strategy and technical roadmap for the Endpoint Security division, managing a high-performing team of 7 engineers.
  • Engineered robust validation frameworks to verify secure traffic interception and policy enforcement across diverse OS endpoints.
  • Redesigned testing methodologies to align with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and SASE security standards.
  • Established data-driven quality benchmarks and transitioned the organization to automated regression suites, accelerating the vulnerability feedback loop and CI/CD integration.
Jan 2011 - May 2013
Member of Technical Staff
NetApp
 Bangalore http://netapp.com
Key contributor to the NetApp Automation Core Library (NACL), developing the mission-critical centralized framework and CI/CD foundations utilized by all global Business Units to validate ONTAP storage systems.
  • Engineered the mission-critical NetApp Automation Core Library (NACL) in Perl, standardizing automation infrastructure for global ONTAP storage teams.
  • Developed core CI/CD automation components that drove ONTAP continuous integration cycles, ensuring high availability for software releases.
  • Orchestrated major enhancements to automated PXE booting (GXBoot), significantly reducing QA environment setup latency.
  • Partnered with storage functional groups to translate complex hardware requirements into modular, reusable testing libraries.

Education (1)

1999 - 2003
Bachelors
 Computer Science and Engineering
Agra University, India

Languages

English

Fluent speaker

Hindi

Native speaker