swathi reddy

QA Engineer

3+ yrs exp 86 · Excellent

About

Experienced QA Engineer with over 3.5 years of hands-on expertise in network protocol testing and automation. Proficient in TCP/IP stack, application layer protocols. Knowledge of scripting languages including Perl and TCL. Strong background in regression, stress, and manual testing across Juniper SRX devices and Linux-based gateways. Skilled in test infrastructure setup, issue resolution, and cross-functional collaboration for release management.

Skills & Expertise (27)

OSI layer Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

LINUX Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

UNIX Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

Tcpdump Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

WIRESHARK Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

DNS Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

DHCP Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

Perl Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

TCL Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

VLAN Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

IP Routing Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

TCP Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

UDP Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

ARP Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

ICMP Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

NAT Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

iptables Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

STP Intermediate

6.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

Telnet Intermediate

5.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

FTP Intermediate

5.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

Iperf Intermediate

5.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

Bugzilla Intermediate

5.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

C++ Intermediate

5.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

HTML Intermediate

5.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

Oracle 9i Intermediate

5.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

SQL Intermediate

5.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

Windows 2000 Intermediate

4.5/10

3.5

Years Exp

Work Experience

Consultant QA Engineer

Juniper Networks

Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

Improved automation pass rate across Juniper SRX features by identifying and resolving script, infrastructure, and product issues. Handled HA box setup issues and ensured configuration consistency across nodes. Verified lab topology and interface configurations for stability. Resolved Perl script issues and validated tool functionality on Linux machines. Reported weekly RM status and closed relevant PRs. Performed regression testing on features like diffservaction, class of service, IP action, idp_ha, commonmode, and dedicated mode. Loaded builds and executed feature tests, reported and closed PRs, and generated weekly reports. Conducted stress testing by loading builds and repeatedly installing security packages. Monitored device stability and attack detection across multiple policy pushes. Executed manual tests to verify appid statistics for user-defined attacks. Validated fixes by loading builds and configuring attack scenarios. Converted TCL scripts to Perl, initiated RM runs, and configured lab setups with VM machines and routers. Configured Linux machines with IPs and routing tables for device reachability. Adapted high-end platform scripts for branch platforms using Perl. Tested routing and bridging functionality on Residential Gateway devices. Worked on iptables, DHCP server testing, bug reporting, and verification.