Somashekhar D M

Somashekhar Devakki Email-Mobile:- Career Objective: I would like to contribute my knowledge, leadership skills, Technical support, Pre Sales knowledge to my employer to come up with sophisticated products to meet the industry demands. Summary of Experience ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 11 years of total Software Industry experience. 7+ Years of experience in Storage subsystems and application testing 2+ Year of Experience in Virtualization Testing 2+ Years of experience in OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) solution Integration 3+ Years of experience in planning and releasing MR’s (Maintenance Releases) Expertise in Estimation, Planning and leading the teams to achieve product deliverables On-Site experience in support and Integration clustered storage of Apple X SAN, Surveillance, Media Industry 2 year of experience in Pre sales and consultant for Storage. 1 Year of experience in L2/L3 Technical support on storage subsystems Experience in handling teams and inter collaboration Good Knowledge in IT infrastructure maintenance and design. Designing and documentation of workflows Participated in International Expos and Seminars Worked with presales and sales team while designing the Key solution for large and complex projects. Product in house evaluation Good knowledge of computer hardware. Organizing and conducting training/KT for end users and partners. FC and iscsi subsystems(aarray) testing. Test automation. Technical Skills and Know Products ● Storage Subsystems: EqualLogic(iscsi), compellent(FC), Active storage, Promise Storage (NAS, Unified), Infortrend.  Operating System : Windows, Linux, Windows clustering ● Virtualization: ESXi, work station, ZEN ● Test reporting tools: Bugzilla, jira, confluence. Test Track. ● Programming and automation: Python Professional experience summary: Organization Designation Duration Dell EMC India Principal Engineer (QA) Apr 2015 to till date During in this period I have worked on few projects namely, VSM(Virtual Storage Manager), DSM. EqualLogic Firmware and Maintenance releases(MR’s), EqualLogic host integration Tools, EqualLogic plugin for DSM application. Responsibilities: • • • • • • • Responsible for identifying bugs and to collect collative information from support team, sustenance engineering and development team for planning for the test plan for EqualLogic MR’s Coordinating with Dev and QA team to adhere with release timelines Complete ownership of project to deliver the releases at support websites and to specific customers. Pre and post verification process of MR’ releases. Test planning for DSM releases. Test planning and execution for EqualLogic plugin for Dell Storage Manager application. EqualLogic application test plan and Execution. Organization Designation Duration Client Product Disys India Sr Software Engineer Apr 2014 to March 2015 Dell R&D Host Integration Tool(VMWARE) The Dell Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) is a next generation VMware vCenter plug-in that allows administrators to coordinate data protection and recovery within their virtual environment. The Dell VSM is a virtual appliance that is downloaded as part of the all-inclusive Dell EqualLogic software support and can be installed into an existing VMware vCenter environment. VSM contains many tools and capabilities that help VMware administrators gain better control and functionality in their EqualLogic environment. Responsibilities: • • • • • ESX5.5U1/6.0 installations and VM configurations using VSphere web client/VCenter Server. Working on bug verification. Testing the functionalities of the EqualLogic arrays through VSM plugin Work closely with development engineers in resolution of problems. Configuring iscsi arrays at Group level and testing the functionalities of VSM through VMware VC. Working on Datastore operation, replication and snapshot feature of EqualLogic iscsi arrays through VMware VC. Organization Designation Duration Client Product Symphony Teleca Sr Product Engineer Feb 2012 to Apr 2014 VMWARE Work Station 10, ESX 5X Product Spec: Work Station and ESX is one of the industry most endorsed Virtualization solution from the industry. VMware ESX is enterprise level product the software runs directly on the system's hardware and simulates the hardware to Guest Operating Systems. VMware Workstation uses virtual machine technology that is designed mostly for the power user. It allows you to run multiple operating systems on a single PC. Roles and Responsibilities: As owner of Product I was responsible to ● Designing Test case and document it for new features introduced in VD Storage such as AHCI, 8TB Support, SSD Guest awareness. ● Configuring test bed for vSAN and ST Testing. ● Regression testing for Controllers, Disk, and Virtual Devices. ● VMotion and SVMotion ● System Stress Testing ● Adding New test cases based on Customer reported issues ● Testing the functionalities of the Vmotion,SVmotion,HA,DRS, Snapshots inESXi of failover scenarios. ● Testing the functionality of stress team such as scalability, legacy features and Platform Interop environment. ● Working on PR’s and Update release of ESXi5.0/5.1. ● Testing core features of Resource management such as VMotion, Memory management Techniques and CPU management Techniques. ● Repro and verification of PR and SR’s Organization Designation Duration Client Product Genesis Forte Tech Sr Field Application Engineer / Consultant/Pre Sales March 2011 to Jan 2012 NA SAN Solutions Roles and Responsibilities: Genesis Forte is one of the major value added Distributors for well-known OEM vendors and System integrator in Broadcast industry ● ● ● ● ● ● Designing, Commissioning and Administration of Apple XSAN, SANmp Customer centric DAS, NAS, SAN, IPSAN Benchmark testing, Functionality testing Working with Channel partners to prepare the Proposal and BOM. OEM Product in house evaluation, Post Sales Technical support. Project documentation, Organization Designation Duration Client Product Platform MasterSys Tech PVT LTD Sr Field Application Engineer / Consultant Jan 2009 to March 2011 Promise Technology VTR X10 Series Windows, Linux, Mac, VM, Cluster Project: VTRX10 series Product Spec: Dual Controller, 12,16,24 Bay subsystems, 2 # 4 Gig FC Ports per controller, Hot swappable PSU, BBU. One SAS port per controller for JBOD expansion. SNMP, E mail notification for events and errors, Supports for custom RAID configuration. Product Features: LUN Affinity, PDM, Drive roaming, high performance, Multipath, LUN transportation. Designed for Apple OEM and Channel, Heterogeneous platform support. Out of band management, in band management, CLI Interface, SAS expansion for JBOD cascading. Roles and Responsibilities: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Designing and documentation of workflow required for testing Integration of OEM software and Hardware for functionality test such as servers, FC Switches zoning, LUN configuration, SAN management software integration. Functionality Test – RAID migration, PDM, Integrity of OEM application, Regression test – Bug fixes, OEM request, Firmware changes, feature changes Test case environment documentation, Onsite support for integration with OEM partner for beta projects Execution and reporting of standard test using Manual, proprietary tools and scripts. Performance testing – Scripts/tools from OEM Application Conducting knowledge sharing session to OEM and Key customers. Project: VR series, and NS X series (NAS) Product Spec: Single controller, 12,16,24 Bay subsystems, Unified storage, FC, SAS, iSCSI interface, Hot swappable PSU, BBU. One SAS port for JBOD expansion per controller. SNMP, E mail notification for events and errors, Supports for custom RAID configuration. Product Features: LUN Affinity, PDM, Drive roaming, Active-Active, High performance, Multipath, LUN transportation. Heterogeneous platform support. Out of band management, in band management, CLI Interface, SAS expansion for JBOD cascading. Support for Acronics backup solution, Rsync free software for backup. Roles and Responsibilities: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Designing and documentation of workflow required for testing Value added service testing – Backup software integration, NDMP support, site to site synchronization, Content management software integration, Network Load generation from standard/proprietary tools like IO Meter, AJA system tools etc. Integration of OEM software and Hardware for functionality test such as servers, FC Switches zoning, LUN configuration, SAN management software integration. Functionality Test – RAID migration, PDM, Integrity of OEM application, Regression test – Bug fixes, OEM request, Firmware changes, feature changes Test case environment (infrastructure) documentation, Execution and reporting of standard test using Manual, proprietary tools and scripts. Performance testing – Scripts/tools from OEM Application Organization Designation Duration Client Product Data Life Cycle Technical Support Engineer March 2008 to 31 Oct 2008 NA IT infrastructure. Roles and Responsibilities: Datalifecycle.com Pvt Ltd is providing the storage and server related solutions. As Technical support engineer, I was responsible for handling the key customers SAN related issue which includes determining appropriate course of action and conduct repairs, Modifications and upgrade internal components, firmware, Driver and peripherals update by providing the Telephone and E-mail Support as well visiting the customer site based on situation. Setting up and maintain the lab to simulate and reproduce customer issues to find out solution. Back up data auditing and cross verification for key customers to make sure the data backup. Academic Background: Diploma in Electronics and Communication - Board of Technical Education at SJMP, Chitradurga. Diploma in Computer Application, SJ Institute, Davangere Personal Details : DOB : 24 Nov 1980 Gender : Male Marital Status : Married Languages known : Kannada (R\W\S), English (R\W\S), Hindi (R\W\S) Tamil (S) Contact Information: E Mail :- Mobile :- Current residence : : Somashekhar D M 119 Apoorva Dew Drop Apartment Anjanapura, BDA Layout Bangalore 560062 Date: Yours Truly, Place: Bangalore (Somashekhar D M)