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Akhilesh V Gokaraju  new_releases

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Senior IT Professional seeking change of track
Telangana, India

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    Experienced Mentor and Career Counsellor
    Mar 2018 - Current (7 years 7 months)
    Guiding and mentoring students to make the right career choice based on factors like psychometric test analysis, aptitude, interest, etc. Coaching and providing inputs on learning and development to align with career goals. For e.g. what courses and technologies to work on for a career in DevOps, etc Training sessions on topics like Cryptography, Cyber Security, Linux OS, etc.
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    Senior Engineering Manager
    Cipher
    Apr 2016 - Current (9 years 6 months)
    Team Size: 10-12 Cipher Cloud is the leader in the cloud application security domain, that includes inline data protection, as well as Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). It has products that enable end users to use cloud applications like Salesforce.com, SAP SuccessFactors.etc., without worrying about the confidentiality and integrity of data. Cipher Cloud uses patented technology like Searchable Strong Encryption (SSE) and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to ensure security as well as access control. It also uses techniques like tokenization for compliance with Data Residency regulations Key Responsibilities: • Hands-on approach to solving problems including code reviews and special customer requirements • Work with team to understand t
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    Manager, QA
    Cipher
    Apr 2014 - Mar 2016 (2 years)
    Team Size: 10 As a QA Manager, for the core Platform team, the goal is to ensure the core functionalities of the product like email gateway, URL re-writing, AVAM, SSL support, clustering, etc meet the quality requirements Key Responsibilities: • Contribute to the test strategy and review/understand modules/areas being tested • Estimate resource requirements and hire and grow the team • Establish goals with measures and success criteria • Devise and review QA plans • Review and improve automation coverage • Collaborate with Development and other cross functional teams like Performance, Security and Documentation
  • CA Technologies
    Manager, QA
    CA Technologies
    Feb 2008 - Mar 2014 (6 years 2 months)
    Team Size: 10 Worked on the APM (Application Performance Management) product also called as Wily that primarily monitors the performance of J2EE based applications and middleware including monitoring the following: Application Servers like Websphere Application Server (WAS), Weblogic Application Server Middleware like IBM Websphere MQ and Websphere Message Broker, Tibco BusinessWorks, Webmethods Integration Server, Oracle Service Bus and Websphere Process Server Technical Responsibilities • Understand each feature and module being developed and review with the team • Work with team to get the estimates for each feature • Come up with the QA schedule based on Development and Documentation schedules • Review Test Plans, Test C
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    Quality Assurance (QA) Lead
    The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
    Jan 2007 - Jan 2008 (1 year 1 month)
    Team Size: 7-11 Responsibilities: • Managing QA across various network security projects like Firewall/VPN, IPS and Security Certifications • Working with development to understand requirements, preparing Test Plans including prioritising features to test, test strategy, equipment required, resources required and schedule • Hiring, shifting resources, reviewing performance, ensuring correct billing, protecting knowledge base etc. • Hands-on testing with features in each project like site-to-site VPN, SNMP, SSL VPN, etc.
  • Nokia
    QA Engineer (Consultant)
    Nokia
    Feb 2004 - Dec 2006 (2 years 11 months)
    • Team Member/ Lead for Nokia security certification projects covering FIPS and EAL certification of Firewall/VPN products. • Team Lead in the Nokia IP VPN program (Nokia's VPN Implementation). Role included assigning modules to resources, testing individual modules, prioritizing bugs and summarizing status of testing • Team Member in the Nokia IP VPN program. Role included thorough understanding of IKE and IPSec concepts, testing site-to-site and client-to-site VPNs and associated product modules • Wrote a White Paper on Nokia IP VPN SNMP implementation to assist Marketing and Sales Engineers
  • Credit Suisse
    Technical Associate
    Credit Suisse
    Jan 2002 - Dec 2003 (2 years)
    • Deployed Concord eHealth 5.02 firm wide for WAN capacity management • Implemented Netcool syslog probe • Administered scripts to customize NMS applications to meet NOC needs
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    Summer Intern
    Credit Suisse
    Jul 2001 - Oct 2001 (4 months)
    • Configured access lists on routers • Used scripts to change router/switch configurations • Configured and monitored network probes
  • CCP Technologies Ltd/Constellation Technologies
    Trainee Network Engineer
    CCP Technologies Ltd/Constellation Technologies
    Jan 2000 - Jul 2000 (7 months)
    • Responsible for research on Computer Telephony integration • Took personal initiative and wrote technical content for the company web site