Abhishek Kumar

About Abhishek Kumar

20 Years of experience in Hardware and Network testing and automation providing maintenance in telecom domain.• Practical experience of product Qualification WLAN testing 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ ax standards protocols ideally with a CPE testing background and focus on automation of the test case.• Experienced on Wireless testing techniques covering – functional testing, non-functional testing such as performance, reliability, and interoperability, Rate vs Reach, WPS, Interface testing on CPE devices at British Telecom • Understanding of current Wi-Fi technology implementations in both CPE and device space, and future trends.• Experience in delivering the Wireless/Wi-Fi elements of CPE, preferably consumer focused.• Extensive experience in the formal test methods; Liaise with Business Analysts to formalize Requirements; Outline the Testing scope; Identify Test Conditions and Data; Derive Test Cases from Functional specs, Business Requirements, use cases; Test Execution; Uncover and Log Defects, Provide Test execution Status and reports.• Delivering key aspects of wireless activities on BTs RFI, RFP, and ITT processes for consumer CPE; including the evaluation of vendor solutions for product fit, quality and compliance to requirements.• Networking: L2/L3 protocols, Routing and switching (STP, RSTP, MSTP), TCP/IP, DHCP, VLAN, etc.• Contributing to the Wi-Fi works future strategy Wi-Fi test capabilities, debugging and sign-off process improvement.• Following agile process and ceremonies. Test management skills, defect identification, and resolutionSKILL Set:WLAN Protocols : WLAN Protocols (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)Networking : L2/L3 Protocols, STP,RSTP,OSPF, TCP/IP, DHCP,VLAN, : Wireshark, Wi-Fi packet sniffers, Wireless diagnostics, Mobaxterm, WinSCP, Insider, Putty, FileZilla. QATSAutomation Tool : Robot framework (Python) iTest (Spirent), JCATHardware Devices : Wi-Fi Gateways and Routers Cisco 9800, Zyxel 3301 & 5601, Nokia 140 B, ZTE(H298N), Wi-Fi Extenders, Hub, Bug Tracking Tool : Remedy, Salesforce, SharePoint, Jira/ConfluenceAuto Configuration Server : Nokia ACS with TR 069 Data Model

Experience

1. Technical Architect

   Tata Consultancy Services

   Oct 2015 — Present

   20 Years of experience in Hardware and Network testing and automation providing maintenance in telecom domain.• Practical experience of product Qualification WLAN testing 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ ax standards protocols ideally with a CPE testing background and focus on automation of the test case.• Experienced on Wireless testing techniques covering – functional testing, non-functional testing such as performance, reliability, and interoperability, Rate vs Reach, WPS, Interface testing on CPE devices at British Telecom • Understanding of current Wi-Fi technology implementations in both CPE and device space, and future trends.• Experience in delivering the Wireless/Wi-Fi elements of CPE, preferably consumer focused.• Extensive experience in the formal test methods; Liaise with Business Analysts to formalize Requirements; Outline the Testing scope; Identify Test Conditions and Data; Derive Test Cases from Functional specs, Business Requirements, use cases; Test Execution; Uncover and Log Defects, Provide Test execution Status and reports.• Delivering key aspects of wireless activities on BTs RFI, RFP, and ITT processes for consumer CPE; including the evaluation of vendor solutions for product fit, quality and compliance to requirements.• Networking: L2/L3 protocols, Routing and switching (STP,RSTP,MSTP), TCP/IP, DHCP, etc.• Contributing to the Wi-Fi works future strategy Wi-Fi test capabilities, debugging and sign-off process improvement.• Following agile process and ceremonies. Test management skills, defect identification and resolution• Requirements gathering: Automation Feasibility report for various test cases which can or cannot be automated.• Automation Test Planning, Automation is done using Robot Framework (Python) and executed using gitlab runner pipeline• Mentoring the team in automating new functionalities.

Education

• National Institute of Information Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE

  2001 — 2005

• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

  MBA, Information Technology

  2010 — 2012