Bryan Walsh

About Bryan Walsh

Professional Experience- Software release lifecycle, DevOps, DevSecOps- Test case design and development- Group leadership- Technical Leadership- Customer management- Escalation management- On-site travel- Product development and planningSpecialties: Quality Assurance test development and lifecycle.Working customer issues at a high technical and professional level.Providing customer-centric ideas and experience into the product development phase of a project.Working issues creatively, passionately and responsibly to resolution.Experienced in Storage Area Network Technologies- SAN, NAS, Clustered Filesystems, High level support and QA job roles.Experienced in Internet Technologies- IP, OSPF, BGP, ISIS, MPLS, multiple RFC\'sExperienced in LAN Technologies- Ethernet, ATM, 802.x specificationsUnix Experience- ONTAP (NetApp)- Linux, Solaris, BSD

Experience

1. Principal Engineer

   NetApp

   Apr 2010 — Present

   Primarily working with ONTAP Cluster Mode and Kubernetes Storage technologies in the area of release operations, test design, implementation and execution.Experience with feature development and release shepherd duties. Extensive release experience in the Product Quality Architect role:* Develop comprehensive product test strategies, plans and plan reviews* Improve and drive test strategy around Development and Automation activities* Provide Leadership and mentoring during both the Planning and Execution lifecycle phases* Provide new innovations around product and process development* Drive key features to release* Continuously evaluate and recommend new test methodologies and tools that improve quality and overall lifecycle timesAs a Technical Director, my localized group daily duties involve:* Testcase generation and review across multiple organizations within NetApp* Risk assessment with regards to release lifecycle and product defects* Group and organizational leadership* Metric reporting and presentation to all layers of the company* Mentoring other engineers* Technical guidance around features and their test-ability* Field defect analysis* Technology Group Test Plans and Documents* Business Process enhancements and improvements* Multinational team leadership (India/USA)* Critical customer engagementAbout me in this role:* Ability to provide strong analytical skills and the ability to debug complex system issues* Continue to create cohesion between group silos and provide a comprehensive product view* Ability to engage multiple, high level engineers and managers to drive quality across the organization* Self-driven ability to seek out problem areas and work towards a remedy - both technical and process related.* Continued personal technical development around new technologies in the STaaS/Unix/Linux/Windows spaces* Strong documentation and organizational skills - outlining best practices and guidance for thousands of engineers.

Education

• Slippery Rock University

  BS, Information Systems and Communications

Skills

• Mobile Devices
• Team Leadership
• Network Design
• Storage Software
• Cloud Computing
• Automation
• QA Automation
• Unix
• Integration
• Cacti
• Testing
• Networking
• Network Hardware
• Ip Networking
• Storage Virtualization
• Technical Leadership
• Atm Networks
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Storage
• Tcp/Ip
• Enterprise Storage
• Cluster
• UI Testing
• Snmp
• Ethernet
• Ericsson
• Nas
• Solaris
• Ospf
• Netapp
• Network Architecture
• System Testing
• Usability Testing
• Mpls
• Android
• Ip
• Network Engineering
• System Architecture
• Mobile Technology
• Linux