Cliff Barfield

About Cliff Barfield

Software and test engineer with 20 years of experience in the areas of system test…

Experience

1. Lead Network Test Engineer

   Cisco

   May 2017 — Present

   Lead Network Test Engineer of a small multi-site team responsible for the specification, implementation, and delivery of Python test automation for four customer-facing projects. Responsible for approximately functional tests across four projects. • Developed and implemented approximately 300 Python and Robot Framework tests across 4 projects with numerous networking features, including QoS, Netconf, SNMP, BGP, MPLS, Segment-routing, and SWAN. • Leveraged Cisco Python test framework (PyATS) and open-source Robot Framework to automate existing manual network tests. Developed object-oriented Python base classes for specific network functional testing and traffic generation. Developed common Robot user-keyword libraries to facilitate re-use and shorten development cycles. • Developed Spirent traffic generation automation using Python API. Automation included loading Spirent configuration, online ports, ARP/ND, start traffic streams, network convergence calculations, route injection, and HTML report generation. • Developed Python and shell scripts for Docker and Gitlab integration. • Responsible for monthly and quarterly status reports and presentations for the program managers and senior managers. • Assisted with the development of Agile process and tool integration and served as Scrum Master for all customer-facing projects.

Education

• North Carolina State University

  BSEE, Electrical Engineering

• North Carolina State University

  MSEE, Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Test Planning
• Agile Methodologies
• Ethernet
• Pcb Design
• High Availability
• Asic
• Unix
• Networking
• Pcie
• Embedded Software
• Troubleshooting
• Tcl
• Perl
• Regression Testing
• Debugging
• Storage Virtualization
• Quality Assurance
• Fpga
• Simulations
• Internet Protocol Suite (Tcp/Ip)
• Embedded Systems
• QA Engineering
• Analog
• Storage Area Network (San)
• Integration
• Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (Asic)
• System Testing
• Linux
• Software Quality Assurance
• Verilog
• Computer Hardware
• Virtualization
• Device Drivers
• Testing
• Cloud Computing
• Storage
• Hardware
• Tcp/Ip
• Vmware
• Scrum