Praveen Kejriwal

Senior Principal System Engineer @Ciena

San Francisco, CA, US
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p••••••@ciena.com
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WORK HISTORY

Aug 2025 — Present

Senior Principal System Engineer @Ciena

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San Jose, CA, US

Core member of System Architecture team and responsible for Ciena\'s SAOS(Service Aware Operating System) 10.x NOS overall system architecture.Primary Focus : Linux Kernel and Networking, Packet Processing(Control Plane and Hardware), IP Routing (IGP, BGP), MPLS Forwarding(Service and Transport), High Availability, Scale, Performance, Security and Handling Customer Escalation.

EDUCATION

2002 — 2006

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communication

1999 — 2001

DAV Public School, Dhanbad

Higher Secondary, Science

SKILLS

OracleUnixSqlSoftware DevelopmentCC++VxworksClearcaseSource InsightIxiaWiresharkScriptingL2/L3 ProtocolsMemory ManagementReal-Time Operating Systems (Rtos)Embedded Operating SystemsEthernetInternet Protocol (Ip)Internet Protocol Suite (Tcp/Ip)Quality of Service (Qos)Public Switched Telephone Network (Pstn)IsdnPro*CSwitchesRoutersNetworkingMultithreadingIp MulticastNetwork ProcessorsIpcForwardingDefect Life CycleConfiguration ManagementSoftware Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)Agile MethodologiesPythonGnu DebuggerShell ScriptingTclDebugging

ABOUT PRAVEEN KEJRIWAL

14+ years of experience in embedded software design, development and sustenance of networking and telecom products using C/C++ and Linux/RTOS (VxWorks) in both Agile and Waterfall project model.• Extensive working experience in packet forwarding architecture in MPLS and IP domain.• Extensive working experience in docker/container virtualized environment. • Extensively worked on L2/L3, Ethernet, Unicast and Multicast Routing protocols.• Working experience in Linux Networking stack, Netlink sockets, Process & Threads.• Expertise in debugging complex network system and topology including Control Plane, Data Plane and Broadcom based Hardware.• Extensively worked in Tunneling protocols like MPLS, LDP, MP-BGP, GRE & GRETAP.• Extensively worked on routing protocols like BGP, ISIS, OSPF & RIP and neighbor discovery protocol like ARP and ND.• Proficient in L2/L3 QOS marking,QOS Concepts, High Availability and Memory Management.• Expertise in debugging and analyzing the switch crash/core file, stack analysis using GNU debugger including assembly code analysis of PowerPC based Chipset and Intel Chipset.• Experience in chassis manager, Port Manager, CP to Line card communication & network packet processor architecture.• Extensive working experience in Chassis based Switches/Routers of Nortel/Avaya (ERS 8600,8300), Calix Multi Chassis Access and Aggregation Devices for NGPON-2 (E3, E9) with BNG and Routing.Skill Summary:Operating System: Linux, VxWorks, WindowsProgramming Languages: C, C++, Pro*CScripting Languages: Shell, Expect, GDB Scripts, PythonDevelopment Tools: Cscope, Coverity, Valgrind, GNU Debugger, GNS3 Simulator(Cisco IOS)Hardware: PowerPC family(MPC85XX, MPC740, MPC7445), Broadcom Chipset(BCM56960 Tomahawk), Mac Chip(Intel, Redhawk, Ample Eagle)Version Control Tool: Git, Clear-case, CMSNetworking Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, STP, VLAN, 802.1Q, ICMP, ARP, VRRP, BGP, OSPF, RIP, DHCP, SPBM (Mac-in-Mac), IS-IS, IPv4/IPv6, QOS.MPLS Protocols: LDP, GMPLS, BGP-LUTechnologies: L3VPN, 6PEStack: IP Infusion (ZebOS), Metaswitch, Phase2, InfinityDatabase: Oracle 9i, RedisTesting Aid Tools : Ethereal, WireShark, Tcpdump, IXIA, Spirent, SmartbitsDefect Tracking Tools : ClearQuest, Jira

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