Ravi Teja Guthikonda

Network Software Test Engineer @Arista Networks

Currently testing automated deployments in the cloud using Terraform. This helps the user/customer build networks in different clouds (AWS,Azure,GCP) with out having to understand multiple user interfaces.\\\\n- Tested Dynamic Path Selection feature for vrouters that helps in selecting the best path dynamically based on latency, jitter and loss rate.\\\\n- Well versed with deployment of vrouters in the cloud(AWS and Azure).\\\\n- Tested performance of various vrouter EC2 instances in SFE (DPDK) and SFA(kernel) forwarding modes.\\\\n- Well versed with deployment and maintaining Virtual Machines on ESXi servers.\\\\n- Handful knowledge of deploying VMs on KVM.\\\\n- Tested the functionality of SR-IOV interfaces and vEOS on Arista Cloud Vision Appliance (CVA).\\\\n- Create, review, execute test plans and design network topologies to test various networking features like GRE, BGP, Policy Based Routing, IPSec, MACSEC, Sfe, vEOS.\\\\n- Hands-on platform testing knowledge of Arad, Jericho and Jericho+ ASICs.\\\\n- Experienced engineer of the platform testing team that tests upcoming platforms, identify bugs, troubleshoot with developers and perform regression testing.\\\\n- Extensive use of ixia that helps in design and test of complex networks, generate traffic and identify bugs.\\\\n- Use python to develop scripts for scale testing\\\\n- Involved in the design and bring up of a new data center at Arista.\\\\n- Part of the system test infrastructure maintenance team at Arista.\\\\n- Mentored Interns and took interviews for new recruits.\\\\n\\\\n