ADAMA DIATTA

SUMMARY

• 11 years’ experience as Staff Software Test Engineer - TCP/IP Network Protocols, Optical Transport Network systems and Applications testing through­­out the software development lifecycle - SDLC.
• Internet of Things IoT and Agile ScrumMaster certified.
• PMP . PMP exam underway.
• Comprehensive software testing including Functional, Feature, Performance, Stress, Scalability, Interop, System, Continuous Integration and Automation testing - Production, LA, CR, GA and Post-release builds.
• Experience with Python, MySQL DB, Linux/Ubuntu/Fedora, HTML, JavaScript, Confluence, CLI, 802.11x.
• Hands-on with L2, L3, L4 and L7 TCP/IP protocols: RIP, OSPF, RSTP, LACP, BGP, MPLS, IP, IGRP.
• Wireshark, TCPDump, IxNetwork, Ixia, N2X, Spirent, JDSU, Anritsu, Fluke, Exfo, Confidential Catalysts: 6500-x.
• OTN Carrier Ethernet and SONET packet switched network - signal flow & packets transport.
• Certify optical transceivers and modules for different modulations and data rates (100G, 40G, 10G, 8GFC).
• Good S ense of ownership.
• Proactive, Organized. Strong work ethic.
• Detail-oriented with big-picture focus.
• Organized Communication skills. Communication Major for 2 years in College.
• Fluent in French, English and three other languages. Intermediate in Portuguese and some Spanish.
• Excited to discuss Project/ Program Management and IoT-related roles in Southern CA.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior RF Field Test Consultant

Qualcomm, San Diego CA

Responsibilities:

• Deploy daily build and configure phones with various 5G, 4G LTE and Legacy RF configurations.
• Create & launch Test Suite, verify signal Camping & RACHing. 5G and 4G LTE frequency bands tuning.
• Perform Functional and Stress testing. Capture activity events with QXDM. Parse and analyze activities.

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Responsibilities:

• Manage the of multi-vendor optical transceivers (new and re-manufactured) in collaboration with Optical Design Verification Test group.
• DWDM, ROADM data plane system validation, with service tuning of optical carrier groups, frequency, super-channels, and modulation schemes. Test different signal rates and service types OTU, ODU, FC, Gig.
• Test Optical Protection Switching performance (1 and 1+1 links) - Long Haul and Sub-sea platforms.
• Full System and Feature testing across various platforms including Cloud Xpress 1.2TB muxponder, WDM.
• Define test plan and test cases with requirements specifications. Review and validate test execution.
• Document all testing results with logs and artifacts. File and track bugs in defects tracking tool.
• Troubleshoot Software, Hardware, Firmware components and DSP issues.

Staff Software QA/ Test Engineer

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities:

• Own large test benches - Application Delivery Network (ADN) for protocols optimization and the Secured Web Gateway (SWG) test environment for Maintenance, Customer Escalations and GA releases testing.
• Deployed all network configuration including switching, routing and multi-OSPF areas with data clients connected to Bluecoat Proxy SG engines and managed test bench communicating end-to-end to the data center.
• Configured HSRP/VRRP, STP/RSTP, WCCP, IPv4 for network and packets switching and routing.

Senior Software QA/ Test Engineer

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities:

• Software testing and validation of Maintenance and GA releases with Continuous Integration - Agile.
• Web Applications Security testing, Categorization, Content Filtering and Web Caching.
• Design and set up test environment. Configure all networking and application aspect of test environment.
• Test proxied TCP/IP data flows: HTTP(S), CIFS, FTP, TCP Tunnel, multimedia and streaming: RTSP, RTMP.
• Execute, analyze, debug test results, identify and document all defects. Perforce (P4) revision control.
• Manage and maintain Automated Performance and Regression testing framework - Automation Supervisor.

Software System Test Engineer

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Responsibilities:

• Comprehensive testing of embedded software data services throughout SDLC - ROADM FW9500, FW4500.
• Synchronize cross-site feature testing with peers Confidential Fujitsu Japan and Texas.
• Map requirements to test infrastructure requirements matrix to ensure complete test coverage.
• Execute test cases, identify and log defects within Rational ClearQuest bug tracking tool.
• Ports aggregation 1+1 and 1:N. Port mirroring, CCM. Data Policing, QoS, RFC2698, RFC2697, Classification (CoS) and Shaping (1G, 10G, OC48, OC192).
• Multicast, Broadcast rate limiting specifications. Tail/Head-drop rates for classful data types.
• Narrow Band Optics module, GFP frame encapsulation, Ethernet to SONET circuit mapping, G.8031.
• 802.1ad, 802.1q tagging, 802.1ag, 802.1D, Ethernet Provider PBB, EVPL, EPL, ELAN and MEP domains.
• Review/ feedback the design of RSTP state-machine transition with Requirements Specifications team.

Lab/ Research Assistant

Confidential, Norfolk VA

Responsibilities:

• Work with NSU I. Confidential staff on daily campus network tasks while attending graduate school.
• Research on NIS, Microsoft MDT bundle with Active Directory, IIS, DNS, DHCP, dual boot OS.
• Patch lab machines with security vulnerability updates. Assist undergraduate students with lab activities.

Optical Network Test Supplier IV

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Responsibilities:

• Augment and tune up DWDM, ROADM service modules to help synchronizing broadcasting of 2008 Olympic Games with China Netcom (China Mobile Data Service) in Confidential & Confidential central offices across the U.S.
• Configure, tune up and test various live optical network platforms - Confidential & Confidential, Alcatel, Siemens, Ciena, NEC.
• Provision various wavelengths OC12, OC48, OC192 - Ciena Core, Lucent, 32, 64 and 160 channels OTS.
• Create ADD/ DROP circuits associations with Alcatel OLS 40G, OLS400G - OC48 & OC192 wavelengths.
• Perform system integration testing and soak testing across many sites - Lucent, Juniper, Confidential .
• Tune up and test OTN transponder modules, Metropolis DMX multiplexer, MSP 15454, Lucent OLS 40G, MGX-45 IPFR, Wavestar 400G, DWDM, ROADM, Siemens OADM based on Confidential & Confidential SMOP specifications.