1. Muralidhara.L
Tel: +91 9742712888
Email: murali.tc@gmail.com
Bangalore
To work in a challenging and motivating environment where I can utilize my enthusiasm, innovation,
creativeness and potential to the very best and work towards refining my technical skills, knowledge and
personality.
SUMMARY
 More than 8 years of experience in Networking, L2/L3 protocol testing and in multi-platform
environments.
 Good Working knowledge on Functional testing of L2/L3 features like Routing/Switching protocols,
cisco-platform features, ASA etc., in both Standalone and High Availability modes.
 Involved in designing of high level Test Plan documents, developing test cases & executing the
automated test scripts.
 Strong hands on experience on cisco-cat6k devices, cisco-cat4k devices, ASA and traffic
generators/monitoring tools.
 Having good knowledge and experience on the technologies – RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, VRRP, HSRP, GLBP,
SNMP, TCP/IP, STP, RSTP, VLAN, VTP, DHCP .
 Good interpersonal skills, committed, result oriented, hard working with a quest and zeal to learn new
technologies.
 Adept in analyzing information system needs, evaluating end-user requirements, troubleshooting for
complex information systems management.
 An effective communicator with exceptional relationship management skills with the ability to relate to
people at any level of business and management.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
• Platforms CiscoIOS-Cat6K- 6800-SUP/DFC/PFC cards, Fex porters, ASA
• Protocols Used RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, VRRP, HSRP, GLBP, IPV4/IPV6, STP, RSTP, VLAN, VTP,
SNMP, DHCPV4/V6, ISSU, Diagnostic
• Methodologies Datacom-Manual testing/Automation-TCL-basics
• Traffic Generators IXIA, Spirent’s , Cisco -Pagent
• Operating Systems Linux/UNIX (Red hat, centos), and Windows XP/2K/7/8
• Defect Tracking Tool CDETS, FACT, Topic Search, EDCS, SQuirral SQL client

2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Company Wipro Technologies (Bangalore)
Designation Technical Lead
Work Experience May 2010 – Current
Project 1 CAT6K_MAINT_TEST_SEZ (ENG SW Switching Core, EBBU)
Work Profile Member of Cisco Catalyst 6500 Project.
My Roles and Responsibilities
 Involved in manual testing of cat6k-6500/6800IA & 2960 Fex porters series with different LC’s
(PFC/DFC) as part of the commit verification for various features that Includes platform and l2/l3
protocols.
 As part of the commit verification involved in creating complex lab topologies on cat6k-6500/6800
based on customer SR’s on various releases to reproduce the bugs, identifying root cause,
verification, prepare test cases, no-harm and making the complete test report with test logs and
then updated under DDTS.
 Reporting bugs during verification under CDETS, bug tracking, sharing details with DE, verification
and closure.
 Involved in working on Engineering Special bugs-includes reproving, finding root cause, get the fix,
verification, and covering no-harm and then ensure on time delivery of the ES image.
 Analysis of customer SR’s to Create/Modify test cases and test templates/test plans based on
requirements and creating wiki for easy access for team.
 Working on Ixia Traffic Generator to send the L2 and L3 traffic, crafted packets with respective of
the requirement.
 Involved in all day to day operations for commit verifications and raising defects found during
testing.
 I was Leading a small team called “Foresight SR Team” Which will deal with the customer SR’s and
customer found defects (CFD’s).
 Having hands on experience in installing, testing with scaled SUP2T and TFEX scaled setup. Tested
various features with scaled setup.
Project 2 ASA - cisco
Work Profile To test and validate Cisco products like CSD / hostscan and Anyconnect .
My Roles and Responsibilities
 The testing process involves Feature and functionality testing, Regression, Sanity testing’s along
with spot checks.
 Involved in writing and reviewing the Test cases for CSD 3.6. Logging and Verification of Defects.
 Actively involved in setting up the test bed, configuration and installation of Devices like, ASA 5505,
5510 & 5520 series.
 The project demanded different Vm clients for testing. So in order to have virtual machines
installed Cisco UCS C250 M2 Servers - VMware esxi / vSphere client version 5.0.0.
 Created different flavours of virtual machines like Windows xp / 7 / 8, Linux machines like RHEL 5/6
& Ubuntu 11/12 64 bit.
 The testing process involves Feature and functionality testing, Regression, Sanity testing’s along
with spot checks.

3. Project 3 Ericcson Redback
Work Profile To test SE800 / SE1200 Ericson Redback smart edge routers.
My Roles and Responsibilities
 I was a member of central regression team executing scripts, analyzing failures and updating test
results in TCView.
 I was also a part of the protocol conformance testing. Here we used to debug the failures and
update EVs with our analysis.
 Tested few test cases of Interoperability between Redback routers and cisco routers.
 Regression testing involved protocol testing like – LDP, RSVP_GR .
 Actively participated in all the technical presentations and also helped the CR team in any of the
Linux issues they had.
Company Houston Technologies Ltd.,
Designation Network Engineer
Work Experience March 2007-May 2010
Project BSNL SSTP-NOC / BSNL MPLS -NOC
Work Profile Configuration / troubleshooting / Management of Network equipment’s .
My Roles and Responsibilities
 To configure and troubleshoot Routing Protocols like OSPF, RIPv2.
 Configuring and troubleshooting Layer 2 and 3 Switches with STP, VLANs, VTP, HSRP, and MLS.
 Configuring Cisco 2950, 4503, AS5400 and NSF 6416.
 Installation of Solaris OS. Configuration of explorer utility in Solaris.
 Familiarity with Sun UNIX hardware configuration and management.
 Monitoring cluster status in SUN Server.
 Day to day trouble shooting for Juniper Routers (M-Series – M5, M10, M20 and M40e).
 Worked on BSNL Expansion Phase II : Deployment of M320 routers along with new cards.
 Preparation of both VT and AT procedure for approval from BSNL.
 conducting Validation testing of new chassis, Final AT, making over, imparting training.
Company HCL Infosystems Ltd (Bangalore)
Designation FM Engineer in BSNL-MPLS
Work Experience Aug 2006 - March 2007
Project BSNL MPLS -NOC
Work Profile L1-support
My Roles and Responsibilities
 Technical expertise in monitoring and maintenance of CISCO routers
 First Level Troubleshooting of Network or VPN related issues.
 Configuration of Static Routing, RIP, OSPF protocols.
 Sound knowledge in HP Open view Software and What’s Up Gold.
 Up gradation of routers IOS.
 Good Communication and Presentation Skills
 Highly result oriented and Value driven

4. CERTIFICATIONS
CCNA
MCP-XP
SCSA–ID
Cisco Certified Networking Associate : CSCO11006878
MCP ID # 3506929
SR5335795
EDUCATION
 10th
from R.M.P.H.S Kanakapura
 12th
from Rural education society Kanakapura
 B.E. Telecommunication Engineering from K.I.T ,VTU, Belgaum, Karnataka
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth : 20/07/1982
Passport No : H0580239
Languages : Kannada ,English, Telugu ,Hindi
Strength : Comprehensive problem solving abilities,
Willingness to Learn, team facilitator, hard worker.
Hobbies: Trekking, cycling, Reading books, listening to music, gardening.
Father’s Name: G.Lingappa
Permanent address: #26, Sri Krishna Nilaya, 6th ‘A’ cross, Vijayalakshmi lyt, Bagalagunte
Nagasandra (p), Bangalore -560073
Date : Signature
Muralidhara.L