About

Praffulla Pandey is an experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer networking industry. With a Master's Degree in Data Science from the International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, Praffulla is a strong engineering professional skilled in C, Java, SQL, and C. Currently working as a Software Engineer III at Cisco, Praffulla is responsible for Automated Cryptographic Verification Protocol (ACVP) Integration in IOS-XR. In this role, Praffulla is working on integrating the ACVP client (libacvp) with Cisco operating system IOS-XR to validate crypto modules being used by the devices. Praffulla has also implemented an application which links with libacvp and crypto libraries for FIPS validation of crypto modules. Praffulla's expertise also includes working with TLS certificates for server authentication, and familiarity with cURL library used for HTTPS communication and JSON/JWT used for formatted messaging. Prior to his current role, Praffulla worked as a Software Engineer II at Cisco, where he was responsible for bringing CiscoSSH in IOS-XR. In this role, Praffulla developed the initial Proof of Concept for bringing up OpenSSH in a different network namespace. Praffulla also cross-compiled OpenSSH/OpenSSL for XR operating system and developed Host-Key-Management which fetches host-key from crypto engine process for authentication purpose. Praffulla's education history includes a Master's Degree in Data Science from the International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from SGSITS. Praffulla's technical skills include Software Engineering, iOS, SQL, Integration, Data Science, Java, and C. With 5.78 years of relevant experience, Praffulla is a skilled and knowledgeable Software Engineer with a strong background in computer networking.