About

Prashanth A is a seasoned Sr SDET II Lead with over 10 years of experience in the field of SDET, Automation, QA, Dev, and Tools. He has expertise in building and developing complete end-to-end automation systems along with integration to CI for networking and media products. Prashanth is highly proficient in programming languages such as Python and Groovy, and has expertise in writing custom modules/packages on Python. He is also experienced in building and performing performance tests and managing QA release. Prashanth has good experience building Jenkins pipelines simulating different stages for CI/CD systems, and building hybrid test setups in an automated way (Containerised/Physical). He has set up test harnesses and configuration management using Ansible and has experience in installing and configuring Linux (CentOS/Ubuntu) machines using Ansible/Chef frameworks. Prashanth is also skilled in building web apps using the Django framework. With a strong background in version control (GIT/Perforce) and agile methodologies, Prashanth has excellent collaboration skills between cross-functional teams across Geo's. He has worked with companies such as Riverbed Technology and Radisys in the past and is currently employed at Akamai Technologies as a Sr SDET II Lead. Prashanth holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication from M.V.J. College of Engineering. His tech stack includes SDET, Ansible, Python, Django, Jenkins, test, qa, Software Engineer, CI/CD, Integration, and Web. With his relevant experience of 7.68 years, Prashanth is a valuable asset to any organization looking for a skilled Sr SDET II Lead.