Bilal Mahmood
San Jose,CA
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Engineer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
San Jose, CA
08.2016 - Current
- Responsible for definition, design, development, test, debugging, release, enhancement or maintenance of networking software.
- Worked on various QoS features for innovium and Cisco Cloudscale ASICs on Nexus 9000 platforms with expertise in features such as WRED, ECN, PFC and microburst
- Worked closely with customers for RDMA/ RoCEv2 traffic performance tuning etc.
- Worked on various feature enhancements and debugged multiple issues with vendors.
- Designed and implemented several APIs for HAL(hardware abstraction layer),
- Worked on various features for qosmgr, docker, sone shell and dchal shell.
- Comfortable with End-to-End feature implementation using SDLC with backward compatibility
Software Engineer Intern
Cisco Systems, Inc.
San Jose, CA
06.2015 - 09.2015
- Worked with nexus platform team on developing ASIC drivers for line cards and implementing L2 ASIC features.
- Worked on validating ASICs functionality for different rates of suppression under diverse traffic scenarios.
- Developed abstractions for I/O (input-output) FPGA (field-programmable gate array) registers and helped debug issues during initial system bringup's.
- Designed a hybrid system of Traffic management for Cisco's nexus line cards.
Research Assistant
Lahore University Of Management Sciences
Lahore
08.2013 - 07.2014
- Proposed and Implemented MulBuff: Data center buffer sizing strategy that achieves near 100% link utilization, reduced flow completion times, and high burst tolerance.
- Studied effectiveness of randomizing TCP retransmission timeout (RTO) in mitigating impact of Incast.
Project Consultant Engineer
FiveRivers Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (FRT)
Lahore
01.2013 - 08.2013
- Responsible for product development/marketing of the Electric Drum kit.
- Designed and printed 3D printing parts for the drum kit using autodesk Inventor.
- Developed software for the electronic Drum Kit on an arduino leonardo board.
- Documented and maintained online social presence on technology blogs to promote/market the project.
- Sourced materials for assembly of the Drum Kit.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
University Of California San Diego
San Diego, CA06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Lahore University of Management Science
Lahore, Pakistan06.2013
Skills
- Programming Languages: C/C, Python, pyATS, SQL, MATLAB
- Software & Tools: Git, Network Analysis Software, Unix, Machine Learning Tools, Embedded Boards
Projects
- Analyzing Timing Characteristics Of Wavelength Selective Networks: evaluated tunable transceiver timing characteristics and studied its implications on a hybrid network design.
- DDoS Mitigation using SDN: Designed an SDN based DDOS mitigation system leveraging an entropy and flow rates.
- Intelligent Security Systems: Implemented a face detection application on mini 6410 board.
- WSN in Mines: An event monitoring system using a distributed Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for a mining environment.
Additional Information
- Published poster paper at ACM SIGCOMM 2014 "Rethinking Buffer Management in Data Center Networks"
- Published research paper "Nrsfm using local rigidity" published at WACV 2014.
- Teaching Assistant: Taught Computer Network, Computational Problem Solving, Computer Organization and Systems Programming and Digital Systems Lab
- Gold Medal: Obtained A's in all subjects in Advanced Levels examination conducted by Cambridge University, UK.
Timeline
Software Development Engineer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
08.2016 - Current
Software Engineer Intern
Cisco Systems, Inc.
06.2015 - 09.2015
Research Assistant
Lahore University Of Management Sciences
08.2013 - 07.2014
Project Consultant Engineer
FiveRivers Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (FRT)
01.2013 - 08.2013
Master of Science - Computer Science
University Of California San Diego
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Lahore University of Management Science