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Divya Barkur

Divya Barkur

Staff Software Engineer
Bangalore,India

Summary

Staff Software Engineer with 13+ years of extensive experience at Vantiva/CommScope and other organizations, specializing in RDK-B and DOCSIS technologies.

  • Hands-on experience in embedded systems, CableModem/Gateway devices, and RDK-B/V, working with L2 and L3 networking protocols.
  • Expertise in C/C++ programming, Linux, and Yocto, with a strong focus on optimizing software performance and troubleshooting issues.
  • Proven track record in delivering customer-focused broadband solutions, ensuring seamless integration and performance improvements.
  • Organized and dependable professional, adept at managing multiple priorities while maintaining a positive attitude.
  • Team leader and mentor, skilled in guiding junior engineers and promoting professional growth while ensuring the timely delivery of impactful results in high-pressure environments.
  • Excellent communication skills, with a proactive approach to taking on additional responsibilities and meeting goals.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

Staff Software Engineer

Vantiva/Commscope
09.2022 - Current
  • Involved in broadband technologies including RDK-B, DOCSIS, Wi-Fi, DHCPv4/v6, TR369 USP, and SNMP.
  • Worked extensively on both Broadcom and Maxlinear platform based RDK-B products, integrating and optimizing broadband solutions tailored to specific hardware.
  • Integrated eco-envoy-based USP agent (TR369) into the RDK-B platform as per customer requirements.
  • Integrated Smartphone/Dongle backup solution into RDK-B, ensuring support for connected devices.
  • Leading the transition from iptables to nftables within the Utopia codebase to optimize network performance and enhance security
  • Worked with L2/L3 protocols and network extenders, contributing to robust broadband solutions.
  • Improved software performance by identifying and addressing bottlenecks in the codebase.
  • Performed root cause analysis on reported issues, swiftly resolving bugs while minimizing disruptions
  • Mentored junior engineers, providing guidance on best practices and fostering professional growth.

Senior Software Specialist

Tata Elxsi Ltd
03.2018 - 08.2022
  • Working as Senior Specialist at local onsite ARRIS/Commscope, Bangalore.
  • Integrated RDK-B components using Yocto build system
  • Currently working in various Broadband features like RDK-B, DOCSIS, WiFi, DHCPv4/v6, Gateway for Touchstone Gateways and Cable modems running Broadcom/Intel SDK's
  • Implemented new features or fixed issues related to GUI, ACS, Iperf, TR069, SNMP MIBS, RDK-B CCSP components, DHCPv4/v6, Dynamic DNS, SSH, Telnet etc
  • Capturing packet logs using tcpdump and analyzing using Wireshark

Specialist Software Engineer

Tata Elxsi Ltd
07.2016 - 12.2017
  • Worked as Integration Engineer at Local onsite location ARRIS, Bangalore
  • Porting RDK-V stack for Broadcom chipset based STB using Yocto build system.
  • Fixing issues and adding features as per customer requirement.
  • Kernel and Busybox hardening to meet security concerns

Senior Engineer

Tata Elxsi
07.2011 - 06.2016
  • Integration of MHEG engine with middleware, fixing memory leaks and enhancing the performance
  • Black Box Testing related to Digital TV features based on MPEG-2,DVB standards, PVOD scheduling and testing, MHEG and DSMCC standards.
  • Worked as Integration & FieldTrial Engineer for Onsite customer Multichoice (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • Code stack integration for features such as Live TV, DSTV Online, DSTV catch-up, PVOD, EPG, Channel Filtering, Event tagging and testing the same.
  • Porting Wyplay's middleware stack to Broadcom chipset stack for a customer using gentoo build system.
  • Worked on STB's with chipset ST7109, BCM97231 etc.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology
Bangalore
07.2007 - 2011.06

Skills

C programming, RDK-B, Yocto, ACS, SNMP MIBS, TR069, TR369 USP

DOCSIS, Gateway, Networking, DHCPv4/v6, WiFi , Wireshark

C, RDK-V, MHEG and DVB standards

Build releases, Solution deployment, Managing Team

Accomplishments

RDK-B community project : Integrate an ad-blocker feature to RDK-B

  • Used Pi-Hole application for ad-blocking feature
  • This blocks the advertisement traffic at the network/DNS level, based on the ad-block list database


Group Patent submission : Cable-Modem based presence detection for STB automatic recording

• Association or disassociation to a home wireless network by a personal device such as mobile phone, provides an easy way to determine the presence of a person

• Presence information can be a key input for a set top box to decide whether a program has to be recorded or not



Interests

Different cultures/civilizations, History, Mythology, Music, Cooking

Timeline

Staff Software Engineer

Vantiva/Commscope
09.2022 - Current

Senior Software Specialist

Tata Elxsi Ltd
03.2018 - 08.2022

Specialist Software Engineer

Tata Elxsi Ltd
07.2016 - 12.2017

Senior Engineer

Tata Elxsi
07.2011 - 06.2016

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology
07.2007 - 2011.06
Divya BarkurStaff Software Engineer