Nagasantosha Saikrishna Murthy Patibandla Venkata
Milpitas,CA
Summary
Technical Leader with 12+ years in Design, Development of Forwarding Software for Enterprise Switches. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Engineering Technical Leader
Cisco Systems, Inc.
01.2023 - Current
- Designed and developed networking features as part of new ASIC development for Next Generation Access-facing Switches, namely Catalyst NG9300
- Enhanced Yang models to provide better functionality for customers.
- Supported features, including customer issues for Next Generation Core-facing Switches, namely Catalyst 9500X and 9600
- Provided educational expertise and mentoring to junior team members and peers.
Software Engineering Technical Leader
Cisco Systems
05.2021 - 01.2023
- Designed and Developed Layer2, Layer3 features like Multi-Chassis EtherChannel (MEC), Equal-cost multipath (ECMP), MAC learning/aging, Flooding, IFM(Interface Manager)etc.. on Cisco Catalyst 9500 X platform StackWise Virtual technology.
- Mentored interns in developing Intuitive Edge Processing(IEP)App for Network Troubleshooting which proactively detects anomalies in network.
- Developed unit-test and simulation environment for Next-Gen StackWise Virtual technology(SVL) Solution for catalyst switches.
- Supported MPLS(Multiprotocol Label Switching) features on Catalyst 9500 platforms.
- Active member in organising committee that conducts Team socials that happen quarterly.
Software Engineer IV
Cisco Systems
05.2018 - 04.2021
- Involved in delivering multiple MPLS features like Virtual Private LAN Services(VPLS), Integrated routing and bridging (IRB), Erspan(Encapsulated Remote Switched Port Analyzer) over L3VPN(layer3 Virtual Private Networks) etc..on catalyst 9500 based platforms.
- Led the team in many critical Customer Escalations.
- Taken initiatives to harden the code for quality improvements.
- Pioneered POC(Proof of Concept) for 4k Vlans support on catalyst 9k based platforms using ASIC(Application-specific integrated circuit) simulation environment.
- Led team in developing an expert system using CLIPS(C Language Integrated Production System) that troubleshoots problems seen in Customer environment.
Software Engineer III
Cisco Systems
12.2015 - 04.2018
- Key member of the team that delivered NextGen Core Platform Catalyst 9500/9600.
- Designed and developed features like mGRE(Multipoint Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnels, SPAN(Switched Port Analyzer) on Catalyst 9k based platforms.
- Key member of the team that delivered StackWise Virtual Link(SVL) technology on Catalyst 9500/9600 platforms.
- Led team of engineers in implementation of MDNS(Multicast Domain Name System) snooping across multiple product lines like catalyst 4500, catalyst 3750, catalyst 2960 etc.
- Active member of the team which implemented Locator ID Separation Protocol (LISP) as part of Cisco’s converged access solution on catalyst 4500 platform.
- Key member of the team that delivered SDN(Software-Defined Networking) openflow technology on catalyst 4500 platform.
Software Engineer II
Cisco Systems
12.2014 - 11.2015
- Delivered GRE tunneling feature on catalyst 4500 platform.
- Led team in delivering Common Configuration Architecture(CCA) infrastructure on Cisco Catalyst 4500 platforms.
- Involved in providing EFT(Early Field Trial) release of IPv6 First Hop Security(FHS) features that led to smooth transition of customers network from IPv4 to IPV6.
- Developed Converged Access Readiness Troubleshooting Tool using Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager(EEM).
- Implemented IOS(Internetworking Operating System) Core Analyzer using Python GDB extensions that analyzes crash file of Cisco Networking Software.
Software Engineer
Cisco Systems
07.2011 - 11.2014
- Key member of the team that delivered IPv6 First Hop Security(FHS) features like Source-Guard, Prefix-Guard, Data-Gleaning, Destination Guard, DHCP guard, Lightweight DHCPv6 Relay Agent(LDRA) etc.. on catalyst 4500 platform.
- Key member of the team that delivered StackWise Virtual technology(SVL) solution on catalyst 4500 based platform.
- Contributed towards many layer2 protocols like STP(Spanning-tree Protocol), Mac learning, Ether-channels, SPAN(Switched Port Analyzer), Private-vlans, Port Manager etc.
- Mentored junior engineers via careful supervision through onboarding process and beyond, who later have become critical members of our team.
- Improved Mac learning rate on catalyst 4500 platform by doing Code optimization.
Software Engineer Intern
Broadcom India Private Ltd
01.2011 - 06.2011
- Worked on Bluetooth profiles like AVRCP, HFP etc.
- Developed Equalizer Settings Application on Android.
- Developed test application on Andrioid to demonstrate Handsfree Profile of Bluetooth.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Indian Instistute Of Information Technology
Allahabad2011
Skills
- Data Structures & Algorithm Design
- Networking
- Operating Systems
- C, C, Python & Java
- Communication & Leadership
- Problem-Solving & Innovation
- Technical Guidance & Decision-Making
- Ownership & Vision
- Data Science and Machine Learning
Certification
- Successfully completed Applied Data Science Program as part of Professional Education from MIT(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) .
Accomplishments
- Received multiple awards for my contributions in delivering features on time with quality.
- Received multiple peer recognitions for mentoring Team members.
- Secured first prize in hackathon contest HackFest 2019.
- Received an award for my work on customer special release for GRE Tunneling on catalyst 4500 switching platform which lead to conversion of order from Facebook.
- Secured second prize in ENG Hackathon 2016.
- Received multiple awards for handling critical Customer Escalations.
- Received Cisco Achievement Program(CAP) Award thrice in the year 2013.
- Received Cisco Star Award in the year 2013.
Timeline
Software Engineering Technical Leader
Cisco Systems, Inc.
01.2023 - Current
Software Engineering Technical Leader
Cisco Systems
05.2021 - 01.2023
Software Engineer IV
Cisco Systems
05.2018 - 04.2021
Software Engineer III
Cisco Systems
12.2015 - 04.2018
Software Engineer II
Cisco Systems
12.2014 - 11.2015
Software Engineer
Cisco Systems
07.2011 - 11.2014
Software Engineer Intern
Broadcom India Private Ltd
01.2011 - 06.2011
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Indian Instistute Of Information Technology
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