Tarik Riley

• Project: Setup 130 HP 10+ Blades Servers using HP's Out of Band tool called ILO by incorporating a Python API called Redfish to automate all functional elements (SAN, RAID, SSO, Active Directory's Users, SSL, ESXI VMware 7, Rhel 7, Alma 8, Windows Server 2016) for stakeholder's data centers in 14 months
• Business: Managed team of 4 engineers in the following areas; task code assignments, code review, weekly code demonstration, Agile Scrum standup, and team evaluations on completing JIRA assignments
• Architect the deployment automation code design, created design process documentation, created network process flows using Visio, communicated to stakeholders the design risks/assumptions, milestone targets, and held weekly meetings to review business and technical requirements to stakeholders
• Successfully completed project in 11 months while being under man from 4 engineers down to 1
• Skills: Git, VMware ESXI 7, vSphere 8, Active Directory Administrations, DNS, DHCP, TFTP, PXE Linux, Python, REHL7, Alma 8, Centos 7, SSH, SCP, CA, CSR, HTTPS,TLS/SSL, Selenium, Apache Webserver, JIRA, & Ansible

• Project 1: Worked in AGILE Jira/Confluence/qTest Test Reporting environment in creating test cases, test plans and user stories from requirements documents for major telecom companies (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile) on RCS/SMS (IMS) multimedia platform in multiple AWS labs
• Managed and created AWS VM(EC2) & S3 buckets for testing RCS API () via curl on AWS Linux VM environments
• Manual tested and wrote bash and curl scripts for data retrieval from S3 repositories and API testing on multiple AWS labs environments by AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile from Samsung G20 phones
• Created visual report analytics from AVAS for tracking spam, phishing, and intrusion data
• UAT testing for CCMI users
• Responsible for testing AVAS - ProofPoint Security Platform scanning application to assure platform PCI DSS compliance for data traffic screened, blocked spams, phishing and reported for the RCS lab platform
• Validate SIP/RCS flows for analytics and KPI reporting
• UAT acceptance for end users doing use case validations on features requirements for Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T
• Project 2: Spirent's Center of Automation (COA) for Verizon Wireless Maintenance Engineering Departments (4G/5G, NFV, ATF) on developing and consulting on left shift and right shift approach for DevOp Automation solutions on Agile project methods using Sprint/Scrum process
• Writing standardizing process flows documents in Microsoft word, Google docs, and Visio
• Reviewing and writing code standards on Python & Robot Framework
• Facilitated WIP(backlogs) using Kanban & reviewing Jira procedures/practices and reports
• Reviewed CI/CD development solutions, developing KPI/metric accounting using value stream management practices and evaluating Verizon testing process for supporting LAB as a Service & Test as a Service (TAAS)
• Project: Verizon SMART NIC project to evaluate NFV, FPGA and VM on various Smart NIC vendors from Mellanox NVDIA and Intel FPGA NICS using Spirent Virtual Centers v5.30 to test functional and RFC 2544 performance on Bare Metal Servers, KVM, OS – LINUX Ubuntu 20.04, using both DPDK and SRIOV, thus focusing on TCP LSO/LRO off-loading from comparing Smart Nics
• Project: Resident Test Engineer on Spirent products (N4U, C50,C1 and Comtt) for Lucid Motors Automotive Industry for departments in integration and system testing
• Trained Lucid Engineers on Spirent training center application and hardware using CAN automotive protocols and Ethernet/IP/UDP on their proprietary switch platform
• Manual tested and wrote bash and python API scripts for Lucid Engineers, showing how Spirent can address automation concepts integrated into 400Tchasis and Spirent Test Center v5.30 API’s library and services
• Champion the integration efforts and acceptance testing for Spirent’s CAN/LIN automotive solution using COMTT, 400TChassis/Spirent Test Centerv5.30 and TTworkbench for Lucid Motors
• Reviewed compliance using AUTOSTAR with ethernet on 100BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1 in testing CAN to Ethernet ECU
• Design test cases, test environment setups, topology designs, test suites, documentation in JAMA/Confluence/Git repository and product maintenance while managing test team’s meetings and goals and facilitated in growing more products/software sales into Lucid Motors
• UAT acceptance for Lucid Motors engineers doing use case validations

• Project 1: Reviewed Business/Technical requirements for SIP/API & RCS Mobility Worked in AGILE Jira/Confluence/qTest Test Reporting environment in creating test cases, test plans and user stories from requirements documents for major telecom companies (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile) on RCS/SMS (IMS) multimedia platform in multiple AWS labs. • Managed and created AWS VM(EC2) & S3 buckets for testing RCS API (json) via curl on AWS Linux VM environments. • Manual tested and wrote bash and curl scripts for data retrieval from S3 repositories and API testing on multiple AWS labs environments by AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile from Samsung G20 phones. Created visual report analytics from AVAS for tracking spam, phishing, and intrusion data. UAT testing for CCMI users. • Responsible for testing AVAS - ProofPoint Security Platform scanning application to assure platform PCI DSS compliance for data traffic screened, blocked spams, phishing and reported for the RCS lab platform. • Validate SIP/RCS flows for analytics and KPI reporting. • UAT acceptance for end users doing use case validations on features requirements for Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T.
• Project 2: Managed users and administrator on AT&T Labs with (Test Environment Manager called Spirent Velocity lab management tool) for UVerse/DirecTV Residential Gateway access routers and Testers (team of 8)
• Worked with Wireshark testing, system integrating & troubleshooting on RTP, HTTP, and Sip 2.0 protocols in ESXI/VMWare 6.3 cloud Lab consisting of Linux (Centos, Ubuntu, Oracle, RedHat)
• Cloud-OpenStack -administrator to 10 users (VM), using Ansible playbook, & Heat templates
• Worked with Windows Hyper-V (on Window 10/ Windows Server 2012 VMs), Active Directory RBAC services for 10 users)
• Administer and maintenance of Cisco 2960/3560, Alcatel 7330 IPDSLAMS,7450 GPON, 7330 –VDSL, & Veri Wave ATA100 –Ixia components & Spirent U4 test/protocol analyzer
• Automaton Role: Used several automation frameworks such as Spirent iTest tools, Python/Selenium/Robot Framework (Docker Container) and UFT 12.0 that reported into HP ALM/JIRA/ and used Jenkins pipe lines/Gitlab comprising of key driven and data driven testing framework for (CI/CD) incorporating Agile/Scrum/SDLC project management methods
• Design, Architect and Administrated LXC container with Kali Penetration traffic (Smurf attack, sync flood, mib walk, etc) for Firewall penetration automation testing using Robot/Python/Bash.
• Tests Wifi CPE modem/router (Nokia wifi BGW320, Arris wifi 311, UMAX wifi310) component’s firmware, BIOS, CLI, Web interface, SOAP TR69 management protocols and micros service API using Python/Selenium/Robot Framework
• Developed REST API code using Spirent’s HLT API Python Libraries creating automation scripts to drive N4U traffic generator/protocol analyzer for IPv4/IPv6 test cases for TR69 VPN/SIP/ROUTER/dsl/ ont /firewall remote gateway CPE appliance
• Trained junior tester on Python API scripts to automate and run traffic generators

Skills: Collaborations, Spirent, Cisco, Kali, Python,Git,Selenium,Bash, Rest API, TR69, Leadership.

• Project : Review several vendor NENA 911 product solutions for State of Texas CSEC department for approval upgrades on new next generation emergency call centers.
• Produce Functional Integration Testing Reports on Vendor’s PSAP platforms and sent to the stake holders at State of Texas for business technical analysis reviews on NENA 911 Call handles such as Call Transfers, Call bridge, BUA, GIS, MSRP texts etc
• Created Test cases and executed in JIRA
• Created/used Traceability Matrix (RTM) to account for all Business Requirements, Functional Requirements to test cases reporting
• Automation Tester Role: Created test solutions automation tool that used Wireshark pcaps files decoded by iTest integrating & troubleshooting on RTP, HTTP, and SIP 2.0 protocols in NG911 vSphere Cloud Lab consisting of Linux (Centos, Ubuntu, Oracle)
• Administrator for OpenStack that consisted of 5users (VMs) via Heat stacks and Ansible playbook
• Administrator to Asterisk, Freeswitch, Zetron PBXs,T1 trunks, Cisco 5508 ASA, Cisco 2960/3560CX,ESRP(Synergym/Solacom), ECRF(GeoComm),BCF servers, & Sip phones consisting of live Voice/Text/Wireline/Wireless 911 PSAP end to end environment for validation and vendor accreditation and implementation into ESINET network
• Installed, configured & provisioned Zetron , CallWorks (Motorola) and FreeSwitch PBXs for Sipp protocol & Call scenarios testing validations and functions using NENA 911 specifications
• Experience understanding of the SIP protocol and standards in support of VoIP services

• Tested Rest API – HTTP Pidflo testing, Zetron PBX & IVR xml dial plans for NENA 911 standards and RFC 3261 compliance to facilitated Vendor equipment/software validation

• Project 1: Rehired to served as System Engineer for QC EMS platforms for requirements, traceability, writing test plan, BRD, MRD, CR & tests cases under Six Sigma policies and compliance in PRISM.
• Project 2: System Engineer for Netkracker ATM/Frame NMS for SNET (Frontier Communication & ATT) Divestiture Project.
• Project 3: BOA (Business Operation Assurance) group – U-verse Tier3 and FBS (Fiber Business Service) support and ITL operations lead.
• Project 4: Tier3 Systems /OPS Manager on BOA E2E fulfillment and ITIL processes on Metro Ethernet Virtual (EVC) circuit’s service flows in OSS architect system using Orchestration systems called BBNMS with Cieana 39XX and Juniper MX80.
• Lead team in all areas of Process flows, XML Database Queries, System Outages, Network to Customer End to End diagnosis trouble shooting, & Emux’s CN1540/50 connectivity configuration issues with IPAG (IP aggregated links i.e., LACP/802.3ad) to ALU network elements
• Automated OSS standard procedures on tool called BBNMS for Business/Residential Uverse Orders using Python, Java Script, & .Net and UFT (11.5) scripts for rebuilding circuits/evc, ipdslam ports,(macd on orders).
• Business: Automated tooling removed 10man hrs down to 1 man hr on handling order fallout. Saving estimated at $22k.

Skills: IPDLAM, Netkracker, Cisco, Juniper Mx80,Cienna 39XX, Python, UFT, ,Leadership,ITL procedures, Collaboration.

• Company Overview: Contractor Insight Global
• Developed automation scripts with PERL, Python, TCL and bash on HP’s Next Generation Firewall using module TAP that produces test reports running on Apache server
• Automated over 300 test cases in an object-oriented methodology utilizing various modules in Telnet, SSH, DB with Perl
• Involved Agile framework, daily Scrum meetings and Rally’s user stories
• Leveraged traffic protocol generators (Tomahawk, tcpreplay, wget) in a CentOS LINUX environment with Apache webservers, CVS & SVN as administrator and test engineer
• Promoted to Team Lead and developed Perl/Python Object Oriented code and Selenium, in scripts to allow for learning architecture approach for junior tester developers
• Contractor Insight Global

• Served as Business Technical Analysist for QA EMS platforms for Requirements Traceability (RTM), CRD, SRD & Tests under Six Sigma policies and guidelines in PRISM
• Also Served as Lead Network Engineer for ATM/Frame/IPVPN Testing
• Earned Principle (PMTS) Position before surplus
• Responsible for test designs, end-to-end implementation, AT&T lab maintenance and vendor management and ITL operations
• Served as Subject Matter Expert for NMS (EMS) Netprovision (Netcraker) ATM/FR/IP-DSL ASI production network NMS platform on Solaris 8, Oracle and Redhat linux/unix environment as administrator
• Owned Architecture, provisioned and testing Cisco 3600/4000 routers/switch for SBCIS/Texan Dept (ISP) Business IPVPN that included IPv4 address, subnetting, RIPv1/2, static routes, OSPFv2, EIGRP, BGPv4, VRF, etc
• Created automation tool using (UFT) for cleaning and tearing down IPVPN VRF IDs, CE-PE VPN circuits and pruning PE routers for ASI Internet Services Group
• Served as CANOPI Field Support Engineer for troubleshooting Ethernet EVC (P2P/MP) services from IPAG Juniper MX480/MX960 to Ciena 3940Emux and CN3920/3911 to CPE
• UAT acceptance testing for ASI end customer on new feature and functional requirements additions to builds

• Company Overview: AT&T
• Created Business Requirements/Technical Specifications for Test Architecture, Test Plans and Test Cases from Technical Requirements for ATM/Frame and DSL
• Facilitated Engineering Test Automation process and software coding for QA and Regression Testing
• Performed System Integration Testing with EMS and NOS in OSS architecture for FOA on ATM/Frame and DSL production environments
• Provided lab maintenance, including provisioning circuits via EMSs over Alcatel, Lucent, Cisco ATM/Frame switches, routers and DSLAMS
• UAT acceptance testing end users for customer’s network new feature enhancements
• AT&T

• Provided technical pre/post-sales assistance to the Sales Representatives
• Worked with large-scale enterprise software products in areas of VoIP, ATM/FR–PNNI and IPVPN
• Gave technical presentations and demonstrations of software products usually at the customer site
• Wrote technical customer requirements for product integration and platform solutions
• Assisted Sales Representative in defining business cases for customers for pre and post sales
• QA tested new and revision products for customers on FOA/NFR releases
• Assisted Customer in pre and post-sales integration of product and solution for FOA
• Created automated application in Bash, Perl, TCL and SQL for regression testing of customer solution enhancements used by the test team for faster testing to market of other customer’s features as well
• UAT acceptance testing for end customers for AT&T NMS department