Bhavatosh Barochia
QA Lead, Test Architect, Automation

• Total 15+ years of balanced work experience in product development, Spread across range of Startups and Top Enterprise Software companies.
• Over 5 years of solid work experience in both bootstrapping and leading high-performance agile technical teams ranging in size from 6 to 15 members.
• 2.5 Years of experience as Co-founder and Lead Engineer at Sigzen Technologies, Orchestrated the establishment and expansion of QA and Infrastructure teams, scaling the collective size to 15 engineers, focusing on the QA Test services and Automation of Network Security products, as well as delivering specialized services in Cloud Infrastructure consulting.
• 4 Years of experience as Senior Staff QA Lead and Test Architect, Team lead of 6 Engineers at A10 Networks, Bangalore, working on distributed microservices based Harmony Cloud Controller (analytics, management), Thunder ADC, Thunder Gateway product lines.
• As Test Architect, Spearheaded the design and implementation of centralized test automation frameworks for Networking and Cloud security products.
• Strong technical specialization in System, Solution and Performance datapath testing of Network and Cloud Security, Secure Remote Access, SASE, Unified Access Gateway and Network Interception Products.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, Unix and Cloud Native Distributed, Scalable systems.
• 4+ Years of experience as Lead Senior Software Engineer 2 at Citrix Inc., Bangalore, working on NetScaler ADC, NetScaler Gateway, XenMobile and Remote access products.
• 2 Years of experience as Senior QA Software Engineer at Narus Networks (Acquired by Boeing), working on Narus Insight, Interception and Internet Surveillance products.
• 5 Years of experience as Senior Software Engineer at Novell Inc., Bangalore, working on Novell Security & Identity Management Products.
• Lead QA Engineer for VPN Clients - iOS (PerApp & System wide VPN – In collaboration with Apple Inc.), Android, Linux and NetScaler Gateway server features.
• Lead QA Engineer for the SSL VPN product of Novell Access Manager, Novell Border Manager products.

2.5 Years of experience as Co-founder and Lead Engineer at Sigzen Technologies, Orchestrated the establishment and expansion of QA and Infrastructure teams, scaling the collective size to 15 engineers.

Led a team of 10 engineers, steering test automation development and QA efforts across multiple phases, delivered 20+ releases across client's 2 products.

Led another team of 5 professionals, overseeing delivery of Cloud Infrastructure consulting services.

Built two teams from scratch: QA and Infrastructure Engineering.
Effectively allocated and managed all engineering resources, distributed workloads based on skill sets & strengths of individual members, delivery priorities and timelines.

Conducted regular one-on-one meetings, performance evaluations, and professional development sessions to ensure the continuous growth and engagement of team members.

Cloud Infrastructure Services: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Network Security Tools

Part of the Cloud Startup team managing end to end testing efforts of K8s based distributed microservices Harmony Controller platform which provides management and analytics for A10's portfolio products.

4 Years of experience as Senior Staff QA Lead and Test Architect, Team lead of 6 Engineers working on Harmony Cloud Controller, Thunder ADC, Thunder Gateway products.

Led a team from its inception, with practical guidance, ensuring our performance & quality engineering endeavors run smoothly and productively.

Responsible for setting quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), reaching important milestones, and mapping out the team's path to success.

Prepared, Reviewed and Maintained QA Artifacts – Test Plan, Test Effort Estimation, Test Strategy, Test Cases, Test Results, Test Summary Report, Defect Report, Weekly Status Report, Traceability Matrix, RACI Matrix, Test Matrix and Release Notes.

Effectively communicated QA status across departments, highlighting issues or conflicts between teams to stakeholders and management.

Introduced loopback system to gather information about customer field bugs and adjust and improve test plans accordingly.

Products: Harmony Cloud Controller & Analytics, Thunder ADC, Thunder CGN, Thunder SSLi
Cloud Services: Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Elastic Search, Cassandra, AWS, Azure

Products: Citrix NetScaler ADC, Citrix NetScaler Gateway, Citrix XenMobile
Technologies: Network Security, Remote access, Mobility, Cloud and Virtualization, ADC, MDM

Products: Narus Insight, Interception and Internet Surveillance
Technologies: Network Security, Cyber Security, Interception and Surveillance

Products: Novell Access Manager, Novell Border Manager, Novell Identity Manager
Technologies: Network Security, Remote access, Endpoint Security, Load Balancer