
Timeline
About me
NetAutomation Specialist at Cisco | Distinguished Speaker (Cisco Live) | Automation | Python | M.Tech. in IT at IIIT Bangalore
Education

Jaipur engineering college & research center,jaipur
2011 - 2015Bachelor of technology (btech) electronics and communication engineering
Jayshree periwal international school - india
2002 - 2011High school diploma
International institute of information technology bangalore
2017 - 2019Master of technology - mtech information technology
Experience

Techienest
Aug 2013 - Sept 2013Embedded systems intern
Bhel
May 2014 - Jul 2014Summer internComputer Numerical Control Machines

Cisco
Jan 2019 - now• Automated testing of features and protocols in network, using Python and Robot Framework. Aggressive automation on IOS-XR routers leading to 200 hours of time saved in regression cycle, achieving $24M product sale mark for Cisco.• End-to-end Automated Integration testing of a very complex network design web tool incorporating network features such as SDA and SDWAN and JSON API response validation (Python, Selenium Library and Jinja 2).• Introduced Master Automation Plan in the team as Automation Lead to develop scripts around common use cases to be leveraged by teams across the organization.• Worked on developing/extending Robot and Python keywords for IP feature testing (eg traffic generator functionalities).• Working on automating the Openshift deployment on Cisco UCS M5 servers using Ansible and Terraform.• Delivered multiple trainings on using Python and ROBOT Automation (specially for Networks) and using Selenium for Web UI Automated Testing Show less
Network Automation Engineer
Aug 2019 - nowNetwork Security Intern
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
Licenses & Certifications

Cisco certified devnet associate
CiscoJun 2020
Cisco certified networking professional -enterprise
CiscoOct 2020
Business english certificate, vantage
University of cambridgeNov 2014
Cisco certified network associate routing and switching (ccna)
CiscoFeb 2019
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Nehal SharmaCisco Live Distinguished Speaker Cisco Dec 2022 Distinguished Speaker Award for receiving attendee evaluations in the top 10% of all speakers at Cisco Live 2022, Melbourne
- Awarded to Nehal SharmaExcellence for best Team Impact Award Senior Manager - Solution Validation Services Nov 2021
- Awarded to Nehal SharmaRISING STAR Award Senior Manager - Solution Validation Services (Bangalore) Jun 2021
- Awarded to Nehal SharmaContribution In Innovation/Initiative in Team/Central level Award Senior Manager - Solution Validation Service (Bangalore) 2019
- Awarded to Nehal Sharma3rd position in zonal round of Indo-US Robo League - May 2012
- Awarded to Nehal SharmaKalpana Chawla Award - Jun 2010 For excellence in academics
Volunteer Experience
Teacher
Issued by eVidyaloka Trust on Jan 2019
Associated with Nehal SharmaCoordinator
Issued by Jaipur Technical fest & Expo on Nov 2014
Associated with Nehal Sharma
Languages
- enEnglish
- frFrench
- hiHindi
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