Serge Konevsky

Experience

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  Digital Equipment Corporation

  Jan 1995 - Dec 1996

  Software QA Engineer

  • Developed and tested Factory Installed Software on Digital HiNote Ultra and HiNote VP Laptops in Novell 3.12 environment• Tested device drivers for PNP and registry addresses using PCMCIA cards and Port Replicators• Developed Test Plans and used Visual Test for testing applications which automatically diagnosed and troubleshot PCMCIA Card configuration problems, resolved resource conflicts, received notification of PCMCIA Card activities and launched applications upon card insertion in Windows NT/95 (LAN, Fax/Modem, SCSI, ATA, SRAM, Flash, ISDN PCMCIA cards) Show less

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  Comverse (formerly Boston Technology)

  Dec 1996 - Sept 1998

  Senior Software QA Engineer

  • Developed test design specs and test cases for testing telephony voice/fax products for worldwide telecommunication service providers• Performed functional, negative, and regression testing for the call processing applications and platforms in UNIX and Windows NT• Configured and tested Live Upgrade of Access NP Services Platform under Conference load simulated on Ameritech call generator• Developed test plans and tested NTT Japan, Deutsche Telecom and Telecom Asia ISUP country variants with MGTS• Tested applications for NMS voice messaging hardware porting based on Component Object Model using Distributed Test Studio in Windows NT environment• Evaluated test results, investigated and diagnosed sources of problems, reported bugs to development and status to management• Participated in test case reviews, made recommendations for making each test case independent and repeatable Show less

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  Lucent Technologies (formerly Stratus Computer & Ascend Communications)

  Sept 1998 - Nov 2002

  Senior Software QA Engineer

  • Developed and executed acceptance, integration, functional and regression test plans on Lucent SoftSwich (LSS) • Provisioned and tested LSS VoIP capability via MAX TNT media gateway• Provisioned and tested LSS PSTN to H.323 capabilities with Microsoft NetMeeting as an end point and between two H.323 end points• Provisioned and tested LSS PSTN to SIP and SIP to SIP capabilities by using Pingtel and 3COM SIP phones• Tested samples of Call Forwarding and Call Transfer applications on Java-based Full Circle API open development platform • Developed test plan and tested port of HP SS7 stack (OpenCall) on Distributed Network Control Platform (DNCP)• Based on test requirements ordered and configured MGTS for multiple countries variants ISUP testing• Developed test plans and tested NTT Japan ISUP, China ISUP and France Telecom SSURN ISUP on Lucent Signaling and Intelligent Network Applications Platform (SINAP) with MGTS, Inet and OTPTS protocol simulators• Developed test plan and tested SSUTR2 France Telecom TUP variant on SINAP with DataKinetics protocol converter and Triton MT protocol simulator• Developed test plan and executed the MGTS suite of Q.781 (MTP-2) tests on newly implemented telecommunication cards/firmware - U412 (V.35) and U420 (T1/E1)• Developed test plans and ran performance tests on Lucent SoftSwitch with Inet and Internet Call Diversion (ICD) for France Telecom with OTPTS• Developed test plan and tested SS7 SNMP application with the EMANATE (Enhanced MANagement Agent Through Extensions) Run-time Extensible Agent System Show less

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  Cisco Systems (formerly Summa Four, Inc.)

  Feb 2003 - Dec 2003

  Senior Software QA Engineer/Consultant

  • Developed test plan and tested multiple countries Tone Plans on VCO/4K programmable switch • Configured switch and tested Live Upgrade of VCO/4K under Conference and Call Transfer loads that were simulated on Ameritech call generator• Performed full regression testing on VCO/4K and analyzed the results• Based on test requirements ordered, configured MGTS and executed multiple countries variants ISUP testing

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  Comverse

  Dec 2003 - Jul 2004

  Senior Software QA Engineer/Consultant

  • Developed functional test plans for Real-Time Billing System (RTBS) which enables service providers to manage prepaid subscriber accounts in wireless networks• Provisioned and tested systems Billing Model (.Net front- and Oracle 9i back ends), Class of Services (COS), Prepaid Calling and Recharge Cards Generator• Monitored and analyzed systems generated Call Detail Records (CDR)

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  TeleCommunication Systems

  Aug 2004 - May 2005

  Senior Software QA Engineer/Consultant

  • Developed and executed acceptance, functional, integration and regression test plans for the E9-1-1 VoIP and wireless location services• Tested SIP redirect server for the E9-1-1 call routing functionality using SIPp testing tool and Ethereal Network Protocol Analyzer• Developed XML scripts (Java back-end) and tested implementation of the Wireless Emergency Services Protocol E2/E2+ • Tested subscriber provisioning in MySQL and TimesTen databases

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  Brix Networks (presently EXFO)

  May 2005 - Dec 2005

  Senior Interoperability Test Engineer/Consultant

  • Developed test plans and tested interoperability of BrixWorx – the VoIP performance management and service assurance solutions with the equipment from major NEM • Jointly with the Cisco and Siemens personnel in Herndon, VA and Boca Raton, FL executed BrixWorx/BTS 10200 and BrixWorx/SURPASS HiQ 8000 interoperability testing of the NCS loopback which makes it possible for a cable operator to proactively monitor end-to-end VoIP performance and provide near-real-time notification of customer-visible outages and impairments• Executed SIP, MGCP and NCS (using VOCAL Call Agent) interoperability tests with the Acme Packet session border controller• Executed SIP and H.323 interoperability tests with the NET.COM intelligent gateway and session border controller SHOUT 900• Executed MGCP interoperability tests with the ShoreTel softswitch• Executed H.323 interoperability tests with the Polycom video conferencing system Show less

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  Empirix, Inc.

  Dec 2005 - Mar 2007

  Senior Application Engineer

  • Developed test plans and tested IMS SIP UE on Hammer FX-IP feature testing platform with IMS P-CSCF and S-CSCF released on Hammer DEX device emulator• Participated in the first two IMS Plugfest events at UNH-IOL in Durham, NH where tested interoperability with major NEM of IMS SIP UE call/session generation and P-CSCF and HSS device emulations in a variety of different topologies • Jointly with the Sonus and Motorola professional services executed interoperability testing of IMS SIP UE with P-CSCF and S-CSCF deployed on Sonus’s IMS-compliant GSX Open Services Switch and HSS device emulation with P-I-S-CSCF deployed on Motorola’s IMS Convergence Ecosystem• Developed Q.931 State Machine as part of the Hammer DEX SIGTRAN (IUA/Q.931/MGCP) complex device emulation solution• Developed test plan and test State Machine for M3UA device emulator as part of the M3UA/ISUP Hammer DEX SIGTRAN solution• Participated in SIP-T State Machine design document development and review Show less

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  NetHawk Corporation (presently EXFO)

  Mar 2007 - Aug 2008

  Sales Engineer

  • Supported pre- and post-sales efforts for the VoIP/IMS/SS7/SIGTRAN traffic simulator EAST (Environment for Automated Systems Testing); participated in the VON (Voice Over Network) trade shows• Provided demonstrations and assisted prospective customers with the product evaluations while participating in on-site trials and remotely via WebEx • Evaluated potential customers technical requirements and assisted Eastern Regional Sales Manager in identifying system enhancements to meet those requirements and developing the proposals• Based on the customer’s specification modified standard LTE (Long Term Evolution) 3GPP ASN1.PER and Binary message libraries Show less

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  IBM (formerly Guardium, Inc.)

  Sept 2008 - now

  Technical Services Engineer

  • Providing customer support of a real-time database security system designed to monitor the entire corporate DBMS infrastructure (Oracle, Sybase, Informix, DB2, MySQL, MS SQL Server) in compliance with SOX, PCI, SAS 70 regulations and deployed on “real” and virtual Linux servers • Assisting customers and channel partners in making vulnerability assessments by scanning the database infrastructure for vulnerabilities and evaluating database and data security health with real time and historical measurements• Helping setting up monitoring (security exceptions, DDL, DML and DCL commands) and auditing (data access, policy violations, alerts generation) of all user activities Show less