Karim Saleh
Software Engineering Manager CU DU at Cyshield
Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Summary
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Top SchoolKarim Saleh is a seasoned software engineering manager with nearly two decades of telecom and R&D experience, currently leading development of 5G gNB CU/DU protocol stacks and engineering teams in Cairo. He combines deep hands-on expertise in test automation, CI/CD and DevOps—demonstrated at Cisco (contributions to the PyATS/Genie parsing ecosystem) and Dell—with proven people leadership, product ownership and delivery governance. Karim has a strong systems background from aerospace to mobile networks, enabling him to bridge low-level protocol implementation and high-level quality processes. He is comfortable triaging complex multi-vendor testbeds and translating those findings into robust automation and pipeline improvements. Known for building “win together” team cultures, he pairs technical rigor with coaching to grow teams and align engineering work to strategic outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of Education, Information Technology Project Management, Excellent, Diploma of Education, Information Technology Project Management, Excellent at RITIMaster of Engineering (MEng), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Distinction, Master of Engineering (MEng), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Distinction at Concordia UniversityBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Very Good, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Very Good at Cairo University
English, French, Arabic
Github Skills (3)
testcase10
test-automation10
python10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CiscoTestAutomation/genieparser
Apr 2017 - Oct 2020
sub-component of Genie that parse the device output into structured datastructure
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:8 reviews, 653 commits, 8 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Karim's contributions centered on developing parsers for IOSXE devices. They focused on creating parsers for network devices, and they included test cases to enhance the functionality of the parsing library. The user was primarily responsible for building and validating these parser implementations.
datastructurepythontest-automationtest-automation-frameworkstructured
CiscoTestAutomation/geniefiletransferutilslib
Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
Contributions:66 commits, 10 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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