Sachin Sant
Test Architect at IBM
India
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolSachin Sant is a Test Architect with two decades of expertise in operating system software and over 14 years focused on Linux kernel development, reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS). Based in India and currently driving Linux on Power testing at IBM, he has led large, geographically distributed teams and excels in test planning, project management and complex kernel-level debugging. His deep technical breadth spans IBM Power and System z platforms, zVM and KVM virtualization, memory management, storage concepts and mainframe architecture. A pragmatic engineer, he combines hands-on C/C++ and Python development with automation using Robot and robust defect workflows in tools like Git and Bugzilla. Notably, his background includes both enterprise distribution kernel/application testing and hands-on RAS feature validation, making him adept at turning low-level kernel insights into production-grade test strategies.
9 years of coding experience
Diploma in Advanced Computing, A, Diploma in Advanced Computing, A at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC)Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics, First division, Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics, First division at Shri Ramdeobaba Kamla Nehru Engineering College(RKNEC)
English, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (42)
testing10
plugin10
openpower10
opal10
container-image10
boot10
libvirt9
python9
firmware9
virtualization8
test-runner6
linux6
powerpc6
test-framework6
kvm6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sacsant/op-test
Jun 2021 - Jun 2026
Testing Firmware for OpenPOWER systems
Contributions:78 pushes, 12 branches in 5 years
testingopenpowerfirmware
sacsant/ltp
Jun 2021 - Jun 2026
Linux Test Project http://linux-test-project.github.io/
Contributions:55 pushes, 6 branches in 5 years 1 month
linuxtest-project
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