Summary
Udaya S is an Engineering Manager and QA Automation architect with 17 years of experience in networking and automation, currently leading a 20-person multi-site team at Extreme Networks. He combines hands-on software development in Python and Go with system-level test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and microservice orchestration to deliver large-scale datacenter and campus product automation. Udaya has driven cross-functional initiatives from prototyping to production—designing Tenant Service automation for Extreme Fabric Automation and reducing regression cycles by ~40% through smarter, health-driven testing. He is experienced with CLI/REST/NetConf integrations across multi-vendor gear (Extreme, Brocade, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent) and has practical exposure to Docker/Kubernetes and pipeline-as-code practices. Known for mentoring teams and running workshops, he balances technical leadership with day-to-day delivery ownership across global teams. An uncommon strength is his blend of deep test-infrastructure engineering and product delivery experience, enabling both fast iteration and reliable releases.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science at Anna University Chennai
English, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada