Pooja Deshpande
Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Cisco
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPooja Deshpande is a software test engineer with nine years of experience specializing in network-aware QA, automation, and network performance tooling. She combines hands-on Python development in Linux with deep testing expertise from roles at Microsoft, Affirmed Networks, and Accenture, where she automated regression suites and led test planning within Agile releases. Her background in telecommunications (MS TSM) and CCNA training informs practical knowledge of routing, switching, and NFV performance KPIs, which she used to build a Python tool that halved manual validation time. At Microsoft she has contributed to Azure DevOps-related repositories, improving pipeline tasks and deployment security—showing comfort across CI/CD and DevOps workflows. Pooja is looking for roles in network automation, software QA, or virtualization that leverage her cross-disciplinary mix of networking, scripting, and test engineering. She’s notable for translating network telemetry into actionable test artifacts and measurable process improvements.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree Electronics & Telecommunication, Engineer’s Degree Electronics & Telecommunication at K. J. Somaiya Institute of TechnologyMaster’s Degree Telecommunications Systems Management, Master’s Degree Telecommunications Systems Management at Northeastern University
English, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, German
Github Skills (23)
javascript10
testing10
cicd10
azure-pipelines10
nodejs10
expressjs9
mongodb-database9
mongodb9
powershell9
automations8
automation8
yaml8
azure-devops8
container8
azure-devops-server8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/devops-project-samples
Oct 2018 - May 2019
Sample applications for Azure DevOps Project
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:75 commits, 45 PRs, 67 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Pooja significantly contributed to the project by developing and modifying applications related to Azure DevOps Project. They worked on both the front-end and back-end aspects, as evidenced by changes to CSS files, database operations, and application configurations. Their work included creating and refining both express.js and plain js applications, and implementing containerized scenarios with CosmosDB, demonstrating proficiency in multiple technologies and architectural patterns. They also focused on bug fixes, testing, and debugging.
azure-devops
microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks
Jan 2017 - Nov 2020
Tasks for Azure Pipelines
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:9 reviews, 176 commits, 140 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Pooja primarily focused on modifying and testing Azure Pipelines tasks, as evidenced by changes to test files and build configurations. Their contributions included fixing bugs, updating test scenarios, and adapting the tasks for various deployment scenarios, including those involving deployment groups and service endpoints. The user also made adjustments to address issues related to deployment prerequisites and the handling of service principal authentication. Furthermore, the user worked on improving the tasks by adding support for running agent services, adapting code for the integration of user credentials and enhancing security.
azure-pipelines
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