Nataraja Kota
About Nataraja Kota
Nataraja Kota is a Solution Test Engineer at Arista Networks with over 22 years of experience in routing and switching software development, testing, and automation.
Company
Nataraja Kota is currently employed at Arista Networks as a Solution Test Engineer. He has been with the company in this role since 2015, working in the Bengaluru Area, India.
Title
Nataraja Kota holds the position of Solution Test Engineer. In this capacity, he designs end-to-end system and solution test setups for enterprise and data center products featuring multiple Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies.
Education and Expertise
Nataraja Kota earned both his Master’s degree in Information Technology and his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics from Acharya Nagarjuna University. He possesses over 22 years of experience in routing and switching software development, testing, and automation. He has technical leadership skills in testing and automation of routers and switches, and is proficient in a variety of technologies including WAN (HDLC, Frame Relay, PPP, MLPPP, MLFR), Layer 2 (LACP, LLDP, PBB, VLANs, Ethernet OAM), Layer 3 (IPv4, IPv6, RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP), and Layer 4 to Layer 7 (TCP/IP, UDP, GRE). He is knowledgeable in voice technologies (SIP-ALG) and traffic engineering with a focus on QoS.
Background
Nataraja Kota's career spans several prominent organizations. He worked at Alcatel-Lucent as a Software Test Engineer from 2004 to 2015 in Los Angeles, US. Prior to that, he was with HCL Technologies as an MTS from 2002 to 2004, and spent 9 months at Dunti Technologies as a Software Engineer from 2001 to 2002. He began his professional journey as a Research Assistant at the Indian Institute of Science in 2000, located in Bengaluru, India.
Achievements
Nataraja Kota has developed robust expertise in network security technologies, including MACSec, uRPF, and VPNs. He is proficient in programming languages such as C, C++, and Python, and has extensive experience with automation and network testing tools including Qualisys, IxExplorer, and IxNetwork. His work history demonstrates a strong background in designing test setups that enhance the functionality and security of network systems.