Sam Ho
About Sam Ho
Sam Ho is a Senior QA Engineer at Arista Networks, with extensive experience in quality assurance roles at various technology companies.
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Sam Ho serves as a Senior QA Engineer at Arista Networks. He has held this position since 2018, contributing his expertise in Quality Assurance from the company's Santa Clara office.
Work Experience at Arista Networks
Since 2018, Sam Ho has played a pivotal role at Arista Networks in platform bring-up test efforts for Sand platform Jericho/Jericho2-based switches. His responsibilities include feature testing on vital Network Visibility and security features such as tap aggregation, Sflow, Port mirroring, GREENSPAN, and Security ACLs. He conducts thorough RFC2544 and RFC2889 tests to evaluate new switches' throughput, latency, and Mac-learning rate. Additionally, he leverages Ixia tools for simulating PTP Grand Master and PTP clients during platform-dependent feature tests.
Previous Roles and Experience
Before his tenure at Arista Networks, Sam Ho amassed significant QA experience at multiple tech companies. From 2016 to 2018, he was a Senior QA Engineer at Gigamon in Santa Clara. Prior to that, he contributed to Cisco SAVBU as a Senior Software QA from 2012 to 2016 in San Jose. He held the same role at Juniper Networks from 2007 to 2012 and at WatchGuard Technologies from 2003 to 2007. Each role helped solidify his expertise in QA processes and methodologies.
Education and Expertise
Sam Ho holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University, where he studied from 1989 to 1993. His academic background laid a strong foundation for his extensive career in Quality Assurance within the tech industry.
Key Responsibilities and Skills
In his current role at Arista Networks, Sam Ho designs test methodologies and drafts comprehensive feature test plans. He executes these test cases through the product release cycle and collaborates closely with the support team to replicate customer-reported issues in-house. His detailed-oriented approach ensures thorough and accurate testing of networking features, solidifying the quality and reliability of Arista's products.