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Rahul Bahal

@rahulbahal

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I build device and network software for UXI sensors, IPsec, and high-performance networking platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for opportunities to solve challenging systems and networking problems, contribute across product development, and keep expanding my learning through hands-on projects.

I'm building device software for Aruba’s UXI sensor group. Previously at Arista Networks, I designed Priority Flow Control for Jericho2 hardware and developed IPsec support on Broadcom chips, including Linux kernel networking driver support between the control and data planes.

I've also tested TCP/IP networking in Akamai’s kernel group, automated release management with containerized Kubernetes scripts, and built cloud and systems projects using AWS, EC2, IPsec, and StrongSwan. I enjoy tackling technically difficult problems across the full product-development lifecycle while continuing to learn through projects.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

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Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company

Sep 2019 - Present (7 years)

Working on the UXI sensor as a member of the Device Software Engineering group.

Software Engineer

Arista Networks

Jun 2016 - Aug 2019 (3 years 2 months)

• Worked on the design and architecture to implement PFC on the next generation hardware platform.
• Developed multiple features for IPsec project in order to support IPsec connections using Broadcom chips.
• Prototyped the initial approach which was useful in determining the challenges, key areas and course of action for implementing the IPsec project.
• Implemented the linux kernel networking d

Master's Assistant - Computer Systems(CS 5600)

Northeastern University

Jan 2016 - May 2016 (4 months)

• Graded assignments for undergraduate and graduate level students.
• Provided focussed constructive feedback to the students.

Intern: Systems Software Engineer in Platform Infrastructure (Kernel Group)

Akamai Technologies

Jun 2015 - Aug 2015 (2 months)

• Developed Packetdrill scripts to test the TCP Network stack and in-house functionalities on Akamai kernel.

• Prototyped and compared applications developed using Django and Flask web frameworks to be used for internal team project

Associate Software Engineer

Compro Technologies

Jul 2013 - May 2014 (10 months)

• Developed automation scripts for testing a responsive design application with multiple programs to reduce the manual effort.

• Implemented custom framework and test suite in Java using JUnit4 and Selenium WebDriver-RC.

• Measured and analyzed performance results for different architectures used for a critical component in the application.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

The Linux Foundation

LFD430: Developing Linux Device Drivers

Issued May 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HPE Patent 2024

Issued Sep 2024

The Linux Foundation

LFD450: Embedded Linux Development

Issued Jun 2023

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HPE Patent 2023

Issued Mar 2023

Northeastern University

Master’s Degree, Computer Science

2014 - 2016

• Maser's Assistant for Graduate level Computer Systems course CS5600.
• Concentration in Computer Systems. Related Courses: Computer Systems(Graduate level), Special Topics in Systems(Cloud Computing) and Network Security.

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science and Engineering

2009 - 2013

• Computer Architecture and Organization
• Object Oriented Programming
• Database Management Systems
• Compiler Construction
• Operating Systems
• Computer Networks
• Artificial Intelligence
• Software Testing