Shivakumarswamy Hiremath has over 5 years of experience as a software test engineer with expertise in web services and network management system testing. He currently works as a senior software engineer at Novell where he is involved in various testing roles like writing use cases, designing test strategies, validating products, and automating tests using Python. Previously he worked at ASM Technologies testing a network management product called NetMRI where he developed test cases, performed manual and automation testing, and handled defect reproduction. He has knowledge of technologies like Java, Python, SNMP, and databases.