Shubhojyoti Bhattacharya

Shubhojyoti Bhattacharya (Shubho) is a software professional with 15+ years of experience in Software Testing and Development. He is highly proficient in networking domain and has been involved with network protocols testing in leading organizations. Though he stumbled onto testing not by choice, he lives and breathes the software bugs. His testing mantra - "If there is a code, then there must be bugs". His testing experience spans across the entire breadth of SDLC process. This includes testing of individual features and bug fixes, ensuring proper integration of the entire system and being involved with the end user acceptance testing. He is currently involved in development and validation of a Continuous Test System within the organization and also partakes in developing an automation strategy of an in-house low cost traffic generator for testing.

Shubho has often been found lurking in the deep and dark corners of the software code, finding and removing the bugs hidden beneath. He has also been involved in blocking shipment of the software code by overrunning the hardware with ridiculous amount of traffic and breaking the system, resulting in better code and performance of the software.

Purely in terms of networking domain, key highlights of Shubho's expertise are:

-   Highly Proficient in Routing Protocols - BGP, OSPF and RIP.
-   Proficient in Multicast - PIM-SM, Bi-Directional PIM and IGMP Snooping. 
-   Good Knowledge of IGMP (v1/v2/v3), PIM-DM and ISIS.
-   Familiar with L2 protocols - STP, RSTP, MSTP, VLANs.
-   Expertise in Test Automation and scripting in Python and TCL.
-   Familiar with tools like Smartbits, Ixia (IxNetwork and IxOS) and Shenick diversify.
-   Work exposure on L3 Unicast Routing Protocol Conformance Tests with IxANVL. 

Shubho also dabbles with web development and visual design and he:

-   Is proficient in jQuery, Javascript, PHP and HTML/CSS.
-   Is proficient in Graphic Designing tools like Corel Paintshop Pro and Adobe Photoshop.
-   Enjoys working with WordPress.
-   Is a quick Learner and open to new features and ideas.