About

Somesh Kumar is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 9 years of relevant experience. He is currently working at Commvault, where he has been instrumental in developing software solutions that meet the needs of the company's clients. Somesh has worked with a number of other companies in the past, including Rackware and NetApp, where he held the positions of Software Developer and MTS, respectively. Somesh has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Bangalore Institute of Technology, where he honed his skills in software engineering, Python, C, testing, CI/CD, QA, and integration. He is a proactive problem solver who is always looking for ways to improve product quality and enhance user experience. During his time at NetApp, Somesh worked on several notable projects, including the NDMP Snapshot Management Extension for Cluster-mode ONTAP. This extension allowed users to manage their snapshots using the NDMP protocol and included features such as creating, deleting, and recovering from snapshots. He also worked on the Developers Initiative to Improve Quality (Long Hammer), which aimed to improve the quality of the company's products by finding bugs, writing automata machines to test state transitions, and improving test code coverage. Somesh has a passion for innovation and has filed a patent application for his work on Data Backup with Rolling Baselines. This new method of backing up data reduces the restore window for multilevel backups and provides data protection admins with the option to tune backup and restore windows according to their requirements. Overall, Somesh is a highly skilled and experienced software engineer who is committed to creating innovative solutions that meet the needs of his clients. His expertise in software engineering, Python, C, testing, CI/CD, QA, and integration make him a valuable asset to any team.