Josh Knight
Software Quality Assurance Engineer at NETSCOUT
Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Knight is a Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in functional and performance testing of anti-DDoS products and networked services, currently at NETSCOUT following Arbor Networks' acquisition. He brings a strong operational background from earlier roles in IT support, systems administration, and help desk leadership, giving him practical insight into real-world deployment and troubleshooting. Josh pairs hands-on testing discipline with security-minded contributions to open source—having fixed XSS vulnerabilities and parsing bugs in the forum software esoTalk—demonstrating attention to both reliability and secure input handling. Based in Michigan, he combines a formal background in computer network and system administration with a track record of improving product stability under load. Colleagues rely on him for clear documentation, reproducible test plans, and pragmatic fixes that bridge development and operations.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Network and System Administration, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Network and System Administration at Michigan Technological UniversitySchoolcraft College
English
Github Skills (6)
bbcode10
php10
html-sanitization10
xss10
forum10
security10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
esotalk/esoTalk
Nov 2014 - Aug 2015
Fat-free forum software.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 6 PRs, 4 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Josh primarily focused on improving the security and functionality of the forum software. They addressed multiple XSS vulnerabilities by sanitizing user inputs in key areas such as the member search functionality and BBCode parsing. In addition to security enhancements, the user corrected functional errors, including fixing an issue with date formatting and adjusting the BBCode parser to correctly handle whitespace. They also addressed configuration issues for new user email preferences.
mysqlfatphpforumflarum
jgknight/retro-aim-server
May 2024 - Mar 2025
Revive classic AOL Instant Messenger clients from the 2000s! https://discord.gg/2Xy4nF3Uh9
Contributions:1 PR, 65 pushes, 27 branches in 10 months
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