SUMMARY:

• Ability to manage SCM processes which include compiling, packaging, deploying and application configurations.
• Skilled at Software Development Life Cycles and Agile Programming Methodologies.
• Extensively worked with source controller tools like SVN (Subversion), GIT and CA Harvest.
• Good exposure in administering version control systems to create daily backups and checkpoint files.
• Experience with build tools like Apache Ant and Apache Maven for writing build.xml and pom.xml respectively.
• Expertise in using build tools like MAVEN and ANT for the building of deployable artifacts such as war & ear from source code.
• Extensively worked on Jenkins, Puppet and Build Forge for continuous integration and for End to End automation for all build and deployments.
• Efficient experience in using Nexus and Artifactory Repository managers for Maven builds.
• Expert in deploying the code through web application servers like Web Sphere/Web Logic/ Apache Tomcat/JBOSS.
• Implemented Shell and Perl scripts for release and build automation. Manipulated and automated scripts to suit the requirements.
• Managed environments DEV, QA, CI, UAT and PROD for various releases and designed instance strategies.
• Responsible for building and releasing packages for different testing Environments.
• Integrated the Code Quality Analysis Tools like FindBugs and Cobertura in ANT Projects.
• Closely worked with Developers and Analysts to address project requirements. Able to effectively manage time and prioritize multiple projects.
• Strong ability to troubleshoot any issues generated while building, deploying and in production support.
• Good Interpersonal Skills, team - working attitude, takes initiatives and very proactive in solving problems and providing best solutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, HTML, XML, Shell, Perl.

Operating Systems: Windows 8/7/Vista/XP/2003/2000/NT/98/95, Sun Solaris 2.x, HP-Unix, RHEL.

Databases: Oracle 11g/10g/9i/8i, MYSQL, SQL Server 2008.

Build Tools: ANT, MAVEN.

CI Tools: Jenkins, Puppet Build Forge.

Application Servers: Apache Tomcat, Web Logic, Web Sphere

Version Control System: Subversion (SVN), GIT, CA Harvest.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, CA

Release Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed and supported the Software Release Management and procedures.
• Performed all necessary day-to-day GIT support for different projects.
• Responsible for design and maintenance of the GIT repositories and the access control strategies.
• Created the branches in GIT to implement the parallel development process.
• Merged release branches to the trunk after the production release and resolved the conflicts rose during the merge in GIT.
• Used GIT for branching and merging.
• Worked with the Architects on SDLC process being the owner of post development environments.
• Coordinating the resources by working closely with Project Manager’s for the release and Project Manager for all the Operational Projects.
• Carried Deployments and builds on various environments using continuous integration tool.
• Developed and implemented the software release management for the release of web applications.
• Wrote MAVEN Scripts to automate the build process.
• Implemented Configuration Management, Change Management policies and procedures.
• Worked as a system administrator for the build and deployments process on the enterprise server.
• Documented project’s software release management procedures with input decisions.
• Developed, maintained, and distributed release notes for each scheduled release.
• Installed and Configured Hudson for Continuous Integration.
• Configured Puppet to perform automated Deployments.
• Expert in User Management and Plugin Management for Puppet.
• Build, configured and support Application team environments.
• Deployed the applications to Tomcat Application Server and static content to apache web servers.
• Established processes and tools to maintain code base integrity, including check-in validation rules and branch/merge processes.

Environment: GIT, Maven, Puppet, Hudson, Tomcat, Perl, Shell Script, Oracle.

Confidential, CA

Build & Release Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibilities include Build and Deployment of the java applications into different environments like Dev, INT, QA and PROD.
• Installed Jenkins on a Linux machine and created a master and slave configuration to implement multiple parallel builds based on polling the GIT source control system.
• Created Ant, Perl & UNIX scripts for build activities in QA, Staging and Production environments.
• Worked on the transition project that involved migration activities to Maven 2 from Ant to standardize the build across all the applications.
• Used Nexus tool to manage the repository in Maven and used the same to share the snapshots and releases of internal projects.
• Created the branches in SVN to implement the parallel development process.
• Proposed branching strategies and implemented it.
• Managed Users and Groups in SVN and troubleshoot client spec issues and user issues.
• The deployment and server bounce process is automated by creating the scripts using Weblogic Scripting Tool(WLST)
• The build artifacts like wars and ears are deployed into a Weblogic app server by integrating the WLST scripts to Shell Scripts
• Maintained all the Linux environments for deployments.
• Directed the Release Management Calls to synchronize with the Developers, Testers and DBA teams for successful Release.
• Presented reports to the Project manager about the progress and issues tracking key project Milestones, plans and resources.

Environment: SVN, Maven, Jenkins, JIRA, Shell, Perl, WebLogic, Nexus.

Confidential, CA

Build & Release Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the release cycle of the product, which involves environments like Development, QA, UAT and Production.
• Used Harvest for the purpose of Software Configuration management and maintaining the versions.
• Perform biweekly build cycle and testing processes.
• Used ANT Scripts to automate the build process.
• Developed UNIX and Perl Scripts for the purpose of manual deployment of the code to the different environments and E-mail the team when the build is completed.
• Managed and performed the environment related configuration changes as a part of deployment.
• Coordinated Release effort amongst various teams (Integration, QA, Testing, and Business Analysis) in geographically separated environment.
• Export/Import Informatica objects such as mappings, sessions and workflows between repositories.
• Served as a partial administrator for UNIX machines.
• Attended the Minor/Major Event change control meetings to get necessary approvals for the deployment request.
• Used Perl/Shell to automate build and deployment Process.
• Coordinated with developers, Business Analyst and Mangers to make sure that code is deployed in the Production environment.
• Executed the DB Scripts (DML), which has dependencies on the code on Oracle DB.
• Documented the deployment process (Migration Doc) of code to production.
• Used Remedy as deployment issue tracking tool.

Environment: Harvest, Hudson, ANT, Shell Scripts, XML, UNIX, Business Objects, and Oracle.