Release Engineer Resume Profile
QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS
Software engineer with 15 years experience in install, release, and networking support for product development including team leadership, project management, and customer service support. Proven expertise in taking custom integrated solution ideas thru all phases of the software lifecycle model for design, development, and delivery resulting in high quality, value-add products for both external and internal customers. Hands-on experience automating release/build scripts, setting up configuration environments, designing control strategies, and testing/installing operating platforms.
CAREER ADVANCEMENT
Confidential
Build and Release Engineer
- On-site engineer for Fifth Third Bank managing off-shore build and release development team to integrate consumer feature requests and product enhancements into portfolio of financial software and hardware configuration environment set-up.
- Initiated SLA site level agreement between customer and off-shore team to establish criteria / response time for issue resolution, ensure clear communication methods, and define role responsibilities.
- Hands-on technical lead for IBM MDM software project developing ANT, Pearl, ClearCase, and UNIX shell scripts for automating build process and managing release project schedule.
- Utilized ITIL release configuration and service management framework to implement standard environment configuration structure development, test, stage, load, and production with capability to tailor to multiple internal client set-up requirements.
- Re-designed and automated monthly metric data scorecard tracking and data analysis using VBA scripts interacting with multiple databases to create simplified visible charts for data reporting to customer company management.
- Authored technical documentation for installation guides, software README instructions, and build automation procedures.
- Improved utilization of Rational BuildForge functionality by leveraging RTC for enhanced team collaboration and deployment for quality testing.
Confidential
Programming Project Manager
- Primary Duties and Responsibilities with CARLTON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION dba Carlton Scale :
- Managed software application and release team to develop integrated solutions for scale industry and control project schedules.
- Provided full service customer software solutions quotation, design, architecture, installation, validation, training, remote/on-site support
- Leveraged standardization tools to drive development efficiency including use case test scenarios, automated test scripting in virtual environment and with integrated hardware systems, and feature/defect tracking systems using Bugzilla/CVS.
- Reapplied DCUT and FVT/SVT for application development life cycle to streamline code design and testing process using agile software development methodology.
- Created custom Commence scripts using Perl and JavaScript enhancing sales force productivity and customer information collation.
- Enhanced marketing brand image through website creation/product brochures and personnel efficiency through internal IT support accounting software, computers, and server maintenance .
Confidential
Software Development Manager/Engineer
- Primary Duties and Responsibilities with IBM:
- Delivered high quality product solutions on-schedule by leading development/release teams, delegating project tasks, setting resource priorities, establishing clear deadlines, and tracking team deliverables.
- Creation of automated build and BVT Build Verification Testing scripts releasing successful builds to test team.
- Drove collaboration within technical development teams to improve ease of use, integration and consistency across Rational ClearQuest Eclipse and Web-based client products using web services, SOAP and Java Spring framework.
- Partnered with in-house and offshore system architects, testers, sales, and code developers to define customer/business requirements and interdependencies of the installation, software product, and hardware.
- Developed InstallShield configuration, build, and release management projects with creating custom scripts using ANT, Perl, and Unix shell scripting for daily and nightly builds.
- Created Java SDK software development toolkit to share and reuse common functional code for multi-platform projects.
- Managed schedules, budgets, and customer requirements for release planning and product development teams to implement versions of software with new technologies to reduce development and service costs.
- Enhanced future code quality by contributing to cross-functional workgroup responsible for writing/editing design requirement documents and use cases for Out-Of-Box Experience OOBE scenarios.
- ect/Visual Studio, Eclipse, Hosted Terminal Emulation, Rational, Desktop Web applications, Source Code Management Systems Bugzilla, CVS, SVN, CMVC
