Avinash Kumar
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic Lead Release Engineer at Société Generale with a proven track record in software release management and Agile project execution. Expert in continuous integration and effective stakeholder communication, I successfully optimized release frequency and enhanced team collaboration, driving timely delivery of high-quality software solutions. Passionate about delivering results and fostering innovation.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Release Engineer
Société Generale
04.2021 - Current
- Collaborated with product owners, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to plan and execute sprint goals, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives
- Established and managed a release calendar, optimizing release frequency while mitigating risks and ensuring quality standards
- Drafted CMRM guidelines to ensure clean code is delivered to production
- Coordinated across teams to resolve dependencies and address roadblocks, ensuring timely delivery of products and features
- Facilitated Agile ceremonies, enabling cross-functional teams to deliver on sprint goals with improved velocity
- Spearheaded the release planning and deployment of large-scale software updates, ensuring compliance with quality and IT standards
- Collaborated with Product Owners to prioritize and refine the backlog, aligning deliverables with business objectives
- Delivered regular progress updates to executives, maintaining transparency and alignment on timelines and deliverables
- Manage software vulnerability, patch management, and migration activities
- Lead post-release retrospectives to gather feedback and improve future release processes
- Lead a team of 5-7 professional software developers and business analysts
Senior Associate Consultant
Infosys
10.2020 - 04.2021
- Experience in handling and managing change and release management for clients in the healthcare sector
- Lead a team of three professional software developers
- Developed and maintained release documentation, including release notes, deployment plans, and configuration management details
- Identified and led the resolution of blockers during release cycles, ensuring on-time delivery of releases with no critical defects
Senior Software Engineer-Release coordinator
Temenos
12.2018 - 09.2020
- Managed the scheduling, coordination, and execution of software releases across multiple environments
- Developed a standardized release management framework, enhancing predictability and reducing errors
- Partnered with QA and development teams to enforce rigorous testing protocols and defect management strategies
- Ensured compliance with IT governance and audit requirements during release cycles
System Engineer
CGI
06.2016 - 12.2018
- Worked in a multi-client system to keep the system up & running
- Collaborated with the L2 and L3 teams to resolve critical production issues
- Worked on Incident, problem & change management
- Coordinated with various team by opening bridges and helped resolve issues within the SLA
- Prepared the issue document tracker
Build and Release
Edfo Global
12.2014 - 05.2016
- Worked with build management tools & ITIL process
- Performed health checks of the server and application using monitoring tools
- Provided 24/7 production support and development environments, effectively communicating requirements to team members and managing applications
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering
UPTU
Uttar Pradesh05-2014
Skills
- Continuous integration expertise
- Software release management
- ITIL process implementation
- Agile project management
- Change management implementation
- Comprehensive deployment coordination
- Quality control
- Team management
- Effective stakeholder communication
- Effective documentation management
- Collaboration in DevOps
Accomplishments
- Received the Corona Award as the best emerging team at CGI for Quarter 4, 2017
- Awarded Employee of the Quarter twice for outstanding release management, and received Spot Awards at SocGen for cost-saving initiatives, disaster recovery, and JFrog migration coordination across BUs
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars.
Certification
- RHCE and RHCSA certifications
Timeline
Lead Release Engineer
Société Generale
04.2021 - Current
Senior Associate Consultant
Infosys
10.2020 - 04.2021
Senior Software Engineer-Release coordinator
Temenos
12.2018 - 09.2020
System Engineer
CGI
06.2016 - 12.2018
Build and Release
Edfo Global
12.2014 - 05.2016
B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering
UPTU
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