SAMUEL MEKA
Info Tech Analyst | Release Engineer
Guntur
Summary
Looking for a challenging position in a progressive and growth-oriented organization where I can effectively utilize my technical skills, contribute to organizational success, and continuously enhance my professional expertise.
IT Professional with around 4 years of experience, including 2 years as a Middleware Administrator and 2 years as a Release Engineer in Production environments.
As a Release Engineer, I have hands-on experience in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, source code management using Git and GitHub, build automation with Maven, application containerization using Docker, and deployment orchestration with Kubernetes. Experienced in automating build and deployment processes, release planning, version management, deployment validation, rollback strategies, and supporting application releases across Development, QA, UAT, and Production environments. Good understanding of Agile methodologies, release management processes, and DevOps best practices with a focus on delivering reliable and high-quality software releases.
As a Middleware Administrator, I have hands-on experience in the installation, configuration, deployment, administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic, and JBoss/WildFly Application Servers on Linux and Unix platforms. Experienced in SSL certificate configuration, server patching, upgrades, performance monitoring, log analysis, incident resolution, and ensuring high availability of production environments while adhering to SLA commitments. Provided 24x7 production support, participated in on-call rotations, and coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve critical production issues.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Release Engineer
NTT Data
Hyderbad
06.2024 - Current
- Developed and maintained release plans for software deployment processes.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline release workflows.
- Implemented version control strategies to enhance code integrity and consistency.
- Established automated build and deployment pipelines using industry-standard tools.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams during product launches to ensure seamless integration between development, QA, and operations.
- Performed root cause analysis on failed deployments to identify areas of improvement in the release process and prevent future issues.
- Execute code integration and maintenance activities, CI/CIT/CID integration, and automation.
Worked in container-based technologies, like Docker and Kubernetes. - Used Ansible and Ansible Tower as configuration management tools to automate repetitive tasks, quickly deploy critical applications, and proactively manage change.
Used Ansible Playbooks to set up a Continuous Delivery Pipeline. Deployed microservices, including provisioning AWS environments using Ansible playbooks.
Middleware Admin
NTT Data
Hyderbad
05.2022 - 05.2024
- Hands-on experience with installation, configuration, and upgradations on Apache, Tomcat, and JBoss.
- Experience in renewing SSL certificates.
- Practical knowledge of Linux operating systems and administration of middleware technologies like Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, and WebLogic.
- Having good knowledge of the ServiceNow ticketing tool.
- Update and resolve the tickets on a priority basis in the Incident Management tool as per the guidelines.
- Experience in remediating the vulnerabilities.
- Fixing the disk space issues in the Linux environment as per the requirement.
- Having good knowledge in change management tools.
- Good experience in working on day-to-day patching activities (start/stop services).
- Experience in creating single and multiple instances in Apache and Tomcat servers.
- Installed and configured Tomcat in a Linux environment.
- Experience in implementing the end-to-end SSL configurations, certificate storing, and keystore management.
- Good experience in installation, managing, and troubleshooting Apache, Tomcat, and WebLogic servers.
- Prepare a Knowledge Base document of any new issues for further use.
- Following the SLA for any issues in the environment. Responding to the tickets and debugging according to the SLA.
- Disabling middleware services as per the requirement.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING
Loyola Institute of Technology And Management College
01-2021
Intermediate - MPC
Sri Chaitanya College
01-2017
SSC - SSC
St Joseph’s High School
01-2015
Skills
Ticketing Tool: ServiceNow
,Web Servers: Apache
,Application Servers: Apache Tomcat, Jboss, WebLogic
,Jenkins automation
,GitHub version control
,Kubernetes orchestration
,Docker containerization
,Continuous integration and deployment
,AWS cloud services
Accomplishments
- Secured second position in Power Point Presentation on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE held in 3rd Year Engineering.
- Attended Workshop on DESIGN THINKING conducted by University Innovation Fellows of D. HASSO PLATTNER institute of Design and Stanford on collaboration with JNTUK.
- Attended online webinar on DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING organized by APSSDC.
Languages
Languages Known: English, Telugu and Hindi
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that above furnished information is true to the best of my knowledge. Date: 2026-07-16 Place: GUNTUR
Projects
Title: “Cyber Threat Detection based on Artificial Neural”, Duration: 6 Months, Description: The main theme behind this project is to detect Cyber Threats. Achieved high accuracy in detecting and classifying cyber threats, helping improve network security and reduce false-positive alerts.
Timeline
Release Engineer
NTT Data
06.2024 - Current
Middleware Admin
NTT Data
05.2022 - 05.2024
Bachelor of Engineering - COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING
Loyola Institute of Technology And Management College
Intermediate - MPC
Sri Chaitanya College
SSC - SSC
St Joseph’s High School