Deidra Brown
Senior Release Specialist
Charlotte,NC
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Release Specialist
SiriusXM
Irving, Texas
01.2021 - 08.2024
- Manage day-to-day release deployment activities and issue resolution of software releases of web applications using Java, DB2, Oracle, and Siebel
- Lead Release Management Overview Sessions for SXM; accountable for Release Management communications during Production deployments, Driving Go-No Go decisions, and Issues Resolution
- Liaise between Release Engineer, Quality Assurance (QA), Dev Ops, NOC and Call Centers to effectively communicate and coordinate the software release process
- Design and implement tool to track and manage deployment activities for SIT, Pre- Prod and Production environments
- Improve communications by reducing unnecessary email by 30% while streamlining release process
- Establish monthly release due diligence process to apply lessons learned and enforce quality standards
- Handle concurrent demands with changing priorities in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Work with various stakeholders to manage the Integration Environments for endpoints, data, and infrastructure
- Manage Harness for automation
- Manage DevOps tools for CICD automation
Release Specialist
SiriusXM
Irving, Texas
06.2014 - 01.2021
- Organized and led release review meetings for all environments, facilitating weekly, RP and production deployments for all environments, preparing, maintaining, and distributing release artifacts, and monitoring and reporting the release quality
- Supported Project Manager as required
- Determined readiness of each release based on release criteria and drove security and compliance reviews and signoff required for release
- Worked directly with PMs, QA, Eng, database administrators, build engineers and other business stakeholders (onshore and offshore) to coordinate and provide technical assistance throughout release process
- Informed Senior Management via checkpoint and/or conference bridge/status reports
- Responded to demands for bug fixes and provided resolutions to ensure client satisfaction
- Supported project initiation and prioritization review process
- Regulated day-to-day release deployment activities and issue resolution of software releases of web applications using Java, DB2, Oracle, and Siebel
- Accountable for release management communications during production deployments, driving go/no-go decisions, and issue resolution
- Designed and implemented tool to track and manage deployment activities for SIT, pre-prod and production environments
- Improved communications by reducing extraneous email by 30% while streamlining the release process
CM Specialist Mid-Level
American Veteran Technologies
Columbia, Maryland
Configuration Management Administrator
Harris Technical Services
Falls Church, Virginia
Configuration Management Analyst I
(BAE Systems) Harris Technical Services
Falls Church, Virginia
Education
Certification - Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Badge #2008362Certification - CM II
Institute Configuration Management
Dept. Of InteriorCertification - PC Specialist
IT Technical Learning Center
Washington, DCBachelor's - Theology
Hope Bible Institute
Baton RougeMaster's - Biblical Counseling
Hope Bible Institute
Baton Rouge, LA 06.2024 - Current
Skills
- Release scheduling
- DevOps principles
- Version control
- Software release management
- Continuous deployment
- Continuous integration
- Inventory controls
- Prepare reports
- Multitasking Abilities
- Team building
- Quality Control Analysis
- Detail Oriented
- Computer Proficiency
- Critical Thinking
- Microsoft Excel
- Time management abilities
- Professionalism
- Reliability
- Scrum Master
- Project Management
- Quality Assurance
- Organizational Skills
- Continuous Improvement
- Release Retrospective
- Change Control
- Process Improvement
- Risk Management
- Agile Methodologies
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Change Management
- Operations Support
- Document Management
- Microsoft Office Suites
- Policies and Procedures
- Communication Skills
- Adaptability
- Software: Clear Case, Excel, Access, Publisher, Microsoft Word, Power Point
- Systems: JIRA, Footprints, Sharepoint, Confluence, Remedy
Summary
Experienced Senior Release Specialist with robust background in managing end-to-end software release process. Skilled in coordinating cross-functional teams and maintaining a focus on quality and reliability. Proven ability to manage multiple releases, collaborate with stakeholders and support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance overall release efficiency and product delivery.
Timeline
Master's - Biblical Counseling
Hope Bible Institute
06.2024 - Current
Senior Release Specialist
SiriusXM
01.2021 - 08.2024
Release Specialist
SiriusXM
06.2014 - 01.2021
CM Specialist Mid-Level
American Veteran Technologies
Configuration Management Administrator
Harris Technical Services
Configuration Management Analyst I
(BAE Systems) Harris Technical Services
Certification - Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Certification - CM II
Institute Configuration Management
Certification - PC Specialist
IT Technical Learning Center
Bachelor's - Theology
Hope Bible Institute
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