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Khaing April

Greater Cincinnati Area

Summary

Senior Release Engineer / DevOps professional with extensive experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and managing enterprise-scale production releases across distributed environments supporting dozens of applications. Expertise in Jenkins and Octopus Deploy for multi-environment deployments across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and Linux/Unix platforms. Skilled in build engineering, release automation, and deployment troubleshooting to improve reliability and reduce manual operational overhead. Proven track record of delivering stable, high-availability production systems through automation, configuration management, and disciplined release processes.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Release Manager/DevOps Engineer

One Inc
Folsom
11.2024 - Current

• Manage end-to-end release deployments across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and Octopus Deploy for multiple payment platforms.

• Plan release timelines, coordinate go/no-go meetings, validate deployment readiness, and lead UAT, go-live, and post-release checks across environments.

• Implement and manage platform configuration deployments, including Azure infrastructure updates, IIS configuration changes, and ProcessOne/PortalOne service releases.

• Deploy and validate Kubernetes-based application components, ensuring service availability and consistency across environments and clusters.

• Troubleshoot build failures, configuration issues, and deployment errors using ElasticSearch, Sentry, and log analysis, improving release stability and reducing recurring incidents.

• Execute secure tokenization and client migration workflows using Postman and PDM tools, identifying defects and ensuring successful production onboarding.

• Perform database deployments, system decommissioning, and change management activities while maintaining PCI-compliant release standards.

• Maintain environment configurations, application dependencies, service accounts, certificates/domains, and platform dependencies to ensure secure and consistent deployments.

• Support UAT validation and execute production go-live activities, collaborating with Dev, QA, and Operations teams to deliver reliable, low-risk releases.

Configuration & Release Engineer/ DevOps

AT&T/DIRECTV
El Segundo
09.2016 - 11.2024

• Designed and automated CI/CD build, test, and deployment pipelines for interactive TV, mobile, and web applications using Jenkins, Git/Bitbucket, Docker, and Python/Bash.
• Built and optimized multi-environment CI/CD pipelines (Dev/QA/Staging/Prod), reducing deployment cycle time and improving
release consistency and production stability.
• Managed Java/J2EE application deployments across multiple environments, implementing versioning strategies, branching models,
MOPs, rollback procedures, and detailed release documentation to ensure controlled production releases.
• Executed full release lifecycle activities including deployment planning, risk assessment, release validation, production execution,
and post-deployment verification.
• Migrated source repositories and CI/CD pipelines from SVN to Git/Bitbucket, strengthening automation reliability and modernizing
version control practices.
• Diagnosed and resolved build, deployment, and environment-related issues across cloud and on-prem infrastructure, performing
root cause analysis to prevent recurring failures.
• Supported multi-application production releases in collaboration with Dev, QA, and Operations teams, ensuring deployment accuracy and consistent release execution.
• Provisioned and maintained VM environments, performing infrastructure tuning and configuration to support release readiness and platform stability.

Software Engineer

Journal Technologies
Los Angeles
04.2016 - 09.2016

• Developed and customized Java/J2EE applications for government case management platforms supporting judicial and administrative workflows. • Built data conversion interfaces, REST/SOAP services, and UI components using Java, JSP, Velocity, Spring, Hibernate, and SQL.

• Performed testing, debugging, and client-facing issue resolution across multiple environments to ensure application functionality
and deployment readiness.

Configuration & Release Manager

DIRECTV
El Segundo
03.2014 - 03.2016

• Managed release pipelines for interactive TV Sports and mobile testing platforms, coordinating build automation, deployments,
and version control across multiple environments.
• Led multi-environment application releases using Jenkins, Maven, Ant, and Linux shell scripting to support continuous integration
and controlled deployment workflows.
• Implemented and maintained branching and versioning strategies to support parallel development, testing, and production release
cycles.
• Automated build and deployment tasks using shell scripting, reducing manual release steps and improving release consistency.

• Coordinated cross-team release readiness, deployment execution, and go-live validation with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure successful production rollouts.

Software Developer

Enjitsu
Florence
05.2012 - 03.2014

• Developed full-stack Java/J2EE web applications using Spring, Hibernate, JSP, JavaScript, and MySQL to support enterprise
business workflows.
• Built and packaged application artifacts using Maven and deployed services to Apache Tomcat across development and testing environments.
• Designed and integrated database queries and persistence layers using Hibernate and MySQL to support application functionality
and data processing.
• Performed production support, debugging, and defect analysis, troubleshooting application issues and implementing fixes to maintain system stability.

Education

Master of Science - Business Informatics

Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of Computer Studies, Yangon
Yangon, Myanmar

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science (Honors)

University of Computer Studies, Yangon
Yangon, Myanmar

Skills

Release Engineering & DevOps:
CI/CD Pipeline Design, Release Automation, Deployment Orchestration, Build Engineering, Production Deployments, Release Lifecycle
Management, Environment Stability, Risk Mitigation, Production Support
CI/CD & Build Tools:
Jenkins, Octopus Deploy, GitLab CI/CD, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, TeamCity, Maven, Ant, NPM
Cloud Platforms:
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Containers & Orchestration:
Docker, Kubernetes (Deployments, Configurations)
Programming & Scripting:
Java/J2EE, JavaScript, SQL, Python, Bash, PowerShell
Version Control & Repositories:
Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, GitHub, SVN, Nexus
Monitoring & Troubleshooting:
ElasticSearch, Kibana, Sentry, Log Analysis, Deployment Diagnostics
Operating Systems:
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOS
Collaboration & Agile Tools:
Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, Agile/Scrum

Timeline

Release Manager/DevOps Engineer

One Inc
11.2024 - Current

Configuration & Release Engineer/ DevOps

AT&T/DIRECTV
09.2016 - 11.2024

Software Engineer

Journal Technologies
04.2016 - 09.2016

Configuration & Release Manager

DIRECTV
03.2014 - 03.2016

Software Developer

Enjitsu
05.2012 - 03.2014

Master of Science - Business Informatics

Northern Kentucky University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Northern Kentucky University

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of Computer Studies, Yangon

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science (Honors)

University of Computer Studies, Yangon
Khaing April