Location
London, United Kingdom
Preferred Work Type
On Site
Experience
15+
Years
Y. Chen, a technical Release Manager/consultant in Release Management, transitioned from a developer background, possessing hands-on programming ability and analytical skills. Proficient in Database Management Systems (DBMS) and SQL, she possessed end-to-end experience covering all facets within the software release cycle. Her expertise extended to planning, estimating, development, Quality Assurance (QA), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), compliance, and delivery phases.SEquipped with excellent communication skills, Y. Chen adeptly communicated with individuals from technical, managerial, and commercial backgrounds.
Assessments & Skill Tests
Jenkins
Assess candidates' expertise in Jenkins, evaluating their ability to configure, automate, and optimize continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for efficient software development and deployment processes.
Score
85/100
Time Taken
90 Mins
Taken On
October, 2021
Communication
Evaluate candidates' communication skills, assessing their ability to articulate ideas clearly, listen actively, and convey information effectively in various formats, demonstrating proficiency in written and verbal communication.
Score
87/100
Time Taken
120 Mins
Taken On
March, 2022
Personality Test
S: Pleasantly calm and accommodating
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Taken On
May, 2023
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Experience
Technical Release Manager
Unilink
February 2023 - Present
- Acted as a release management consultant, observing gaps within the product delivery process and shaping the release process, being the first Release Manager the company ever had.
- Co-managed the delivery process with project managers for the U-Case/JustPrison system to the Norwegian government (Kriminalomsorgen) and the Belgian government (FPS Justice).
Release Manager - Director
IHS Markit
December 2019 - April 2022
- Organized and chaired twice-weekly release meetings, monitored and reviewed progress on major release items within ongoing release cycles, BAU items, release milestones, and critical/blocker issues.
- Maintained and updated release dashboards in JIRA.
- Managed planned deployments within six-weekly release cycles, including raising technical change requests for deployments, creating detailed technical deployment steps and release plans, standardizing deployment change templates with least manual input, getting change request approvals, coordinating deployment resources from various teams such as DBA, SysOps, AS, and QA.
- Represented the MarkitWire team in CAB meetings, monitored conflicts with other system changes, and led deployment implementations.
Release Manager
Reach plc
July 2015 - August 2017
- Coordinated release priorities and timelines with different product and project managers.
- Arranged and executed special emergency releases to fix urgent issues on production platforms.
- Monitored and supervised automated testing / manual functional testing and signed off releases.
- Managed development/Integration environments, including code deployment, database refreshing, and schedule planning.
- Provided first-line support for production issues and assisted with problem-solving and bug fixing.
- Kept up with and implemented the latest and appropriate technologies/tools to further shorten release cycles and improve efficiency.
Senior Developer
OpenBet
May 2010 - July 2014
- Provided release note documents including bug fixes descriptions, release instructions, risk impacts, and testing guidelines to customers.
- Created package upgrade releases for customers and supported them in deploying patches onto various environments (test/stage), including building/compiling applications and applying DB upgrade patches. Released about 5 patches per week to various customers.
- Provided project managers with effort estimates, conducted project risks analysis, and gathered project prerequisites and dependencies from a technical perspective.
- Supported production/live release, analyzed and responded to live deployment issues within the system outage window (normally in early mornings).
- Supported over 30 live releases, including patch releases, major package upgrade releases, and new product releases for SkyBet, Ladbrokes, PaddyPower, BlueSquare (Rank), etc.
Education
University of Glasgow
Master's degree, Computer Science ·
2006 - 2007
University of Westminster
Master's Degree, Translation and Interpreting
2018 - 2019
Beijing Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
2002 - 2006
Languages
EN
English
Full professional proficiency
ZH
Chinese
Native or bilingual proficiency
