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Samuel Maina

@samuelmaina1

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Release Manager and Sr. DevOps Engineer with 6+ years experience.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning, where I can leverage my DevOps expertise to drive impactful projects.

I am a Release Manager and Sr. DevOps Engineer with over 6 years of experience in designing, developing, implementing, and deploying enterprise applications. My expertise lies in combining backend software development with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud services. I have successfully managed release workflows for applications serving over 150 banking clients across multiple regions, ensuring efficient stakeholder management and compliance.

Throughout my career, I have led automation initiatives that significantly improved CI/CD workflows, reducing deployment times and errors. My passion for learning and adapting to new technologies has allowed me to specialize in sectors such as healthcare, finance, and logistics. I am committed to driving innovation and efficiency in every project I undertake.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Release Manager

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Network International

Sep 2023 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Managed release workflows for applications serving over 150 banking clients across multiple regions. Responsible for release planning, stakeholder management, and enhancing CI/CD automation processes, achieving over 90% compliance scores.

Release Management CI CD Stakeholder Management Automation Azure Bamboo Bitbucket Docker Kubernetes Jenkins

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Teaching Fellow (Adjunct)

Current

Strathmore University

Nov 2019 - Present (5 years 7 months)

Prepared students for software engineering careers through programming principles and participated in curriculum reviews and digital learning strategy development.

Teaching Curriculum Development Software Engineering Data Structures API Design Artificial Intelligence Mathematics

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Palladium Group (Americas Partnership)

Dec 2023 - Oct 2023 (-1 years 10 months)

Converted core applications into Docker apps, applied CI/CD pipelines across multiple repositories, and led automation initiatives to enhance workflows, significantly reducing deployment time and errors.

Docker CI CD Automation Infrastructure as Code Azure DevOps Jenkins GitHub Actions Agile Microservices

Applications Developer

Kenya Revenue Authority

Jul 2021 - Jul 2023 (2 years)

Led the development of automation for tax exemption processing, significantly reducing lead time. Developed modules for automated waiver processing and provided software fixes for system bugs.

Software Development Automation ITax Integration Java C++

Product Software Engineer (SRE)

CISI Kenya Ltd.

Nov 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 1 month)

Migrated on-premise services to Azure Cloud, implemented orchestration for AKS clusters, and ensured system availability through VM scale sets and replication for disaster recovery.