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Souhail Bouaita

@souhailbouaita

Lead Release Manager at Direct Assurance who automated Git merge and freeze operations, saving an estimated 48 hours per affected cycle.

France

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At Direct Assurance, I coordinate release delivery across Data, AI, Mobile and Telephony, aligning 15 teams on milestones, dependencies and readiness. I designed a pipeline that automates merge and freeze operations across Git repositories, with an estimated saving of about 48 hours per affected cycle.

Previously, at Talentsoft, I built a Groovy and Jenkins pipeline suite for a Git monorepo and strengthened release controls through quality gates and automated tests. Across roles at Cegid, LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics and ENGIE, I’ve worked on release governance, CI/CD adoption and delivery practices for distributed teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Release Manager

Current

Direct Assurance

Jul 2022 - Present (4 years 4 months)

Managed release and delivery across Data, AI, Mobile, and Telephony, coordinating 15 teams and distributed teams across France, Poland, and Morocco. Industrialized release operations with Azure DevOps and PowerShell, and designed a pipeline automating merge and freeze operations across Git repositories.

Azure DevOps Git PowerShell CI CD Scrum Confluence

Release Manager

Cegid

Mar 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 4 months)

Led release management transformation across a heterogeneous application portfolio, standardizing delivery with distributed teams in France and Romania. Adopted CI/CD and Continuous Delivery practices with shared milestones and consolidated delivery visibility.

Azure DevOps Git .NET Jenkins PowerShell CI CD

Release Manager

LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics

Dec 2019 - Feb 2021 (1 year 2 months)

Designed and managed release management for a business-critical international e-commerce platform, orchestrating weekly production releases across 17 countries. Managed release readiness, risks, and coordination across product, QA, content, security, and operations teams.

Salesforce Commerce Cloud Headless Commerce CI CD Jira Git

Release Manager

Talentsoft

Oct 2017 - Aug 2019 (1 year 10 months)

Structured and standardized release processes, implementing a stable shared release calendar and coordinating weekly across product, development, QA, support, and operations. Built a Groovy/Jenkins pipeline suite from scratch on a Git monorepo, improving quality and performance.

Groovy Jenkins Git CI CD Quality Gates Selenium

DevOps & ALM Consultant

ENGIE

Jul 2016 - Jun 2017 (11 months)

Led a cross-functional transformation to standardize ALM, CI/CD, and Continuous Delivery practices within an IT organization. Assessed delivery practices, defined a convergence roadmap, standardized Git workflows, and implemented CI/CD pipelines.

Git VSTS Azure DevOps SonarQube Artifactory CI CD

DevOps & ALM Consultant

Société Générale CIB

Nov 2013 - Jun 2016 (2 years 7 months)

Provided ALM governance, automation, CI/CD, and Agile/DevOps adoption across a cross-functional IT department with distributed teams in France and India. Managed TFS governance, automated build and deployment pipelines, and integrated TeamCity, XL Deploy, and Puppet.

TFS TeamCity

XL Deploy

Puppet CI CD Agile

Software Engineer

Enablon

Feb 2008 - Nov 2013 (5 years 9 months)

Worked as a full-stack software engineer within an international ESG/GRC software vendor, developing and maintaining high-value regulatory management and reporting modules. Redesigned the financial simulation layer and improved performance and user experience.

.NET SQL Server JavaScript XSLT