SASIKUMAR VISWANATHAN
UK (Onsite Experience: 5+ Years)
Chennai, India
Summary
With over 13.10 years of industry experience, accomplished IT professional specializing in Release Management, Change Management, Environment Management, Deployment Management, and DevOps. Successfully led and managed critical IT processes in various key roles including Release Manager, Change Manager, Deployment Specialist, Configuration Controller, Incident Manager, and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for tools such as BMC Control-M, Bitbucket (Git), and PTC Integrity. In addition to expertise in these areas, also has over 3 years of hands-on experience as a System Administrator.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Release Manager
HCL Technologies
07.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Client: Utmost International - Southampton, England
- Leading Release Management for BAU & Enhancement projects
- Managed releases for Migration and Re-platform projects
- Developed comprehensive runbooks and conducted go-live walkthrough sessions
- Planned, scheduled, and coordinated end-to-end software releases, ensuring seamless deployment
- Collaborated with development, QA, and operations teams to align release processes with project timelines
- Oversaw release documentation, including release notes and deployment instructions
- Ensured smooth stakeholder communication and approval processes during release cycles
- Managed UAT and Staging deployments, obtained business sign-offs, and planned maintenance activities
- Client: Utmost International - Southampton, England
Change Manager
HCL Technologies
05.2021 - 06.2022
- Company Overview: Client: Quilter Financial Services - Southampton, England
- Conducted weekly CAB meetings and obtained approvals for changes
- Performed impact assessments and ensured stakeholder alignment before implementing changes
- Led change communication strategies to manage expectations and mitigate resistance
- Tracked KPIs and monitored progress to ensure timely execution of change initiatives
- Provided post-implementation support and managed risk mitigation strategies
- Client: Quilter Financial Services - Southampton, England
Release Manager
HCL Technologies
01.2017 - 04.2021
- Company Overview: Client: Quilter Financial Services - Southampton, England
- Managed releases for a platform migration project
- Conducted weekly release discussions and deployment tracking
- Ensured maintenance of Release and Deployment Management documentation
- Supervised UAT and pre-release testing to ensure compliance with functional requirements
- Controlled change processes to prevent deployment risks
- Oversaw 150+ non-production deployments and 50+ production releases annually
- Client: Quilter Financial Services - Southampton, England
Deployment Manager
HCL Technologies
10.2014 - 12.2016
- Company Overview: Client: Old Mutual Wealth - Southampton, England
- Served as Deployment Manager, Configuration Controller, and Defect Manager
- Ensured SLA-compliant deployments and optimized resource allocation
- Provided leadership and guidance to deployment teams
- Managed release artifacts in PTC and performed post-production merges
- Led non-production defect triaging and resolution
- Provided environment support and handled infrastructure-related defects
- Client: Old Mutual Wealth - Southampton, England
Software Engineer
Scorg International (HCL Technologies)
07.2014 - 10.2014
- Company Overview: Client: Old Mutual Wealth - Southampton, England
- Provided deployment support for technologies including TIBCO, BODS, Thunderhead, BaNCS, Product Express, and Oracle
- Conducted environment health checks and published detailed reports
- Client: Old Mutual Wealth - Southampton, England
System Administrator
HCL Infosystems Ltd
03.2011 - 07.2014
- Managed Active Directory, user creation, and security group administration
- Deployed OS images via SCCM and performed periodic patch management
- Conducted system testing and maintenance to prevent downtime
- Managed troubleshooting for workstations, servers, and laptops
- Updated and maintained Symantec Endpoint Protection Server and CA Total Defense
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
Annamalai University
Chidambaram 11.2004 - 05.2009
Skills
- Release Management
- Change Management
- Deployment Management
- ITIL v4 Foundation
- Stakeholder Management
- Incident Management
- Agile & Scrum Methodologies
- JIRA
- HP-ALM
- PTC Integrity
- ServiceNow
- DevOps
- Deployment automation
- CI/CD pipeline creation
- Jenkins
- Bitbucket
- Control-M
- DBAmp
- Oracle WebLogic
- Software Configuration Management
Certification
ITIL v4 Foundation, PeopleCert, 02/25
Timeline
Release Manager
HCL Technologies
07.2022 - Current
Change Manager
HCL Technologies
05.2021 - 06.2022
Release Manager
HCL Technologies
01.2017 - 04.2021
Deployment Manager
HCL Technologies
10.2014 - 12.2016
Software Engineer
Scorg International (HCL Technologies)
07.2014 - 10.2014
System Administrator
HCL Infosystems Ltd
03.2011 - 07.2014
Master of Science - Information Technology
Annamalai University
11.2004 - 05.2009
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