Environments Manager

Summary

Join Version 1 as an Environments Manager and oversee the setup, maintenance, and governance of test environments across multiple projects. You will develop processes to track environments, create short-term plans for delivery, and coordinate release engineers for automation. Responsibilities include monitoring uptime, providing support, communicating availability, developing KPIs, resolving conflicts, and identifying areas for automation. You will work with project teams on estimates and forecast environment requirements. Version 1 offers a comprehensive benefits package prioritizing wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in environment management, DevOps, or infrastructure roles
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Puppet)
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and deployment tools (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple environments and priorities

Responsibilities

• Develop process to track test environments required for QA
• Create short-term plans to deliver environments to support sprint-based development
• Coordinate activities of release engineers to automate the setup and configuration of test environments
• Monitor and guarantee uptime of test environments
• Provide ongoing support for test environments
• Communicate test environment availability to project management and quality assurance
• Develop KPIs to track efficacy of test environment delivery efforts
• Resolve conflicts between teams competing for limited testing resources
• Identify area for automation to make enable swift provisioning and deprovisioning of environments
• Work with Project teams to provide estimates for onboarding of new projects to test environments
• Forecast environment requirements based on anticipated future demand from multiple application development team

Benefits

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more
• Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes