Environment Lead

KJR; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 156,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

KJR is seeking an Environment Lead in Brisbane to own environment readiness across multiple applications. You will coordinate provisioning, configuration and availability to support migration, testing and deployment activities within a structured governance framework.

You will manage dependencies, risks and issues while coordinating vendors, technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure environments are fit for purpose. Strong communication and proactive ownership are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Environment Lead, Environment Manager or similar.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex environments across multiple enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, application hosting and environment management practices.
• Experience supporting application migration, testing and deployment.
• Strong environment planning and coordination capability.
• Experience managing technical dependencies, risks and issues.
• Proven ability to coordinate vendors, technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Experience working within structured project governance frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proactive, self-driven and comfortable taking ownership of environment delivery.
• Experience within a complex enterprise or healthcare environment would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate environment readiness across multiple applications and project workstreams.
• Ensure environments are provisioned, configured and available to support migration, testing and deployment activities.
• Develop and coordinate environment schedules and readiness milestones.
• Identify and manage environment dependencies, risks, constraints and issues.
• Coordinate activities across infrastructure, application, vendor and project teams.
• Work closely with testing and data migration teams to ensure environments are fit for purpose.
• Proactively identify potential environment conflicts or delays and drive resolution.
• Manage competing environment requirements across multiple workstreams.
• Support delivery within established project governance frameworks.
• Provide clear environment status and readiness updates to project stakeholders.

Skills

Environment leadership

Stakeholder management

Vendor coordination

Planning & scheduling

Issue/risk management

Governance experience

Communication skills

Ownership & proactivity

Job description

Environment Lead

Location: Brisbane

Duration: Approx. 4 months, through to end of January 2027

The Environment Lead will take ownership of environment readiness activities across multiple applications, working closely with vendors, project teams, business stakeholders, testing teams, data migration teams and technical resources.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate environment readiness across multiple applications and project workstreams
• Ensure environments are appropriately provisioned, configured and available to support migration, testing and deployment activities
• Develop and coordinate environment schedules and readiness milestones
• Identify and manage environment dependencies, risks, constraints and issues
• Coordinate activities across infrastructure, application, vendor and project teams
• Work closely with testing and data migration teams to ensure environments are fit for purpose
• Proactively identify potential environment conflicts or delays and drive resolution
• Manage competing environment requirements across multiple workstreams
• Support delivery within established project governance frameworks
• Provide clear environment status and readiness updates to project stakeholders

Key Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as an Environment Lead, Environment Manager or similar
• Demonstrated experience managing complex environments across multiple enterprise applications
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, application hosting and environment management practices
• Experience supporting application migration, testing and deployment
• Strong environment planning and coordination capability
• Experience managing technical dependencies, risks and issues
• Proven ability to coordinate vendors, technical teams and business stakeholders
• Experience working within structured project governance frameworks
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Proactive, self-driven and comfortable taking ownership of environment delivery
• Experience within a complex enterprise or healthcare environment would be advantageous

If you’re an experienced Environment Lead who enjoys taking ownership of complex environments and coordinating multiple technical workstreams, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join KJR?

At KJR, we help organisations deliver quality technology solutions through testing, quality engineering, data, AI, and advisory services. You will join a collaborative team that values curiosity, continuous learning, and delivering meaningful outcomes for our clients.

Who Are We?

We kicked off in a Gold Coast garage back in 1997, and today KJR has grown into a national technology consultancy with offices across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, and the Gold Coast.

For almost three decades, we’ve helped organisations deliver better outcomes through quality engineering, software testing, AI, data, and technology advisory services. We work with industries that matter — Government, Defence, Healthcare, Transport, Utilities, Financial Services, and more.

Our people — The Collective — are at the heart of everything we do. We invest heavily in career growth, leadership development, learning opportunities, recognition programs, and our annual Co-op Conference on the Gold Coast (which is every bit as fun as it sounds).

We’re proud to be:

• A winner of the AIIA Diversity & Inclusion Award
• Recognised as a Great Place to Work® Certified™ workplace
• Named one of Australia’s Best Workplaces™ in Technology
• Champions of diversity, inclusion, and gender equality
• Passionate about using technology to create positive social and community impact.

At KJR, we believe technology should make the world better — whether that’s improving healthcare outcomes, enhancing public services, protecting communities, and helping organisations innovate with confidence.

Want to know more about us?

Visit KJR Website: https://kjr.com.au