Environments Manager

Digi2al; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Digi2al in Portsmouth seeks an experienced Environments Manager to govern end-to-end software environments (Development, Testing, UAT, Staging, Production) and optimise cost, security and reliability across D2S, DNH, AHE(N) and Power Platform. You will enforce RBAC, ITIL practices and drive automation to streamline provisioning and CI/CD readiness.

Work with cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP), deliver executive dashboards, and lead cost governance.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in IT Environment Management, Release Management, or IT Operations within a software house, SaaS provider, or tech-driven organisation.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience implementing ITIL or similar frameworks, managing RBAC, and enforcing compliance in software environments.
• Solid understanding of cloud cost management, forecasting and budget optimization for infrastructure.
• Ability to analyze complex data to produce actionable Management Information and executive dashboards.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, capable of negotiating and communicating with technical engineers and senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Current State Assessment: Inventory of environments, owners, admins, support arrangements and lifecycle status.
• Define ownership, approval routes, accountability and decision-making processes for environment management.
• Review privileged access and ensure compliance with security and audit requirements.
• Establish ownership of environment costs, funding approvals and reporting.
• Introduce standard processes for environment creation, onboarding, change, support, review and decommissioning.
• Develop dashboards, KPIs and risk reporting for environment health, compliance and costs.
• Partner with teams to meet project requirements and avoid bottlenecks in CI/CD pipelines.
• Escalate outages or performance issues and conduct root-cause analysis.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code and self-service provisioning.
• Collaborate with cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP) and tooling vendors to optimise performance and licensing.

Skills

IT environment management

Release management

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP)

RBAC

ITIL

Cost management

Dashboards / MI

Stakeholder management

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

This Project drives the Royal Navy’s capability by delivering digital solutions that increase operational efficiency, effectiveness, and availability. Operating across Official and Secret domains, from shore to sea.

Data & Navy Applications (DNA) provides end-to-end support for bespoke and procured applications.

Environments Manager

We are seeking an experienced Environments Manager to oversee, govern, and optimize our end-to-end software environments (Development, Testing, UAT, Staging, and Production). In this role, you will act as the central point of contact for all environment-related initiatives, ensuring our engineering teams have reliable, secure, and cost-effective environments to build and deploy exceptional software.

The position requires a platform and technology agnostic approach, encompassing governance and support across all DNA development environments; including D2S, DNH, AHE(N), and Power Platform, as well as any future platforms established within the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Current State Assessment - Create a complete inventory of environments, owners, administrators, support arrangements and lifecycle status.
• Define clear ownership, approval routes, accountability and decision-making processes for environment management.
• Review privileged access, implement role-based permissions and ensure compliance with security and audit requirements.
• Establish ownership of environment costs, funding approval processes and ongoing financial reporting.
• Introduce standard processes for environment creation, onboarding, change, support, review and decommissioning.
• Develop dashboards, KPIs and risk reporting to provide visibility of environment health, compliance and costs.

• Partner with other teams to ensure environments meet project requirements and are delivered on time without bottlenecking the CI/CD pipeline.
• Act as an escalation point for environment-related outages or performance degradation, coordinating rapid resolution and conducting root-cause analysis.
• Champion automation (e.g. Infrastructure as Code) and self-service capabilities to streamline environment provisioning and reduce manual toil.
• Work closely with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and third-party tooling vendors to optimise performance and licensing.

Must haves:

• Proven track record in IT Environment Management, Release Management, or IT Operations within a software house, SaaS provider, or technology-driven organization.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience implementing ITIL or similar frameworks, managing RBAC (Role-Based Access Control), and enforcing compliance in software environments.
• Solid understanding of cloud cost management, forecasting, and budget optimization for infrastructure.
• Ability to analyze complex data to produce actionable Management Information and executive dashboards.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, capable of negotiating and communicating clearly with both highly technical engineers and senior business leaders.

Nice to haves:

• Experience in MOD or defence
  

Start date: ASAP

IR35: Outside IR35

Location: Portsmouth

Contract length: Until Mar 2027 (with possible extension)

Minimum security level: SC

Nationality specification : Sole British Citizen (due to Client security requirement)

Number of days on site: 2-3 days p/w on site, with flex if needed