Environments Manager: Cloud, Automation & Governance

ARM; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ARM is seeking an experienced Environments Manager to own governance, optimisation and management of software development environments across a complex digital estate. You will ensure secure, reliable, cost-effective environments across Development, Testing, UAT, Staging and Production to support high-quality software delivery.

The role requires strong stakeholder management, experience with cloud platforms, containerisation and ITIL governance, with a focus on automation and insightful

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT Environment Management, Release Management or IT Operations.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Experience with containerisation technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience implementing ITIL or similar operational frameworks.
• Strong understanding of RBAC, governance and compliance requirements.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure costs, forecasting and budget optimisation.
• Ability to produce meaningful management information, metrics and executive-level reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain an inventory of environments, owners, administrators, support arrangements and lifecycle status.
• Establish ownership, governance, approval processes and accountability across environments.
• Manage privileged access controls, role-based permissions and compliance requirements.
• Oversee environment costs, funding approvals and financial reporting.
• Implement standardised processes for provisioning, onboarding, change management, support and decommissioning.
• Develop dashboards, KPIs and reporting for visibility into performance, risks, compliance and costs.
• Collaborate with engineering and project teams to ensure environments support software delivery.
• Act as escalation point for incidents, outages and performance issues; drive root cause analysis.
• Champion automation, Infrastructure as Code and self-service capabilities.
• Work with cloud providers and vendors to optimise performance and licensing.

Skills

Environment management

Release management

IT operations

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

ITIL

RBAC/compliance

Cost forecasting

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

ARM is seeking an experienced Environments Manager to own governance, optimisation and management of software development environments across a complex digital estate. You will ensure secure, reliable, cost-effective environments across Development, Testing, UAT, Staging and Production to support high-quality software delivery.

The role requires strong stakeholder management, experience with cloud platforms, containerisation and ITIL governance, with a focus on automation and insightful