IT Environments Manager

JR United Kingdom; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services organisation is seeking a permanent IT Environments Manager based in Manchester. This role involves overseeing the optimal configuration, maintenance, and security of technical environments, ensuring scalability and reliability. With responsibilities including leadership, deployment automation, and stakeholder collaboration, successful candidates should possess extensive experience in IT environments and management.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in IT environments, with 2 years in a managerial role.
• Experience managing complex IT environments.
• Hands-on experience with cloud services and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure optimal setup and security of development and production environments.
• Lead and manage technical teams and projects.
• Oversee incident management and capacity planning.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Network management

Virtualisation technologies

Scripting

Automation

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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IT infrastructure, virtualisation technologies, and network management.

Hybrid - Manchester 3 days

Permanent

Our client, a global financial services organisation, is seeking a permanent IT Environments Manager to oversee and manage their technical environments.

The Environments Manager role will ensure optimal setup, configuration, maintenance, and security of both the development and production environments, ensuring that IT systems and infrastructures are reliable, scalable, and secure.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership
• Deployment & Automation:
• Performance & Scalability:
• Security & Compliance:
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:
• Documentation & Reporting:
• Incident Management & Problem Resolution:
• Capacity Planning:
• Escalate issues as appropriate.
• Manage assigned risks and issues.
• Adhere to change, project, and analysis standards

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Experience:

• At least 5-7 years of experience in IT environments, systems administration, or DevOps, with at least 2 years in a leadership or managerial role.
• Experience managing complex IT environments, including development, testing, staging, and production setups.
• Hands-on experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Experience with containerisation (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architectures is a plus.

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure, virtualisation technologies, and network management.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Bash, Python, PowerShell).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Experience with environment monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Nagios, Datadog).
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance standards in IT environments.
• Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).