IT Environments Manager

JR United Kingdom; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services organization is seeking a permanent IT Environments Manager based in Norwich. The role entails overseeing technical environments, ensuring their optimal configuration and security. Successful candidates will have significant experience in IT management, particularly with cloud services and infrastructure automation, ensuring effective collaboration across technical teams.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years' experience in IT environments management.
• 2 years of leadership or managerial experience required.
• Experience with complex IT environments and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee technical environments for optimal performance.
• Ensure security and reliability in production and development environments.
• Handle incident management and problem resolution.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Virtualisation technologies

Network management

Problem-solving

Automation

Scripting

Cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Containerization

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

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).