IT Environments Manager

JR United Kingdom; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services organization is looking for an IT Environments Manager to oversee their technical environments. This permanent position involves ensuring the optimal setup, maintenance, and security of development and production environments, allowing for reliable and scalable IT infrastructures. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in IT environments and a proven leadership track record, with hands-on knowledge of cloud services and automation tools.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in IT environments, systems administration, or DevOps, including 2 years in leadership.
• Experience managing complex IT environments.
• Hands-on experience with cloud services and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure optimal setup, configuration, maintenance, and security of IT environments.
• Lead incident management and problem resolution.
• Manage assigned risks and issues.

Skills

IT infrastructure

virtualisation technologies

network management

scripting and automation

containerisation

security best practices

problem-solving

strong communication skills

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Prometheus

Nagios

Datadog

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).