IT Environments Manager

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

Job summary

A global financial services organization is seeking an IT Environments Manager to lead technical environment management. The role entails ensuring the reliability and security of development and production environments, requiring extensive experience in IT and strong leadership skills. Ideal candidates will have hands-on expertise with cloud services and automation tools, coupled with excellent problem-solving capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in IT environments, systems administration, or DevOps.
• At least 2 years in a leadership or managerial role.
• Hands-on experience with cloud services and infrastructure automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee technical environments including development and production.
• Ensure optimal setup, configuration, maintenance, and security of IT systems.
• Lead incident management and capacity planning efforts.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Virtualisation technologies

Network management

Scripting

Automation

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

5-7 years in IT environments or DevOps

Leadership/managerial experience (2+ years)

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

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).