IT Environments Manager

JR United Kingdom; Swindon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services organisation seeks an IT Environments Manager in Swindon. The role involves overseeing technical environments, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security through effective management and leadership. Candidates should have extensive experience in IT administration, cloud services, and automation tools.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in IT environments or DevOps, with 2 years in a leadership role.
• Hands-on with cloud services and infrastructure automation tools.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Bash, Python, PowerShell).

Responsibilities

• Manage setup, configuration, maintenance, and security of IT systems.
• Lead incident management and problem resolution.
• Oversee capacity planning and stakeholder collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Deployment & Automation

Performance & Scalability

Security & Compliance

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

Incident Management

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

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Client:

JSS Search

Location:

swindon, wiltshire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

06.06.2025

Expiry Date:

21.07.2025

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Job Description:

IT Environments Manager

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).