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Location: UK - Hatfield, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Nottingham | Job-ID: 214114 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Information Technology

Life on the team

Role title: Test Environment Manager
Location:Hatfield, Nottingham or Milton Keynes (full time on site)
Duration:Permanent

Additional comments: You must either have, or willingness to undertake security clearance

Computacenter is looking for an experienced Test Environment Manager who will join our Test & Validation Management team supporting major customers. The role will be UK based to provide support to secure customers.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3-4 years’ experience in a similar role. You will be a key member of the team, responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of testing environments, ensuring they are readily available, configured correctly, and support the execution of all necessary testing activities across projects.

This role collaborates closely with development, test teams, and project stakeholders to guarantee the quality of product releases by providing stable and reliable testing environments. You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, work within an agile framework and have strong organisation and problem-solving skills, whilst also having the ability to assess and prioritise tasks without close supervision.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with stakeholders and internal teams to identify and provision necessary environment for testing.
• Manage the setup and configuration of test environments, ensuring proper replication of production environments where applicable.
• Implement environment provisioning tools and automation scripts to streamline the setup and maintenance process.
• Regularly monitor the health and performance of test environments, identifying and resolving any issues promptly.
• Perform environment refreshes and updates to reflect the latest software versions and configurations.
• Manage environment capacity and resource allocation to ensure efficient test execution across projects.
• Implement environment monitoring tools to track performance metrics and identify potential bottlenecks.
• Identify opportunities to automate test environment setup and maintenance processes.
• Evaluate and implement new technologies or tools to improve environment efficiency and performance.

What you’ll need to

• Work closely with Service Managers, Test Managers, Developers, Test Analysts, and other stakeholders to understand testing needs and coordinate environment access.
• Communicate environment availability, status updates, and any potential issues to relevant teams.
• Provide technical guidance on best practices for test environment management.
• Investigate and troubleshoot environment-related issues, coordinating with relevant teams to resolve problems quickly.
• Implement incident management processes to track and report on environment-related disruptions.
• Develop and maintain documentation for test environment standards and procedures.
• Working to SLAs and deadlines
• Prioritising and managing several tasks at a single time
• Establishing a good working relationship with wider teams and customers alike
• Document writing / process creation

Key Requirements

• Strong understanding of product development lifecycle and testing methodologies.
• Expertise in configuring and managing various operating systems, databases, and network environments.
• Experience with cloud-based platforms (AWS, Azure, VMware) for test environment provisioning.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python) for automation tasks.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and identify root causes.

About us

With over 20,000 employees across the globe, we work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology, and helping our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure in over 70 countries. We deliver digital technology to some of the world’s greatest organisations, driving digital transformation, enabling people and their business.