Environment Manager

Compunnel, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services provider is seeking an experienced Environment Manager in Atlanta, GA. The ideal candidate will manage non-production environments, ensuring stability, availability, and cost efficiency. Responsibilities include coordinating with technical teams, optimizing cloud costs, and overseeing environment operations. A strong background in AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines is required. This role offers competitive compensation and full-time benefits.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of experience in Environment, Release, or Platform Management with large-scale NPE coverage.
• Strong coordination experience across technical teams (DBA, Infra, Network, Security).
• Proven experience working with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipeline integration and automation.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the NPE calendar (test cycles, releases, refreshes, maintenance).
• Allocate and prioritize environments in collaboration with delivery teams.
• Monitor health, availability, and performance in partnership with SREs.

Skills

Coordination across technical teams

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud cost optimization/FinOps

Stakeholder management

Job description

Overview

The Environment Manager is responsible for planning, scheduling, lifecycle management, and cost optimization of all non-production environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Performance). Acting as a critical enabler for project and product delivery, this role ensures environments are stable, available, and cost-effective.

The Environment Manager coordinates across technical towers (DBAs, Infra, Security, Network, Application) and DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines, maintain smooth deployments, and manage environment operations.

This position also oversees environment sharing, conflict resolution, risk escalation, and cost optimization across cloud and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the NPE calendar (test cycles, releases, refreshes, maintenance).
• Allocate and prioritize environments in collaboration with delivery teams.
• Manage environment sharing, resolving contention across multiple teams.
• Identify risks early (conflicts, capacity, performance) and escalate as needed.

Technical & DevOps Coordination

• Act as the single coordination point with DBAs, Infra, Network, Security, and Application teams.
• Partner with DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines and align deployments with NPE governance.
• Ensure environments are provisioned, refreshed, and configured with required dependencies.

Operational Ownership

• Oversee environment builds, refreshes, patching, and upgrades.
• Monitor health, availability, and performance in partnership with SREs.
• Ensure compliance with audit, security, and data standards.

Cost & Optimization

• Own accountability for cloud and environment cost optimization.
• Track actual vs. estimated usage and right-size environments.
• Implement automation and governance to reduce idle spend.
• Partner with the NPE Intake Analyst for demand forecasting and request feasibility.
• Coordinate with the Change Manager to align changes with environment schedules and readiness.
• Work with the Incident & Request Manager to resolve systemic environment issues identified through RCAs.

Delivery & Governance Support

• Define activities, responsibilities, milestones, resources, and budgets to ensure cost/time alignment.
• Anticipate risks, develop contingency plans, and apply governance models.
• Track KPIs such as environment availability, defect leakage, and cost efficiency.
• Support software delivery methodologies and reusable best practices to improve delivery outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• 6–8 years of experience in Environment, Release, or Platform Management with large-scale NPE coverage.
• Strong coordination experience across technical teams (DBA, Infra, Network, Security).
• Proven experience working with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipeline integration and automation.
• Deep knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and environment orchestration.
• Hands-on experience managing shared environments and resolving contention.
• Strong understanding of cloud cost optimization/FinOps (AWS Cost Explorer, Kubecost, CloudHealth).
• Excellent stakeholder management, risk escalation, and communication skills.