Environment Manager Non-Production Environments

Overview

On Site
$65
Full Time
Accepts corp to corp applications

Skills

Environment Management
Release Management
Kubernetes
Regulatory Compliance
Continuous Delivery
Collaboration

Job Details

Must Have Skills: Environment Management, Release Management, Platform Management, - Cost Optimization

Key Responsibilities

Environment Planning & Scheduling

  • Own the NPE calendar (test cycles, releases, refreshes, maintenance).
  • Partner with project/product delivery teams to allocate and prioritize environments.
  • Manage environment sharing and contention across multiple teams.
  • Highlight risks early (conflicts, capacity issues, performance impacts) and escalate as needed.

Technical & DevOps Coordination

  • Act as the single coordination point with DBAs, Infra, Network, Security, and Application teams for environment readiness.
  • Partner with DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines into environment usage and ensure test/dev deployments align with NPE governance.
  • Ensure environments are provisioned, refreshed, and configured with all dependencies in place.

Operational Ownership

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

Cost & Optimization

  • Accountable for cloud and environment cost optimization.
  • Track actual vs. estimated usage,
  • Right-size environments and reduce idle spend through automation and governance.

Collaboration & Governance

  • Partner with NPE Intake Analyst to validate demand forecasting and request feasibility.
  • Partner with Change Manager to ensure approved changes fit environment schedules and readiness.
  • Partner with Incident & Request Manager to address systemic environment issues identified via RCAs.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 6 8 years in Environment/Release/Platform Management with large-scale NPE coverage.
  • Strong experience coordinating across technical teams (DBA, Infra, Network, Security).
  • Proven track record 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.
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