Architect- Test Environment Management Services

JD Summary

The TEMS Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and optimizing enterprise-scale test environments that support complex application portfolios across Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines. This role ensures test environments are stable, scalable, cost-effective, secure, and production-like, while enabling faster and higher-quality releases.

The architect defines the strategy, architecture, standards, and operating model for test environments across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid platforms.

Must haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in Test Environment Management and DevOps.
• Experience with assessments / discovery projects in the past, client facing (able to assess, define/design, implement)
• Cloud or DevOps certifications (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes) preferred.
• Experience in defining and implementing the enterprise Test Environment Management (TEM) strategy aligned with DevOps and release objectives.
• Help enforce correct configuration, versioning, and dependencies across environments
• Establish environment governance models, including booking, access control, and usage policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Environment Strategy & Architecture:
• Define the enterprise Test Environment Management (TEM) strategy aligned with DevOps and release objectives.
• Design environment architectures across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid infrastructures.
• Ensure environments are production-like, scalable, and compliant with non-functional requirements.
• Create environment reference architectures, blueprints, and patterns.
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Environment Provisioning & Automation:

• Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS and Azure)
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and environment automation using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Ansible, etc.
• Integrate environment provisioning with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps).
• Optimize environment refresh, cloning, and teardown processes.