Environment Manager - SRE/DevOps

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Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Spar Information Systems, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today!<br><br>Client Job Description: Job Title: Environment Manager Non-Production Environments<br><br>Location<br><br>(Onsite: 2 | Offshore: 3)<br><br>Role Overview<br><br>The Environment Manager owns the planning, scheduling, lifecycle, and cost optimization of all non-production environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Performance). This role is the key enabler for project/product delivery and test teams, ensuring environments are stable, available, and cost-effective. The Environment Manager works closely with technical towers (DBAs, Infra, Security, Network, Application) and DevOps teams to ensure CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and environment operations run smoothly. They are accountable for managing environment sharing, conflict resolution, and risk escalation, while also optimizing cloud and infrastructure costs.<br><br>________________________________________<br><br>Key Responsibilities<br><br>Environment Planning & Scheduling<br><br>Own the NPE calendar (test cycles, releases, refreshes, maintenance).<br><br>Partner with project/product delivery teams to allocate and prioritize environments.<br><br>Manage environment sharing and contention across multiple teams.<br><br>Highlight risks early (conflicts, capacity issues, performance impacts) and escalate as needed.<br><br>Technical & DevOps Coordination<br><br>Act as the single coordination point with DBAs, Infra, Network, Security, and Application teams for environment readiness.<br><br>Partner with DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines into environment usage and ensure test/dev deployments align with NPE governance.<br><br>Ensure environments are provisioned, refreshed, and configured with all dependencies in place.<br><br>Operational Ownership<br><br>Oversee environment builds, refreshes, patching, and upgrades.<br><br>Monitor environment health, availability, and performance in partnership with SREs.<br><br>Ensure compliance with security, data, and audit standards.<br><br>Cost & Optimization<br><br>Accountable for cloud and environment cost optimization.<br><br>Track actual vs. estimated usage,<br><br>Right-size environments and reduce idle spend through automation and governance.<br><br>Collaboration & Governance<br><br>Partner with NPE Intake Analyst to validate demand forecasting and request feasibility.<br><br>Partner with Change Manager to ensure approved changes fit environment schedules and readiness.<br><br>Partner with Incident & Request Manager to address systemic environment issues identified via RCAs.<br><br>________________________________________<br><br><strong>Required Skills & Experience<br><br></strong>6 8 years in Environment/Release/Platform Management with large-scale NPE coverage.<br><br>Strong experience coordinating across technical teams (DBA, Infra, Network, Security).<br><br>Proven track record working with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipeline integration and automation.<br><br>Deep knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and environment orchestration.<br><br>Hands-on experience managing shared environments and resolving contention.<br><br>Strong understanding of cloud cost optimization/FinOps (AWS Cost Explorer, Kubecost, CloudHealth).<br><br>Excellent stakeholder management, risk escalation, and communication skills.<br><br>Job Description: Expectations from this role:<br><br>Proficiency:<br><br>Perform end-to-end management of a single project or deliverable based model; by delivering the agreed scope, within the agreed timeline and cost. Ensure the success and acceptance criteria of the project are met, enhancing customer satisfaction.

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