IT Environments Manager
Location: Farnborough, UK
Clearance: High level of security clearance (DV - "Developed Vetting")
Because of a key strategic development and a new exciting business opportunity, we have a requirement for a security‑cleared Environments Manager based in the UK working at our Farnborough site and remotely. Leidos has more than 30 years’ experience of developing and running some of the largest government systems in the world. We are currently hiring to expand our UK based technical team who support our delivery for the UK Government.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
We are looking for a security‑cleared Environments Manager to support the development, transition & in‑service running (inc capability upgrades) of an IT application and infrastructure solution providing support to a critical operational end user. Environment management contributes to improving the overall quality of software development and support through the lifecycle. It encompasses a set of good practices to provide an effective, end‑to‑end platform management service for development, test, and production teams.
As the Environments Manager, you will work alongside our DevOps, Infrastructure and Network Teams and Solution Architects. You will help to provide end‑to‑end DevOps managed environments for internal teams and strategic customers, supporting business outcomes for critical national infrastructure. The successful candidate will need to be eligible for UK security clearance.
You will focus on the use of modern technologies and practices to provide a robust set of environments for the solution.
* The management and scheduling of all solution environments – Development, Test, Staging, Pre‑Prod & Production across multiple security level environments
* Maintaining consistency across all environments used, with any variations clearly documented with the implications for testing understood and communicated.
* Lead on all environment management aspects including developing standard ways of working and providing your technical expertise to Leidos programme teams
* Maintain version control of all components (server, workstation configurations etc.)
* Conduct technical check of applications to ensure the environment stability after every deployment, and update all design and architecture documentation appropriately.
* Automate deployment activities (server, application etc.) to reduce the risk of errors that are inherent in manual activities
* Identify and document all application dependencies, and ensuring that interfaces are either replicated or stubs are provided to support integration testing
* Track changes to the environments and utilizing a robust dedicated change management process for the test environments that links to the production change processes.
WHO DO WE NEED?
We are looking for someone with excellent organisation, communication and leadership skills who has:
* Experience of managing sizeable application support contracts
* Experience working with teams across the SDLC – Development, Test, etc.
* Worked within ITIL based framework, with experience of:
o Environments Management
o Change Management
o Release Management
* Experience of managing and monitoring services against agreed SLAs/KPIs
* Experience in reporting and analysing data to see trends
* Experience of asset and configuration management
* Experience of availability and capacity management
* Knowledge of Atlassian toolchains
* Knowledge of ServiceNow is an advantage
* Experience with log analytical systems is an advantage
* Experience of working with Agile and Scaled Agile deliveries
* AWS Certification (Certified Cloud Practitioner or higher) highly desirable but not essential.
What We Do For You
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
* Contributory Pension Scheme
* Private Medical Insurance
* 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
* Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
* Dynamic Working
Commitment To Diversity
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
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