Location
Surrey

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary, commensurate with experience

About the Role
Reporting to the Head of Test, the Test Environment Manager will coordinate and manage test environments across multiple application development groups within Cubic Transportation Systems. These environments include isolated subsystems and end-to-end configurations, leveraging a combination of cloud-based infrastructure and bare metal systems. The role supports a continuous release schedule and involves platforms such as Java, .NET, and various dynamic languages integrated with Oracle and SQL Server databases.

The Test Environment Manager will collaborate closely with project managers, operations teams, test managers, and senior technical engineering managers to prioritize and sequence testing projects on limited environment resources. This role also includes line management responsibility for 2-3 Logistics and Commissioning Engineers.

Key responsibilities include defining and owning the end-to-end Test Environment Management strategy, integrating with DevOps pipelines, CI/CD, and automated deployments. The role drives environment optimisation initiatives, works with IT and Infrastructure teams on future-proofing strategies including cloud adoption, virtualisation, and containerisation (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).

The manager will implement capacity and demand management processes, maintain environment utilisation dashboards for senior stakeholders, and act as the primary interface for environment-related needs across multiple teams. They will present regular performance, availability, and risk reports to senior leadership and resolve conflicts over environment resources with clear prioritisation and governance.

Continuous improvement is a core focus, including reducing downtime, lowering operational costs, increasing test efficiency, and introducing best practices aligned with ITIL and DevOps principles. Regular environment health, audit, and risk assessments with remediation plans are also part of the role.

As a strategic people leader, the Test Environment Manager will lead and develop the Logistics and Commissioning team, focusing on performance, career development, cloud/DevOps upskilling, and succession planning, mentoring the team to transition from reactive support to proactive environment engineering.

The role encompasses all aspects of the product lifecycle from concept through development, testing, implementation, and operational support, ensuring high-quality environment management that supports Cubic's business objectives.

Experience
- Proven experience managing complex, multi-application test environments in mid-to-large organisations.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps principles, and automated environment provisioning.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, or similar.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerisation, or virtualised infrastructure is highly desirable.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage competing priorities, and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience in environment capacity and demand management, environment lifecycle management, and risk assessment.

About you
- Strategic thinker with strong leadership and communication skills.
- Proactive problem solver with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Able to work collaboratively across multiple teams and disciplines.
- Committed to mentoring and developing team members.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Knowledgeable in ITIL and DevOps best practices.
- Understanding of data compliance, security requirements, and environment governance.

Qualifications
- Typically a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, PhD, or equivalent experience.
- In-depth expertise in key engineering principles and ability to adapt those principles across multiple projects.
- Proven track record of evaluating complex data and selecting methods to achieve results.
- Commitment to comply with quality management, occupational health and safety, security, and human resources policies.