Location
London

Hours
Full Time - Hybrid Work Mode

Salary
Not specified

About the Role
A Test Environment Manager (TEM) is responsible for transforming the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) environment with an engineering-focused role that emphasizes system reliability, automation, and performance in a non-production setting. This role involves automating environment lifecycle management, establishing service level objectives (SLOs), monitoring environment health and performance, managing incident response, and minimizing manual toil. The TEM drives continuous improvement, balances reliability with speed, instils a reliability culture, plans capacity, and advances test data management to ensure efficient and scalable test environments.

The role requires close collaboration with development, QA, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to promote shared ownership and a blameless culture around test environment incidents. The TEM also works to integrate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with CI/CD pipelines and uses observability tools to proactively identify and resolve issues.

Experience
15+ years of relevant experience in managing test environments and infrastructure automation.

About you
- Expertise in monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Splunk, and Grafana
- Proficiency with CI/CD platforms like Jenkins and GitLab CI
- Skilled in configuration management tools including Ansible and Terraform
- Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS, with experience in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless computing
- Strong scripting abilities in Python or Bash for automation tasks
- Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking concepts, and database management
- Leadership skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills under pressure
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to bridge development, QA, and operations teams
- Adaptable and proactive mindset to keep pace with evolving technologies and methodologies

Qualifications
No specific formal qualifications are listed; however, extensive hands-on experience and technical expertise in the above areas are essential.