IT Environments Manager

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.

Your role and responsibilities;

• 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.

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:

• Environments Management
• Change Management
• 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: At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

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

Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundations of our Leidos culture are our Values, Beliefs and Expectations by which we select, recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission. Inspired to make a difference, we are committed to solving the world's toughest problems. Passionate about customer success by being determined to understand and respond to our customers' needs as if they were our own. United as a team, we are bound together by our conviction that ethics and integrity is core to how we operate. Are you ready for your next challenge? 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 Govt. Come join our team and further develop your skills as we deliver and support systems key to the defence of the UK and partner nations. Being part of the Leidos team is a commitment to push yourself and those around you to do better, constantly adapt and learn new technologies. We're a passionate team and are committed to developing and growing our staff. Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers., Leidos UK & EUROPE - we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation. What Makes Us Different: Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change. Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future. #THEO If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.