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# product engineering environment lead.

- **Company:** Randstad UK
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £156,000.0 - £169,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Disaster Recovery, Network Architecture, Systems Development Life Cycle, Release Management, Ansible, System Availability, HybridCloud, Software Coding, Terraform
- **Published:** September 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.randstad.co.uk/jobs/product-engineering-environment-lead_london_47473626/

## About the Role

* Professional Background: Proven track record leading enterprise-scale environment estates, spanning hybrid cloud and physical/network infrastructure.
 * Automation & Tooling: Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and Environment-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD pipelines, and observability frameworks.
 * SRE, SDLC & DR Depth: Strong understanding of SRE principles (SLIs/SLOs, toil reduction), release management, and High Availability/Disaster Recovery design and testing.
 * Key Competencies: Financial and commercial acumen to build cost/value narratives, strong documentation skills, and structured leadership in matrixed environments.

## Description

* Operating Model Transformation: Clarify responsibilities across SDLC and SRE functions to define clean ownership, clear interfaces, and improved throughput.
 * Estate Stabilization: Improve availability, consistency, and provision lead times-especially across environments integrated with physical hardware.
 * Resilience & Disaster Recovery: Mature High Availability posture, resolve critical risks, and establish tested recovery capabilities with defensible RTO/RPO metrics.
 * Automation & Self-Service: Drive Infrastructure/Environments as Code (IaC/EaC), automated provisioning, and observability to enable on-demand instantiation.