Environment Manager

Environment Manager - Hybrid Knutsford - 5 months - £481 per day inside IR35

14+ years of experience as an Environment Manager with a strong understanding of SDLC, DevOps, and cloud-based environments, with proven expertise in environment management for large-scale programmes.

Define, implement, and govern the environment and release strategy for the programme, ensuring all environments are fit-for-purpose, compliant, and aligned with organisational standards to support successful delivery.

Establish governance processes for the full environment life cycle management; maintain a central repository for governance documentation, tooling standards, branching strategies, and naming conventions.

Manage environment calendars and readiness across all workstreams, proactively maintaining risk logs and resolving environment conflicts to ensure seamless coordination.

Gate releases to ensure compliance with SDLC, security, and resilience standards; drive automation in release and test processes to continuously improve efficiency and reliability.

This temporary contract is inside IR35 and will require working under the direction of the client delivery manager as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will follow established delivery processes and working practices

Implement access control models, FinOps guidance, and security governance templates; monitor and mitigate environment-related risks to maintain compliance and operational integrity.

Partner with cloud architects, infrastructure engineers, and delivery leads; secure stakeholder buy-in for standards and processes through excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Define and enforce best practices across release management, tooling, and environment standards to ensure consistency, repeatability, and quality across the programme.

Environment Manager - Hybrid Knutsford - 5 months - £481 per day inside IR35

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