Low Level Environment Manager

Low Level Environment Manager

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Primary Skill: Environment Management

Secondary: DevOps

Experience: Minimum 10 years

Roles & Responsibilities

Own and govern all Lower Level Environments (Development, SIT, UAT, Performance Testing, and Pre-Production), ensuring effective utilization, availability, stability, and readiness to support application development, testing, and release activities.

Key Responsibilities

* Maintain end-to-end ownership and custody of all Lower Level Environments (LLEs).

* Govern environment allocation, scheduling, access, and usage across multiple teams and projects.

* Manage environment demand, capacity planning, and utilization to maximize efficiency and minimize conflicts.

* Coordinate environment provisioning, refreshes, deployments, test data management, and configuration changes.

* Monitor environment health, availability, and performance, ensuring timely resolution of issues.

* Serve as the central point of contact for environment-related requests, escalations, and prioritization decisions.

* Partner with Application, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, Database, and Release Management teams to ensure environment readiness.

* Maintain environment inventory, standards, documentation, and governance processes.

* Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance environment management efficiency.

* Publish regular reports on environment utilization, availability, risks, and optimization opportunities.

Required Skills

* Strong understanding of SDLC, Testing Lifecycle, and Release Management.

* Experience managing Development, QA, SIT, UAT, and Pre-Production environments.

* Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure Management.

* Experience in capacity planning, incident management, and environment governance.

* Strong stakeholder management, coordination, and communication skills.

Preferred Experience

* 10+ years in Environment Management, DevOps, Release Management, Infrastructure Operations, or Application Support.

* Experience in large-scale enterprise environments, preferably Banking and Financial Services.

* ITIL, Agile, Cloud, or DevOps certifications preferred.

Salary Range- $100,000-$120,000 a year