Environment Manager

Job Title : Environment Manager Location : Atlanta GA or Bellevue WA Pay Rate : $65-69/hr Role Overview The Environment Manager owns the planning, scheduling, lifecycle, and cost optimization of all non-production environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Performance). This role is the key enabler for project/product delivery and test teams, ensuring environments are stable, available, and cost-effective. The Environment Manager works closely with technical towers (DBAs, Infra, Security, Network, Application) and DevOps teams to ensure CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and environment operations run smoothly. They are accountable for managing environment sharing, conflict resolution, and risk escalation, while also optimizing cloud and infrastructure costs. Key Responsibilities Environment Planning & Scheduling Own the NPE calendar (test cycles, releases, refreshes, maintenance). Partner with project/product delivery teams to allocate and prioritize environments. Manage environment sharing and contention across multiple teams. Highlight risks early (conflicts, capacity issues, performance impacts) and escalate as needed. Technical & DevOps Coordination Act as the single coordination point with DBAs, Infra, Network, Security, and Application teams for environment readiness. Partner with DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines into environment usage and ensure test/dev deployments align with NPE governance. Ensure environments are provisioned, refreshed, and configured with all dependencies in place. Operational Ownership Oversee environment builds, refreshes, patching, and upgrades. Monitor environment health, availability, and performance in partnership with SREs. Ensure compliance with security, data, and audit standards. Cost & Optimization Accountable for cloud and environment cost optimization. Track actual vs. estimated usage, Right-size environments and reduce idle spend through automation and governance. Collaboration & Governance Partner with NPE Intake Analyst to validate demand forecasting and request feasibility. Partner with Change Manager to ensure approved changes fit environment schedules and readiness. Partner with Incident & Request Manager to address systemic environment issues identified via RCAs. Required Skills & Experience 6 8 years in Environment/Release/Platform Management with large-scale NPE coverage. Strong experience coordinating across technical teams (DBA, Infra, Network, Security). Proven track record working with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipeline integration and automation. Deep knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and environment orchestration. Hands-on experience managing shared environments and resolving contention. Strong understanding of cloud cost optimization/FinOps (AWS Cost Explorer, Kubecost, CloudHealth). Excellent stakeholder management, risk escalation, and communication skills.

Created: 2025-09-24