IT Environments Manager

Leidos; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider is seeking a security-cleared Environments Manager in Farnborough, UK, to manage IT application environments. The role involves ensuring consistency across various environments, providing technical expertise, and collaborating with teams for crucial operational support. Candidates should have strong leadership and communication skills, experience in managing application support contracts, and familiarity with ITIL frameworks.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Private medical insurance

33 days annual leave

Flexible benefits

Gym memberships

Qualifications

• Experience managing sizeable application support contracts.
• Worked within an ITIL based framework, with environments and change management experience.
• Experience in reporting and analysing data to see trends.

Responsibilities

• Management and scheduling of all solution environments.
• Maintain consistency across all environments with clear documentation.
• Lead and provide technical expertise for environment management.

Skills

Organisation

Communication

Leadership

ITIL framework

Experience in SDLC

Change Management

ServiceNow knowledge

AWS Certification

Analytical skills

Tools

Atlassian toolchains

Log analytical systems

Job description

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Location: Farnborough, UK

Clearance: High level of security clearance (DV - 'Developed Vetting')

UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL 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. Our Leidos culture is built on Values, Beliefs and Expectations that select, recognise and reward employees. They create an environment that drives us toward our mission.

Description IT Environments Manager Location: Farnborough, UK. Clearance: High level of security clearance (DV - 'Developed Vetting'). We are committed to solving the world’s toughest problems. Passionate about customer success and ethics. United as a team bound by integrity.

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 of 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.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING? 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 improves 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.

You will work alongside our DevOps, Infrastructure and Network Teams and Solution Architects 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.

Your role and responsibilities

• 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 implications for testing understood and communicated.
• Lead on all environment management aspects, developing standard ways of working and providing technical expertise to programme teams.
• Maintain version control of all components (server, workstation configurations, etc.).
• Conduct technical checks of applications to ensure 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 inherent in manual activities.
• Identify and document all application dependencies, ensuring that interfaces are replicated or stubs are provided to support integration testing.
• Track changes to the environments and utilize a robust dedicated change management process for the test environments that links to the production change processes.

WHO DO WE NEED?

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 an ITIL based framework, with experience of Environments Management, Change Management, Release Management.
• Experience 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

We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work‑life balance. Our rewards scheme includes a contributory pension scheme, private medical insurance, 33 days annual leave (including public and bank holidays), access to flexible benefits (life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy‑and‑sell holidays, cycle‑to‑work scheme), and a dynamic working environment.

Commitment To Diversity We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Commitment to Non‑Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.