Test Environment Manager

London, United Kingdom | Posted on 04/12/2025

We provide end-to-end IT solutions and services including Applications services, Data & Analytics services, AI/ML Technologies and Professional services in the UK and EU market.

Job Description

Experience Required: 15+ Years

Role Overview

The Test Environment Manager (TEM) is a senior, engineering-focused role responsible for transforming and managing the entire non-production environment landscape. This role ensures that test environments are reliable, scalable, automated, observable, and aligned with modern SDLC and DevOps practices. The TEM drives technical excellence, SRE-inspired culture, and continuous improvement across development, QA, and operations teams.

Key Operational Responsibilities: Environment Automation & Lifecycle Management

• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to fully automate provisioning, configuration, and teardown of test environments.
  
• Integrate environment automation seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines to enable on-demand, self-service environment delivery.
  

Reliability & Observability

• Define and maintain Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and key Service Level Indicators (SLIs), such as environment availability, provisioning time, and stability metrics.
  
• Monitor environment health using observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.) and proactively identify and resolve performance issues or bottlenecks.
  

Incident & Problem Management

• Lead incident response for environment-related issues, driving quick resolution and facilitating blameless post-mortems.
  
• Implement permanent fixes based on root cause analysis and reduce repeat incidents.
  

Automation & Toil Reduction

• Identify repetitive, manual environment tasks and eliminate them through automation, improving engineering efficiency and reducing operational burden.
  

Strategic & Cultural Responsibilities: Continuous Improvement

• Analyze environment performance data, incident trends, and post-mortem outcomes to drive ongoing enhancements and innovation.
  

Reliability Management

• Apply an "error budget" framework to balance velocity and reliability across teams.
  
• Shift priorities between stability improvements and feature delivery based on reliability KPIs.
  
• Promote a culture of shared ownership, blameless problem-solving, and strong cross-team collaboration among development, QA, DevOps, and SRE teams.
  

Capacity Planning & Scalability

• Forecast environment capacity requirements based on usage trends, test cycles, and upcoming projects.
  
• Ensure infrastructure elasticity and scalability to meet future demands.
  

Test Data Management Integration

• Partner with Test Data Management teams to ensure test data is consistent, compliant, refreshed automatically, and aligned with environment provisioning needs.
  

Technical Skills & Experience

• Monitoring & Observability: Expertise with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK/EFK, or similar platforms.
  
• CI/CD & Automation Tools: Strong experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and configuration management tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
  
• Cloud & Container Platforms: Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), Kubernetes, Docker, and serverless technologies.
  
• Scripting & Programming: Proficiency in Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages for automation and environment tooling.
  
• Systems & Networking: Strong knowledge of Linux systems, networking concepts, DNS, load balancing, and database operations.
  
• Leadership & Influence: Ability to drive SRE and environment best practices across multiple teams and technical domains.
  
• Analytical Problem-Solving: Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and decision‑making skills under time-sensitive conditions.
  
• Communication Excellence: Clear and effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
• Adaptability & Proactiveness: Ability to stay ahead of evolving technologies, tools, and environment architectures.
  

Summary

This role is ideal for a seasoned engineering leader who brings strong technical depth, SRE mindset, automation-first thinking, and the ability to shape and modernize complex test environment landscapes.