Test Environment Manager
Our client is a highly regarded Insurance and Financial Services Multinational with significant experience in the Irish Market. They now have an immediate requirement for a Test Environment Manager to join the Operations team at their Dublin office.
This is a permanent role that comes with a very attractive benefits package that includes (But is not limited to) Hybrid working model, excellent city centre location, Exceptional Company Pension, , Health Insurance Allowance, Income Protection Scheme, optional Specified Illness Scheme and Top-Class Employee Assistance Programme.
Responsibilities of role:
* Develop process to track environments required for QA
* Coordinating Test environments usage/scheduling for Release trains (once the SAFE pilot
* completes and is rolled out to the wider teams) and resolving any potential conflicts with
* common env usage, ensuring most efficient usage of our test infrastructure
* Ensure E2E test environments are populated / refreshed in a consistent well managed way
* (i.e work with project teams using environments to ensure refreshes are done in a consistent way – particularly where we may have M:N relationship between some test environments
* Ensure transparent view on versions of code deployed on specific environments
* Coordinate the activities of Devops team members to automate the setup and configuration
* of test environments
* Work with CTS and the Delivery teams to ensure any Test infrastructure requirements are
* Delivered for a specific deliverable
* Working with the Delivery teams to ensure automation smoke tests defined and can be run
* on new env instance to confirm env is stable and ready for team usage
* Work with the delivery teams to focus on automated Test env deployments to eliminate
* manual deployment steps
* Communicate test environment availability to project management
* Resolve conflicts between teams competing for environment usage
* Document and optimise the Path to production for each team from a test environment
* perspective
* Implementation of effective test environment management tools – e.g. what tooling do we
* utilise to manage the test environment usage
* Ensuring correct data sanitization is being used in all test environments
* Working with teams to understand if specific test environments need additional resourcing
* to meet any non-functional testing requirements
* Liaising with each delivery teams to understand their current test environment setup and
* then work with the teams to optimise these
* Ensuring unused environments are shut down / cleared out – i.e. to ensure we do not incur
* ongoing charges – or expose data – for unnecessary environments
* Become the central POC for any test env requests
* Define and forecast environment requirements based on the anticipated future demand
* from the wider delivery teams
* Manage and report on risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies of test environments
Essential Candidate Requirements:
* Third Level Qualification in Computer Science, IT
* 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role
* Extensive knowledge of best of breed practices in relation to test environment management.
* ITIL Foundation certification
* Solid MS Azure knowledge
* Agile testing patterns
* Significant experience with Continuous Integration and Deployments tools in a DevOps
* environment such as Jenkins, GitLabCI, Azure Pipelines
* Hands-on experience of the maintenance and provisioning of Test Environments
* Demonstrable track record optimising Test Environment usage in an enterprise level
* organisation across several Delivery teams
* Experience working with on prem Java technology stacks and Azure cloud technologies
* Extensive experience using project and program planning tools to create, manage and track
* test environments usage
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
* Experience with Agile and Waterfall release management
* SDLC experience within an Agile Environment
To apply:
For more information on this role, please contact Níall on +353 1 8690258 or +353 87 384 5327.
To apply directly, please send current CV along with brief cover letter through this site
| Job Reference | 130056 |
| Job Duration | Permanent |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Salary | €65000 - €75000 per annum |