UST is recruiting for a Environment & Release Specialist who will be responsible for the end-to-end physical, virtual and cloud platforms. This will cover both our current on premises data centres and driving moves to the cloud as part of a cloud strategy

 Duration               6 months- 12months

Location:              London

Working Model: Hybrid working twice/ thrice in a week at client office

 Role:

The Test & Environment Specialist will be responsible for taking on current IT environments strategy and driving it to delivery through the creation of the roadmaps, principles, and guiderails, while continuing to evolve the strategy alongside our Infosec and architecture teams to ensure we have a secure and agile infrastructure/cloud platform.

This role will be key in delivering our Testing platforms and will be responsible for managing the data and application consistency across the platform, ensuring the baseline is protected with the ability to restore and make the environments ready for the test scenarios, working closely with the test manager.

You will need to develop a strong partnership with our various application and business teams to gain a clear understanding of our current platforms, and to then develop a clear plan for each test scenario.

What you will bring:

A technical leader in IT Technologies (Ansible, Terraform, Pulumi, Git) Demonstrate clear leadership in Test platform transformation, with a very clear focus on delivery Hands-on as and when required to both educate our current teams and help accelerate delivery programs as required Implement automated synchronisation processes and tools including Ansible, Terraform, Pulumi to ensure that all environments are updated with the latest configurations, data sets, and software versions Monitor synchronisation activities to identify discrepancies or conflicts and implement corrective actions to resolve them promptly. Manage and optimise CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment processes across different environments. Collaborate with development and operations teams to design and implement efficient and reliable pipeline workflows that meet project requirements and quality standards. Monitor pipeline performance and reliability, identify bottlenecks or issues, and implement improvements to enhance efficiency and stability Ensure that version control practices are followed consistently to prevent conflicts, maintain audit trails, and facilitate collaboration among team members. Implement branching and merging strategies to manage code changes effectively and minimise disruptions to ongoing development and testing activities. Collaborate with development teams to define and implement integration testing strategies to validate the interoperability and compatibility of software components across different environments. Execute integration tests and analyse results to identify integration issues or failures, and work with development teams to resolve them promptly. Document integration testing procedures, configurations, and results to ensure repeatability and consistency in future testing cycles. Strong technical knowledge including Microsoft Technologies, Red Hat Linux, VMWare, Data Centre, Enterprise networking, WAN/LAN/WLAN, Routing, Firewall, IDS/IPS, WAN optimization, Proxy, VPN services, Load Balancing Solid understanding of Infrastructure Security, IAM, Cloud Authentication Ability to build a consensus and drive and agree technical direction Well-developed written and communications skills Strong ability to influence and negotiate Knowledge of SAP testing Knowledge of POS testing 

Key areas of focus:

Multi-vendor IaaS, PaaS and SaaS environment management. Environment and Release Strategy experience in large programmes. Risk management and data management across the environment.

If interested, please apply with your updated CV for an immediate discussion

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