Environment Manager – Non-Production Environments

Job Title: Environment Manager Non-Production Environments

Location: Atlanta GA or Bellevue WA

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.