Environment Manager Rate - 720 (a day)Location - Machester (Hybrid)Durarion - 3 Months (Inititally)Ir35 - Inside The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate: Proven experience in managing IT environments or infrastructure within enterprise-level IT departments.The ability to define and maintain the environment management strategy for the University''s IT platforms and infrastructureManagement of stakeholder relationships, both within IT Services and the wider UniversityAbility to lead both technical and non-technical meetings and discussions.Understanding of secure by design principles.Knowledge of security best practices and compliance standards in IT environments. Strong understanding of application lifecycle management and DevOps processes.Familiarity with cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and on-premises environments.Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab).Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.Proactive approach to issue resolution and process improvement.Understanding of database management, networking, and system administration concepts Key ResponsibilitiesOwn and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of IT environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Staging, Production).Coordinate environment provisioning, configuration, and maintenance with internal teams and external partners.Collaborate closely with development, QA, DevOps and infrastructure teams to have standard release management processe