Environment Manager

The Environment Manager will coordinate Staging & Production environments for multiple application development groups, including isolated subsystems and end-to-end environments. This role involves defining and owning the environment management strategy, integrating with DevOps pipelines, and implementing automation for deployments. The manager will also oversee capacity planning, stakeholder communication, and lead a team of Logistics and Commissioning Engineers, driving continuous improvement and innovation in environment lifecycle management.

Must Have

• Coordinate Staging & Production environments for multiple application development groups.
• Define and own the end-to-end Environment Management strategy.
• Integrate with DevOps pipelines, CI/CD, and automated deployments.
• Proactively identify and implement environment optimisation initiatives.
• Work with IT and Infrastructure team to establish a future-proofing roadmap for environments.
• Implement automated environment spin-up/down.
• Evaluate, select, and implement environment monitoring and reporting tools (e.g., AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana).
• Implement predictive demand planning and capacity management.
• Act as the primary interface for all environment-related needs.
• Present regular environment performance, availability, and risk reports to senior leadership.
• Resolve cross-project conflicts for limited environment resources.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce downtime and increase test efficiency.
• Introduce best practices for environment lifecycle management, aligned with ITIL and DevOps principles.
• Conduct regular environment health, audit, and risk assessments.
• Lead a Logistics and Commissioning team (2-3 engineers), with responsibility for performance, career development, upskilling, and succession planning.
• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience OR Master's degree with 8+ years of experience.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-application test environments in a mid-to-large-sized organisation.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps principles, and automated environment provisioning.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, or similar.
• Good understanding of data compliance, security requirements, and environment governance.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage competing priorities, and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• In-depth expertise in key engineering principles and ability to adapt them across multiple projects.
• Proven track record of successfully evaluating complex data and selecting methods to achieve results.
• Strong communication skills for networking with specialists.
• Capacity to propose and implement innovative solutions that align with organisational objectives.

Good to Have

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with containerisation.
• Experience with virtualised infrastructure.

Business Unit:

Cubic Transportation Systems

Job Details:

JOB SUMMARY: The Environment Manager will coordinate Staging & Production environments for multiple application development groups. Environments include both isolated subsystems and end-to-end environments, and are configured using a mixture of cloud-based infrastructure and bare metal systems by a team responsible for release automation and configuration management.

The test environments support a continuous release schedule across multiple groups. Platforms supported include Java, .NET, and a number of dynamic languages, all running on application servers integrated with several relational databases running Oracle and SQL Server. The Environment Manager will interact with project managers, operations professionals, test managers, and senior technical engineering managers to sequence projects for testing on a limited number of testing environments. Additionally, the Environment Manager will perform line management of 2-3 Logistics and Commissioning Engineers. The role will include all aspects of the product life cycle from solution concept through development and test to implementation and operational support.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Environment Strategy & Ownership

• Define and own the end-to-end Environment Management strategy, including integration with DevOps pipelines, CI/CD, and automated deployments.
• Proactively identify and implement environment optimisation initiatives to reduce bottlenecks and improve delivery timelines.
• Work with Cubic's IT and Infrastructure team to establish a future-proofing roadmap for environments, including cloud adoption, virtualisation, and containerisation strategies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).

Tooling

• Work closely with DevOps and Infrastructure teams to integrate automated environment spin-up/down to support rapid project delivery.
• Evaluate, select, and implement environment monitoring and reporting tools (e.g., AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, or custom dashboards).

Capacity & Demand Management

• Implement predictive demand planning and capacity management to anticipate environment conflicts and avoid project delays.
• Own the environment utilisation dashboard for senior stakeholders, ensuring visibility across multiple programs and business units.

Stakeholder Leadership & Reporting

• Act as the primary interface between Project, Test, Development, Infrastructure, and Information Security teams for all environment-related needs.
• Present regular environment performance, availability, and risk reports to the senior leadership team and steering boards.
• Resolve cross-project conflicts for limited environment resources with clear prioritisation and governance.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce downtime, lower operational costs, and increase test efficiency.
• Introduce best practices for environment lifecycle management, aligned with ITIL and DevOps principles.
• Conduct regular environment health, audit, and risk assessments with clear remediation plans.

Strategic People Leadership

• Lead a Logistics and Commissioning team, with responsibility for performance, career development, upskilling in cloud/DevOps, and succession planning.
• Mentor team members to transition from reactive support to a proactive environment engineering.

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Comply with Cubic’s Quality Management System.
• Comply with Cubic Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment policies and procedures.
• Comply with Cubic Human Resources Procedures.
• Comply with security in accordance with established policies and procedures of relevant organizations.

BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree with ten (10)+ years of experience -OR- Master's degree with eight (8)+ years of experience.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-application test environments in a mid-to-large-sized organisation.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps principles, and automated environment provisioning.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, or similar.
• Good understanding of data compliance, security requirements, and environment governance.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage competing priorities, and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), containerisation, or virtualised infrastructure is highly desirable.
• In-depth expertise in key engineering principles and the ability to adapt those principles across multiple projects.
• Proven track record of successfully evaluating complex data and selecting methods to achieve results.
• Strong communication skills for networking with specialists outside the direct area of expertise.
• Capacity to propose and implement innovative solutions that align with organisational objectives.

Worker Type:

Employee