Software Manager

Reporting to the Head of Applications the successful candidate will manage and own Company wide test and development environments in conjuction with Standard SDLC Processes. The incumbent will ensure the software environment is ready for all projects, in a highly dynamic work environment

Responsibilites

 •Own and coordinate test environment configuration, deployment and test activities required to provide stable test platforms.
•Define and run the management process for all  test and development environments
•Lead and coordinate best in class environment delivery model
•Plan and own current and future testing demand across environments in conjunction with Delivery, Release and Test Managers
•Plan and communicate hardware requirements to Infrastructure Management.
•Optimise run costs for all test and development environments

Requirements
•Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
•Formal training in project management practices preferred
•ITIL Qualified
•7 years+ of previous environment management experience
•10 years+ of experience within IS operations ideally in systems analysis or development
•Solid Understanding of project management principles
•Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle
•Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion.
•Worked with multiple systems and platforms (including Windows, Solaris, AIX, RedHat, VMWare, Oracle, SQL Server) at both an operational, environment planning and system architect level.