IT Environment Manager
Graduate job Reading (Reading)
Job description
IT-Environment Manager
Working with Prudential as an IT Environment Manager means becoming part of a brand with a global reputation and an exciting vision: to be the leader in helping customers achieve their long-term financial goals. If you’re inspired to join us, and if you have the necessary qualities, then this could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.
At Prudential we’re absolutely focused on getting the best outcomes for customers. Ours is one of the most profitable and trusted names in life and pensions, and we lead the market in a number of pension products.
An opportunity has arisen for an IT Environment Manager within the Pru IT Environment Management team. The team needs to grow to meet expanding business development and support requirements. The team is responsible for the delivery, management and maintenance of all non-production environments underpinning the Pru IT software development process. The team is also responsible for co-ordinating infrastructure upgrades, and software upgrades. Pru IT operates a Bi Modal delivery model, supporting waterfall and agile delivery methods. The IT Environment Management team supports both models.
Your responsibilities will include:
· Engage and support project delivery teams and BAU maintenance teams
· Analyse environment requirements
· Deliver development and test environments (system test, UAT, performance)
· Document environments and underlying components to appropriate standards
· Maintain, refresh and recycle environments, including access control and deployment of software builds for testing (Pru-developed software, 3^rd party software)
· Capacity management (storage, memory, processors)
· Provide technical consultancy on environments and software deployment - expertise on underlying infrastructure, technologies and tools (across all Pru IT application development areas)
· Support continuous improvement initiatives (keep abreast of industry trends, implement best practice, evaluate new tools and techniques, automate processes, upgrade underlying technologies)
Skills and experience required to be successful in this role:
· Experience of environment management and associated tools, methodologies and approaches
· Experience of IT architecture and infrastructure
· Experience of the systems development lifecycle
· Experience of project management principles, tools and methodologies
· Familiarity with industry standard software and databases, eg C++, Java, Unix, Wintel, Oracle, SQL Server
· Use of formal tools for software control, eg Synergy and Subversion
· Use of formal tools for managing software packages, eg Artifactory
· Use of formal tools for deploying software, eg Jenkins
· Experience of various software environments – client-server applications, web-based applications, SOA, FUSE ESB implementations, BI systems (Informatica, Oracle, SQL Server, QlikView analytics)
· Relevant professional qualification or graduate calibre
· Working knowledge of industry best practice, good network/links with individuals in the same field
· Understanding of the Statements of Principle and Code of Practice
You will also be required to evidence the following;
· You can tackle complexity and make things simple for customers and those around you.
· You’re commercially savvy, you think competitively and you’ll seize a good opportunity whether big or small.
· You love to innovate, exploring what matters to customers and creating solutions that make a positive difference.
· You’re a team player who can help everyone pull together to achieve shared goals.
· You’re willing to take responsibility, creating better outcomes by stepping forward, using your judgement and making things happen.
· You thrive on a challenge, working with intellectual rigour at pace to achieve the highest standards of execution under all conditions.
People who work at Prudential agree that ours is a great place to work with a brilliant team spirit. It’s also an innovative, high-performing commercial environment that’s totally focused on customers. As a Prudential employee you’ll get all the support you’d expect, including full training and professional development. You’ll receive a competitive salary and reward package. And in a fast-changing world, you’ll join an organisation that’s leading the way in helping customers achieve their long-term financial goals.
· Recruiter: Rashmi Mohindra
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