We have the opportunity for an
IT Release & Environments Lead to join our
IT department here at
Tokio Marine Kiln. You will report to Infrastructure Delivery Manager and will ensure the Production & Non-Production Environments (aka the Dev, Test, Integration and E2E Environments) are properly understood, managed (governed & coordinated) and “Fit for Purpose” i.e. fit for usage by the relevant SDLC teams (development, test, data, BaU and project teams).
The role includes responsibility for:
- Collaborate with development, testing, and delivery teams (service, infrastructure, project, partners etc.) to identify environment requirements for each stage of the delivery e.g. build, integrate, test etc
- Champion FinOps processes, both proactively and retrospectively, ensuring that infrastructure spend is kept to the appropriate level
- Continue the development of Environment Directory reporting on low level environment detail.
- Coordinate delivery of development, test and production environments (development, system test, UAT, Integration, Production etc.)
- Work with technical specialists to document relevant environmental standards of best practice
- Document environments and underlying components to appropriate standards.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives (keep abreast of industry trends, implement best practice, evaluate new tools and techniques, automate processes, upgrade underlying technologies)
- Provides support to the domain teams as well as to service providers, vendors and customers, by coordinating and providing release management consultation in a timely and efficient manner
The successful candidate will have knowledge of Cloud Environment such as AWS and Azure. Experience of monitoring, analysing, and optimize cloud spending across Cloud platforms would be beneficial. We are looking for someone with knowledge of IT Release and Environmental best practice, or a desire to learn those, as well as someone with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
The successful candidate will be welcomed into the TMK family to help us further our purpose of enabling our clients to fulfil their ambitions whilst benefiting society and our people. We are committed to ensuring a safe, open, inclusive and empowering environment in which all of our people can thrive. All employees have the opportunity to join one or a number of inclusion network groups or take part in CSR and charitable activities. TMK is signed up to the Disability Confident Employer Scheme and we also accommodate flexible working, subject to the TMK flexible working policy.
As an underwriting firm with over 140 years’ experience of protecting clients from changing risks we put our confidence in the ability and talent of our people. We aim to be a ‘Good Company’ and this means being a great and inclusive company to do business with and being a great place to work. Our culture is founded on our core values of empowerment, inclusion, excellence, integrity, teamwork and innovation. We seek to recruit the best talent by endeavouring to reach diverse talent pools, offering dynamic working arrangements and investing in development.
To make your experience as comfortable as possible, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments or additional assistance during your application process. At Tokio Marine Kiln we are here to support you, please be reassured that we will do all that we can to ensure that your specific needs are met. Please reach out to jay.lewis@tokiomarinekiln.com in confidence, to discuss any specific assistance or requirements that you have.
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