Environment Strategist
Fulltime
Overview of the Role:
Accountable for tracking completion of retrofits across lower test environments, including issues resolution , for projects dependent on or requiring to be retrofitted into Self Serve bundle releases.
Responsible for monitoring the creation of retrofit JIRA tickets , tracking dependencies across projects and working in close collaboration with project managers , Dev and QA leads.
Responsible for tracking certificates coming up for renewal in the lower test environments, working with the Dev leads to ensure JIRA tickets have been raised.
Responsibilities:
Daily health checks on retrofits and certificate renewals , planned and completed, across all lower environments ( SITs / PERF )
Engagement of environment management team for triaging of environment blockers
Communication of retrofits status across all projects impacting or being impacted by a Self Serve bundle release
Communication of certificates renewals completed across all lower environments
Coordination to resolve end-to-end environment related issues
Attendance of weekly release management meeting with the goal to track any changes in projects environment allocation and/or issues
Health checks after scheduled deployments (retrofits or certs), confirmed validation with Dev/QA teamsManage and standardize environment retrofits
Further improvements on environment monitoring and logging
Identify gaps
Alerting in SIT
Additional automation
Environment provisioning and management
Tooling
Virtualization
API mocking
Required Skills:
5 + years systems experience as a Quality Assurance (QA) professional, end-to-end test/ release lead
Possesses an understanding of test environments, from infrastructure topology to application layers
Possesses a deep understanding of SDLC , Agile and QA methodologies
Demonstrates knowledge of industry methodology standards (e.g., Capability Maturity Model Integration [ CMMI ] and International Organization for Standardization [ ISO ])
Worked with Dev, Build, QA teams for the release process
Soft Skills Required:
Possesses positive communication skills, both written and verbal