Citi Group Release / Environment Manager - Loan IQ VP 

United Kingdom, England, London 

880294512

Role Overview:

The role requires effective coordination across various development streams in an agile methodology and handling different delivery phases; from unit testing through to System Integration testing; full End to End testing with multiple upstream and downstream systems; Production support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Environment Management: Oversee and manage multiple test environments to support parallel development streams and testing phases.
• Planning & Coordination: Develop and maintain an environment strategy and roadmap that aligns with project timelines and agile sprints.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including development teams, QA teams, upstream and downstream systems, and business functions (Risk, Finance and Treasury).
• Configuration & Release Management: Ensure proper configuration and version control across environments, coordinating deployments and releases (using JIRA and BitBucket).
• Issue Resolution: Troubleshoot environment-related issues and coordinate with relevant teams to resolve incidents.
• Capacity Management: Monitor resource usage and performance to ensure environments are scalable and meet project demands.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and audit requirements.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain documentation on environment configurations, changes, and status reports for project stakeholders.

Skills and Experience:

• Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), agile methodologies and practical applications i.e. JIRA, CI/CD theory and practical use of BitBucket.
• Experience in Financial Services: Familiarity with Wholesale Lending and the associated upstream and downstream systems (i.e. payments) and business functions (Risk, Finance and Treasury).
• Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical and environment-related issues.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Collaboration: Experience working in cross-functional teams and managing third-party vendors.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Relevant certifications in Project Management/Agile, ITIL, or DevOps practices.
• Experience in environment management or a similar role in large-scale technology projects.

Desirable Attributes:

• Experience in the banking or financial services sector.
• Knowledge of Loan IQ
• Expertise in Project, JIRA and BitBucket

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure

• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

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