Test Environments Manager, 12 Months Fixed Term

**Req ID**: 81158
**Department**: Tech ARC Core Systems
**Division**: Technology
**Location**: Melbourne
About Us
About the Role
Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.
**Role Type**: 12 Months
**Role Location**: Melbourne
**Work Hours**: Full Time (Hybrid)
What will your day look like?
**Delivery Excellence**: Take ownership of end-to-end management of test environments, ensuring they are set up, maintained, readily available, properly configured, and aligned with project timelines.
**Vendor Accountability**: Serve as the primary liaison for external vendors, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations and service level agreements (SLAs).
**Cross-Functional Collaboration**: Partner with development, QA, and project teams to streamline the testing process and address environment-related challenges.
**Risk Management**: Proactively identify risks related to test environments and implement mitigation strategies.
**Continuous Improvement**: Drive process enhancements for test environment management to increase efficiency and improve outcomes.
**Stakeholder Engagement**: Prepare and deliver regular status reports on test environment health to senior management and stakeholders.
**Environment Management**: Oversee setup, maintenance, and configuration of test environments to support testing schedules.
**Vendor Management**: Monitor vendor performance closely to maintain high standards of quality and reliability.
**Collaboration and Communication**: Facilitate regular communication between teams to minimize delays and address challenges.
**Risk Identification and Mitigation**: Implement strategies to minimize disruptions to project delivery.
**Process Improvement**: Identify opportunities for efficiency improvements in test environment management.
**Reporting and Documentation**: Maintain thorough documentation of configurations, procedures, and issues.
What will you bring?
To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:
Many 10 years in integrated test environment management within large-scale IT projects in banking or financial services.
Strong understanding of testing methodologies, environment provisioning, and tools ro effectively manage Test Environments
Understanding of regulatory requirements affecting Test Environments.
Proven track record in project delivery while managing competing priorities.
Experience in vendor relationship management focusing on performance oversight and accountability.
Strong problem-solving abilities with a data-driven approach to decision-making and risk management.
**Communication**: Excellent communication skills, capable of articulating complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Certifications in project management (e.g., PMP, Prince2) or testing methodologies (e.g., ISTQB).
Familiarity with Agile and DevOps practices in a banking context.
You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.
So why join us?
From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.
But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. you'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.
We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.
Job Posting End Date
26/11/2024, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)