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Digital Environment Manager

El Segundo, CA

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POSITION: Digital Environment Manager LOCATION: El Segundo, CA REQUIRED SECURITY CLEARANCE ... and space test range assets to support the Department of Defense's (DoD) current and future ...

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Environmental Test Manager

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Familiarity with ISO standards and quality management practices is beneficial. * Experience working ... Work Environment This role operates in a manufacturing and test environment focused on high ...

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What is the difference between Test Environment Manager vs QA Analyst?

AspectTest Environment ManagerQA Analyst
Primary RoleOversees the setup, maintenance, and management of testing environments to ensure smooth testing processes.Performs testing activities, identifies defects, and ensures quality standards are met.
Required SkillsKnowledge of testing tools, environment configuration, and infrastructure management.Strong testing techniques, attention to detail, and understanding of quality assurance processes.
Work EnvironmentTypically works with IT, development teams, and infrastructure teams in a software development setting.Works closely with development teams, testers, and project managers during testing phases.

While both roles support software quality, the Test Environment Manager focuses on managing testing setups, whereas the QA Analyst concentrates on executing tests and identifying issues. Understanding these differences helps organizations assign the right responsibilities for efficient testing workflows.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Test Environment Manager, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Test Environment Manager, you need strong expertise in IT infrastructure, environment configuration, and quality assurance processes, often supported by a degree in computer science or a related field. Familiarity with environment management tools, virtualization platforms, and ITIL or ISTQB certifications is typically required. Excellent organizational skills, stakeholder communication, and problem-solving abilities distinguish top performers in this role. These skills ensure reliable, efficient test environments that support seamless software development and minimize project risks.

What is a Test Environment Manager?

A Test Environment Manager is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the setup, maintenance, and availability of test environments used during software development and quality assurance processes. They ensure that these environments are correctly configured, stable, and available when needed by testing teams. Their role often includes managing environment schedules, resolving issues, coordinating with infrastructure teams, and ensuring that environments accurately reflect production systems. This helps teams detect and address issues before software is released, improving overall product quality.

How does a Test Environment Manager typically coordinate with development and operations teams to ensure smooth testing processes?

A Test Environment Manager regularly collaborates with both development and operations teams to align environment setup with project timelines and technical requirements. This role involves facilitating communication to anticipate environment needs, scheduling deployments, and managing resources to prevent conflicts or downtime. By maintaining clear documentation and fostering proactive dialogue, the manager ensures that any issues, such as version mismatches or configuration changes, are quickly resolved, supporting efficient and reliable testing cycles.
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Engineer III - Test Environment Management

Engineer III - Test Environment Management

Inland Empire Health Plan

Rancho Cucamonga, CA • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 2 days ago

Job description

Overview

What you can expect! 

Find joy in serving others with IEHP! We welcome you to join us in "healing and inspiring the human spirit" and to pivot from a "job" opportunity to an authentic experience!

The Engineer III - Test Environment Management is the lead position assisting the Manager, Technical Test Data & Environment in directing, controlling, and managing the enterprise-level test environments.  It consists of using procedures, tools, and resources to manage multiple components like software, hardware, databases, test data, and applications. This position works in collaboration with the infrastructure team and TDM Engineers to ensure Test Environments are ready with necessary test data for Test execution and Delivery teams. Train and Guide TEM- Engineer Is/IIs as needed.

Commitment to Quality: The IEHP Team is committed to incorporate IEHP's Quality Program goals including, but not limited to, HEDIS, CAHPS, and NCQA Accreditation.

Additional Benefits

 

Perks

 

IEHP is not only committed to healing and inspiring the human spirit of our Members; we also aim to match our Team Members with the same energy by providing prime benefits and more.

  • CalPERS retirement
  • 457(b) option with a contribution match
  • Generous paid time off- vacation, holidays, sick
  • State of the art fitness center on-site
  • Medical Insurance with Dental and Vision
  • Paid life insurance for employees with additional options
  • Short-term, and long-term disability options
  • Pet care insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account - Health Care/Childcare
  • Wellness programs that promote a healthy work-life balance
  • Career advancement opportunities and professional development
  • Competitive salary with annual merit increase
  • Team bonus opportunities
Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the design and development of test environment strategy and plans to support initiatives within assigned domains. Identify the environment's requirements to effectively support the overall release cycles. Analyze existing environments and identify requirement gaps and immaturities. Develop and execute a plan to resolve, driving to closure in a timely manner.
  • Lead collaboration with Test Delivery and UAT Test Coordination teams to accommodate Test environment needs for QE engineers and UAT testers. Collaborate with Application Support, Internal Development, and Data Integration teams and external vendor teams in setting up the test environments for product upgrades/releases. Interact with project managers, Test Delivery and Governance managers to sequence projects for testing in a limited number of testing environments. Manage the coordination of efforts to configure environments and tracking the status of environment configuration activities.
  • Collaborate with the infrastructure team to configure a database or set up and configure several VMs to facilitate testing through understanding the technical requirements to set up test environments.
  • Prioritize Environment Build & Change Requests. Build, Reserve, Refresh, Reuse & Reclaim environments for project use as a mechanism to optimize our infrastructure resources.
  • Facilitate and resolve any environmental contentions/conflicts between the stakeholders.
  • Setup environment configurations, create environment maps, and generate environment matrix using a Test Environment Management tool.
  • Provide details on progress on the various environment requests for several applications and Data integration processes. Monitor & Report environment set up progress.
  • Use project planning and forecasting tools.
  • Work together with Test Data Management resources to ensure the test data is masked and ready for test execution.
  • Provide subject matter expertise in compliance review meetings.
  • Support a continuous release schedule across multiple groups.
  • Maintain advanced knowledge of the work effort involved to set up and configuring operating systems, networks, databases, and application servers involved in the creation of end-to-end testing environments.
  • Lead Test Environment/Data management teams. Lead, guide, and train other resources.
  • Perform any other duties as required to ensure Health Plan operations and department business needs are successful.
    • Qualifications

    Education & Experience

    • A minimum of eight (8) years of Information systems and Quality Engineering experiences. Minimum five (5) years of experience working in Test Environment/Test Data Management
    • Experience working with various Product Vendors. Demonstrated ability in Design and developing test environment strategies and plans
    • Demonstrated track record of organizing and tracking the progress of multiple projects across the software development lifecycle
    • Have experience communicating with management on topics including project timelines, contingency plans, environment budgets, and resource allocation
    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Management or similar technical field from an accredited institution required

    Key Qualifications

    • Extensive knowledge and understanding of:
      • Quality assurance processes and procedures to devise methods to enforce quality standards
      • The work effort involved to setup and configuring operating systems, networks, databases, and application servers involved in the creation of end-to-end testing environments
      • Test Environment Management and Test Data Management tools
      • Test Automation and CI/CD experience
      • Agile environment and DevOps
      • Technical work required to stand-up test environments, and ready to delegate this work to associated release engineering groups
      • Strong planning, organization, critical thinking, decision-making and communication (verbal and written) skills
      • Budget management skills. Proven skills in budget preparation fiscal management
      • Group presentation, leadership, team building, analytical and organizational skills
      • Robust analytical skills for both existing processes and identifying areas of opportunity
      • Excellent decision-making, problem-solving, team and time management skills
      • Good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
      • Strong negotiation and influencing skills
      • Ability to train and guide TEM Engineer Is and IIs
      • Proven coaching/mentoring skills
    • Proven ability to:
      • Be a team player who will work effectively and pro-actively with internal and external stakeholders with the ability to integrate with all areas of IT and business
      • Effective problem resolution
      • Present issues and challenges in senior management forums
      • Work within a team of professionals from various disciplines
      • Lead through times of change, disruption, and growth
      • Express action-oriented and creative approaches to IT system issues and problems
      • Listen effectively, respond to sensitive inquiries or complaints, and cope with an ambiguous or changing environment
      • Coordinate efforts with responsible parties to configure environments
      • Clearly articulate both problems and proposed solutions
      • Prioritize personal and team workloads to best meet organizational objectives
      • Be motivated by delivery and speed to outcome
      • Effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
      • Ensure completion of projects and to meet deadlines, e.g., system releases, critical milestones.

     

     

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    Work Model Location

    This position is on a hybrid work schedule. (Monday & Friday - remote, Tuesday - Thursday onsite in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.)

    Pay RangeUSD $118,601.60 - USD $157,144.00 /Yr.Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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