Environment Lead / £350pd - £375pd (Outside IR35) / 6 Month Contract / Watford based My client is looking for an Environment Lead to join a large programme of work on a contract basis. This role will require you to be onsite in Watford 3 days a week. Role and Responsibilities Create and Implement Config Management across all environments Hands on delivery of Production Environment Support FIC Environment Challenges Engage and support project delivery teams and BAU maintenance teams? Analyse environment requirements? Deliver development and test environments (system test, UAT, performance)? Document environments and underlying components to appropriate standards? Maintain, refresh and recycle environments, including access control and deployment of software builds for testing (In house developed software, 3^rd party software)? Capacity management (storage, memory, processors)? Provide technical consultancy on environments and software deployment - expertise on underlying infrastructure, technologies and tools (across all In house IT application development areas)? ? Support continuous improvement initiatives (keep abreast of industry trends, implement best practice, evaluate new tools and techniques, automate processes, upgrade underlying technologies)? Point of contact to engage and provide support to business and technical stakeholders of the project. To work closely with key business owners/stakeholders, Business project managers and the IT delivery teams to ensure a high quality, on time project to agreed scope. Working with other programmes/projects in technology and wider business to actively manage issues, risks and dependencies, within the Environment landscape Manage conflicts to ensure they do not impact delivery·?????? Key experience Must Have: Experience of applying different IT delivery methodologies, such as Agile, Scrum, Lean and Waterfall Proven delivery experience within a complex IT environment with significant volume of change Experience of environment management and associated tools, methodologies and approaches Experience of IT architecture and infrastructure. Experience of the systems development lifecycle. Experience of project management principles, tools and methodologies Familiarity with industry standard software and databases Use of formal tools for software control Use of formal tools for managing software packages Use of formal tools for deploying software, eg Jenkins Experience of various software environments Working knowledge of industry best practice, good network/links with individuals in the same field