Release/Environment Analyst - Contract

Salary: £43,500 - 74,500 per year

Requirements:

• Strong Release Management experience within complex technology environments
• Good Environment Management experience across multiple environments
• Demonstrable Test Management experience
• Good knowledge of DevOps principles and modern software delivery
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes
• Experience coordinating complex releases across multiple teams and dependencies
• Strong governance, risk and change management experience
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Comfortable taking ownership and working autonomously
• Experience operating across Release, Environment and Test Management rather than being focused solely on one discipline

Responsibilities:

• Own and coordinate end-to-end release management activities
• Manage release schedules, readiness, dependencies, risks and implementation plans
• Coordinate development, test, pre-production and production environments
• Manage environment availability, scheduling, conflicts and readiness
• Plan and coordinate testing across SIT, integration, regression and UAT
• Manage test progress, defects, risks and release readiness
• Work closely with DevOps, engineering and platform teams
• Support and improve CI/CD-driven build, test and deployment processes
• Lead release readiness and Go/No-Go activities
• Provide clear governance and reporting across Release, Environment and Test
• Work across multiple technical teams, suppliers and senior stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to improve automation, processes and ways of working

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• DevOps
• Support

More:

We are looking for an experienced Release, Environment & Test Analyst to join a large, complex technology environment in the North West. This is a broad delivery-focused role bringing together Release Management, Environment Management and Test Management, working closely with technical teams operating modern DevOps and CI/CD practices. The role is based in the North West with an expectation of being onsite 1-2 days per week.

last updated 39 week of 2026