FMP Environmental Manager - Active Security Clearance

The Role: FMP Environment Manager

Location: London, UK - Hybrid

Role type: Inside IR35 Contract

Active SC Mandatory

Job Description:

• Environment Strategy & Planning: Develop and maintain a comprehensive environment strategy and roadmap for the Oracle Fusion Transformation Programme, encompassing SaaS (Fusion), PaaS (integration, IDCS and IAM), and EPM environments.
• Environment Provisioning & Configuration: Lead the provisioning, setup, and configuration of all programme environments, ensuring they align with project timelines, technical specifications, and security policies.
• Release Management: Own the release management process for all programme environments, including planning, scheduling, communication, and execution of environment refreshes, patching, and upgrades for SaaS, PaaS, and EPM.
• Environment Stability & Performance: Proactively monitor environment health, performance, and capacity. Identify and resolve environment-related issues, collaborating with technical teams, Oracle support, and the system implementation partner as required.
• Change Control & Governance: Establish and enforce robust change control procedures for environment modifications, ensuring underpinning proper documentation, testing, and approval processes are followed.
• Access Management: Manage and control access to all programme environments, adhering to security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Data Management: Oversee environment data refresh strategies and execution, ensuring data integrity and availability for various testing and development cycles.
• Incident & Problem Management: Act as a primary point of contact for environment-related incidents, leading troubleshooting efforts and driving root cause analysis.
• Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular updates and communicate environment status, risks, and issues to programme leadership, technical teams, and other stakeholders.
• Process Improvement: Continuously identify opportunities to optimize environment management processes, tooling, and automation to enhance efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Vendor Management: Liaise with Oracle and other third-party vendors regarding environment-related services, support, and escalations.

Minimum Criteria:

• Proven experience in an Environment Management role within large-scale IT transformation programmes with a focus on Oracle Fusion.
• Demonstrable experience with Release Management principles and practices, including planning, scheduling, and execution of releases across multiple environments.
• Direct experience managing SaaS environments, specifically with cloud-based enterprise applications (eg, Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Workday, SAP S/4HANA Cloud).
• Experience with managing PaaS environments used for integration (eg, Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), Mulesoft, Azure Integration Services) and used for identity/access management (ie IDCS, IAM).
• Experience with managing EPM environments (eg, Oracle EPM Cloud, Hyperion, Anaplan).
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and various project methodologies (Agile, Waterfall).
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic programme environment.

Essential Criteria:

• 3+ years of dedicated experience as an Environment Manager on an Oracle Fusion Cloud implementation or a similar large-scale ERP cloud transformation.
• Direct hands-on experience managing Oracle Fusion SaaS Pods, including understanding of Oracle's patching cycles, refresh processes, and environment segmentation.
• In-depth knowledge and practical experience with Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) environments, covering connectivity, instance management, and deployment processes.
• Practical experience with Oracle EPM Cloud environments (eg, PBCS, FCCS, ARCS), including environment provisioning, data loads, and maintenance.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement robust environment strategies and roadmaps.
• Experience with environment automation tools and Scripting (eg, Python, Shell Scripting) for environment provisioning or management tasks.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a methodical approach to troubleshooting environment issues.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively with diverse technical and business teams.

Desirable Criteria:

• Relevant certifications (eg, ITIL, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) certifications).
• Experience with environment monitoring tools specific to Oracle Cloud (eg, OCI Monitoring, Dynatrace).
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and practices in a cloud environment.
• Experience working with geographically dispersed teams and vendors.
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments.
• Previous experience with data migration strategies and tools for Oracle Fusion.