Oracle Fusion Environment Manager

Oracle, Cloud, Environment Manager, Fusion, HR, Payroll

My client is looking for an experienced Oracle Cloud/Fusion Environment Manager for a 10 year Cloud HR/Payroll transformation project. Please see below:

Role Overview

The Environment Manager is accountable for the planning, governance, availability, and life cycle of non-production and production environments across Oracle EBS, Oracle HCM Cloud, Oracle OCI, Oracle PaaS, Azure Cloud and other applications for a large-scale program involving AMS as well as cloud transformation projects. This role orchestrates environment strategy, release calendars, cloning, patching, data refreshes, cutover readiness, and production stability, working closely with Application Support, Infrastructure/DBA, Security, Testing, DevOps, and Business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Environment Strategy & Governance
• Ability to plan & coordinate across all technologies involved on Environments - Oracle EBS/Cloud, OCI/PaaS, Azure Cloud instances and satellite systems (bolt-ons, custom apps, data warehouses, integrations).
• Own the end-to-end environment model (DEV/SIT/UAT/Performance/Training/Pre-Prod/Prod) for ~20+ environments across the programme
• Define and maintain environment topology, capacity plans, naming conventions etc.
• Establish and enforce environment governance: usage policies, access control, segregation of duties, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Maintain the master environment calendar and release train cadence (monthly/quarterly), ensuring conflict resolution and resource alignment.
• Production Support Enablement
• Coordinate with Application Support/DBA teams on cloning, patching, backup/recovery, and performance tuning for production and lower tiers.
• Lead DR/BCP planning and regular failover testing in collaboration with Infrastructure/Cloud Ops.
• Release & Cutover Management
• Plan and manage code/config/data deployments across environments; standardize deployment pipelines and runbooks.
• Coordinate EBS patch cycles (techstack, functional modules, security patches), regression testing windows, and blackout periods.
• Orchestrate cutover activities for releases and migration waves, including mock runs, dependency checks, and rollback strategies.
• Data & Cloning Management
• Govern EBS cloning procedures (Prod - non-Prod), including Data protection, masking/anonymization of sensitive data to meet compliance.
• Schedule and optimize refreshes to align with testing cycles and release milestones; minimize downtime.
• Oversee test data management, golden datasets, and data seeding across environments.
• Co-Existence
• Support co-existence patterns (eg, On Premise EBS HCM + Oracle Cloud HCM) and phased decommissioning plans.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management
• Serve as the single point of contact for environment readiness across Business, PMO, Testing, Security, and Support.
• Coordinate with Oracle and system integrators on patches, cloud releases, SRs, and best practices.
• Report environment health, risks, and mitigations to Program Leadership; drive decision logs and change advisory board (CAB) submissions.