About

• Company Description

For over 28 years, Version 1 has partnered with leading global brands to deliver digital, cloud, and enterprise application solutions that drive business success. We are proud to be recognised as

• Oracle Innovation Partner of the Year 2023 (EMEA)
• Microsoft Global Partner of the Year (Modernising Applications)
• AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year (EMEA)
• One of the Best Workplaces for Women in the UK & Ireland (2023)
• With 3,500+ people and revenues exceeding €347m/£302m, Version 1 is a market leader in Oracle, Microsoft, and AWS consulting services – and one of the fastest-growing digital consultancies in Europe.
• Job Description
• We are now seeking an experienced Environment and Release Manager to join our Oracle team, supporting major public sector clients. This is a key coordination and governance role, ensuring the integrity of environment management and release processes across a complex programme landscape.
• Key Responsibilities
• Own and maintain the environment and cloning plan, ensuring environments are fit for purpose across all phases of testing and deployment.
• Manage the release process for configuration and code changes, from defect triage through to approval, deployment, and validation.
• Chair and coordinate change release meetings, ensuring timely review and approval of change requests.
• Maintain release runbooks, ensuring all pre-release tasks are completed by relevant teams (technical, functional, reporting, client).
• Ensure traceability and version control of all configuration and design changes, aligned with audit and quality standards.
• Support walkthroughs of configuration and environment readiness as part of formal entry criteria for testing phases.
• Collaborate with client-side release managers in a “two-in-a-box” model, ensuring alignment and transparency.
• Monitor and report on defect and change request status, using tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Drive continuous improvement in environment and release processes, exploring automation opportunities where feasible.
• This role requires candidates to be eligible for SC clearance, which includes having a minimum of 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.
• Qualifications
• Proven experience in Oracle Cloud ERP implementations, with a strong understanding of environment lifecycle management and release governance.
• Demonstrable track record in Environment and Release Management across complex programmes, ideally within public sector or regulated environments.
• Experience managing configuration and code releases through multiple test environments (e.g. DEV, UAT, Pre-Prod), ensuring traceability and audit readiness.
• Familiarity with JIRA or similar tools for defect tracking and change request management.
• Strong working knowledge of ITIL framework, particularly around Change and Release Management (ITIL Foundation certification desirable).
• Experience coordinating across cross-functional teams including technical, functional, testing, and client stakeholders.
• Exposure to CI/CD principles and hybrid release models (manual + automated), with an understanding of Oracle related tooling (FSM, Config Snapshot, etc.).
• Skills
• Leadership & Coordination: Ability to lead environment and release planning activities, chair release meetings, and manage stakeholder communications.
• Analytical Thinking: Capable of assessing release risks, validating deployments, and ensuring environment readiness.
• Communication: Clear and confident communicator, able to engage with senior stakeholders and technical teams.
• Planning & Organisation: Skilled in managing environment calendars, cloning schedules, and release runbooks.
• Problem Solving: Proactive in identifying and resolving environment-related issues, ensuring minimal disruption to testing and production.
• Documentation & Governance: Strong attention to detail in maintaining environment plans, change logs, and validation records.
• Collaboration: Comfortable working in a “two-in-a-box” model with client-side release managers and SMEs.
• Additional Information
• Why Version 1?
• Strong career progression & mentorship through our Strength in Balance and leadership programmes, including quarterly Pathways Career Development reviews.
• Significant training budget for certifications and further education.
• Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards & Call-Out recognition platform celebrating achievement.
• Moments that matter & enhanced maternity/paternity leave policies to support your journey.
• Active ESG & CSR initiatives, allowing you to give back through fundraising, volunteering, and diversity, inclusion & belonging programmes.

Benefits include

• Quarterly performance-related profit share
• Hybrid / Remote working flexibility
• Pension, private healthcare, life assurance cover
• Certified Great Place to Work for 10+ years running
• This is hybrid based with occasional travel to your nearest base office.
• Ashley Billington, Head of Talent Acquisition – Enterprise Applications (Oracle Cloud - ERP, HCM, EPM)
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• We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity & Inclusion statement located at: Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Version 1 Careers
• Please note: We have an internal recruitment team and do not accept agency candidates. If you want to join the team here at Version 1, get in touch with us directly!

• Department: Enterprise Applications