What are the responsibilities and job description for the Enterprise Platforms Environment Manager position at Apex Systems?
Job#: 3032338
Job Description:
Position Overview
We are seeking a seasoned Environment Manager to lead the governance, stability, and operational readiness of enterprise platform environments across a complex application ecosystem. This role is responsible for ensuring non-production (i.e. Development, Test, Staging, Training), and production environments are well-managed, fit for purpose, and aligned to business and delivery needs.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Oracle Cloud and other enterprise applications such as UKG, Passport, and Vertex or comparable platforms. This individual will work closely with release, QA, platform, business, and vendor teams to ensure environments are reliable, appropriately controlled, and ready to support testing, training, and business-critical operations.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as the owner for all enterprise platform environments, including clarity of purpose, integrations, availability, accessibility, and maintenance.
Establish and maintain governance, best practices, and lifecycle controls for all enterprise platform environments (production & non-production) including Oracle, UKG, Passport, CRM, and Vertex.
Define environment purposes, usage guidelines, access expectations, and readiness requirements for business and technical users.
Ensure environments are managed in a scalable, secure, consistent, and controlled manner across integrated enterprise systems.
Provide guidance to business and platform stakeholders on environment usage and readiness for testing, training, project delivery, and operational activities.
Communicate proactively the environment purposes, accessibility, availability, and integrations with other system environments to key business and IT users so they can effectively plan and manage operations as necessary.
Coordinate and execute environment refreshes, data masking, version alignment, and upgrade readiness across platforms.
Partner with the entire IT org (cyber, application teams, infrastructure, etc.) program teams - including vendor support teams, and business leaders to ensure environments are prepared, available, and aligned with delivery timelines, patches, upgrades, maintenance events, and technical dependencies.
Oversee environment connectivity and interoperability across enterprise applications and third-party systems.
Monitor and manage environment health, availability, and system integrity across enterprise platforms, including Oracle Cloud ERP, HCM, SCM, UKG Pro, WFM, Passport, and Vertex.
Analyze environment-related incidents and recurring issues, identify trends, and drive proactive resolution.
Identify structural or design issues affecting environment performance and stability, and collaborate with vendors, platform owners, process owners, and business stakeholders to resolve them.
Ensure integrated platforms remain aligned across environments and that refreshes and changes are introduced in a controlled manner.
Drive continuous improvement in environment management processes, controls, and documentation.
Ensure compliance with change management, security requirements, SOX controls, and other applicable governance standards.
Qualifications
Required
7 years of experience in Environment Management, application/platform operations, or a similar role in complex enterprise IT environments.
Demonstrated experience managing Oracle Cloud environments or comparable enterprise application environments.
Experience supporting integrated business systems across HRIS, ERP, procurement, tax, capital management, and field service domains.
Strong knowledge of environment governance, SDLC, release dependencies, and operational support practices.
Experience working with cross-functional global teams and external vendors.
Strong analytical, organizational, and stakeholder communication skills.
Preferred
Certifications in ITIL, Oracle, Agile, PMP, or related disciplines.
Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms.
Familiarity with test data management, automated deployment processes, and environment provisioning workflows.
Exposure to UKG, WFM, Passport, Vertex, and related enterprise ecosystems.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Job Description:
Position Overview
We are seeking a seasoned Environment Manager to lead the governance, stability, and operational readiness of enterprise platform environments across a complex application ecosystem. This role is responsible for ensuring non-production (i.e. Development, Test, Staging, Training), and production environments are well-managed, fit for purpose, and aligned to business and delivery needs.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Oracle Cloud and other enterprise applications such as UKG, Passport, and Vertex or comparable platforms. This individual will work closely with release, QA, platform, business, and vendor teams to ensure environments are reliable, appropriately controlled, and ready to support testing, training, and business-critical operations.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as the owner for all enterprise platform environments, including clarity of purpose, integrations, availability, accessibility, and maintenance.
Establish and maintain governance, best practices, and lifecycle controls for all enterprise platform environments (production & non-production) including Oracle, UKG, Passport, CRM, and Vertex.
Define environment purposes, usage guidelines, access expectations, and readiness requirements for business and technical users.
Ensure environments are managed in a scalable, secure, consistent, and controlled manner across integrated enterprise systems.
Provide guidance to business and platform stakeholders on environment usage and readiness for testing, training, project delivery, and operational activities.
Communicate proactively the environment purposes, accessibility, availability, and integrations with other system environments to key business and IT users so they can effectively plan and manage operations as necessary.
Coordinate and execute environment refreshes, data masking, version alignment, and upgrade readiness across platforms.
Partner with the entire IT org (cyber, application teams, infrastructure, etc.) program teams - including vendor support teams, and business leaders to ensure environments are prepared, available, and aligned with delivery timelines, patches, upgrades, maintenance events, and technical dependencies.
Oversee environment connectivity and interoperability across enterprise applications and third-party systems.
Monitor and manage environment health, availability, and system integrity across enterprise platforms, including Oracle Cloud ERP, HCM, SCM, UKG Pro, WFM, Passport, and Vertex.
Analyze environment-related incidents and recurring issues, identify trends, and drive proactive resolution.
Identify structural or design issues affecting environment performance and stability, and collaborate with vendors, platform owners, process owners, and business stakeholders to resolve them.
Ensure integrated platforms remain aligned across environments and that refreshes and changes are introduced in a controlled manner.
Drive continuous improvement in environment management processes, controls, and documentation.
Ensure compliance with change management, security requirements, SOX controls, and other applicable governance standards.
Qualifications
Required
7 years of experience in Environment Management, application/platform operations, or a similar role in complex enterprise IT environments.
Demonstrated experience managing Oracle Cloud environments or comparable enterprise application environments.
Experience supporting integrated business systems across HRIS, ERP, procurement, tax, capital management, and field service domains.
Strong knowledge of environment governance, SDLC, release dependencies, and operational support practices.
Experience working with cross-functional global teams and external vendors.
Strong analytical, organizational, and stakeholder communication skills.
Preferred
Certifications in ITIL, Oracle, Agile, PMP, or related disciplines.
Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms.
Familiarity with test data management, automated deployment processes, and environment provisioning workflows.
Exposure to UKG, WFM, Passport, Vertex, and related enterprise ecosystems.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.