Enterprise Platforms Environment Manager

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.

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 project teams, 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Qualifications

• Certifications in ITIL, Oracle, Agile, PMP, or related disciplines (preferred).
• Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms (preferred).
• Familiarity with test data management, automated deployment processes, and environment provisioning workflows (preferred).
• Exposure to UKG, WFM, Passport, Vertex, and related enterprise ecosystems (preferred).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• 401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan.
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• On-demand training program and access to certification prep, technical and leadership courses/books/seminars after 6+ months of tenure.
• Certification discounts and perks for associations including CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team and a certified Career Coach.

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.