POSITION OVERVIEW
We are seeking a highly technical, execution-driven Product Owner to champion our DevOps Practice.
In this role, you will bridge the gap between strategic business objectives and technical execution. You will not just manage a backlog; you will shape the future of our automated infrastructure, deployment workflows, and continuous integration ecosystems.
The ideal candidate possesses strong hands-on foundational experience or deep practical knowledge of modern DevOps topologies, automated deployment strategies, configuration management tools (specifically Ansible), and multi-cloud sync architectures. Equally critical are your soft skills: you must excel at Agile orchestration, high-impact communication, and navigating complex stakeholder dynamics to align engineering capabilities with business value.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. DevOps Strategy & Automated Deployments Advocacy
Serve as the domain expert driving the optimization of CI/CD pipelines, automated artifact deployments, and self-healing infrastructure.
Collaborate with tech leads to prioritize technical debt reduction, system architectural upgrades, and automated testing frameworks alongside feature delivery.
Incorporate Ansible playbooks and automation patterns into standard deployment roadmaps to achieve immutable, predictable environment provisioning.
2. Cloud Sync & Multi-Cloud Lifecycles
Define requirements for robust cloud sync mechanisms, cross-region replication, state management, and high-availability cloud storage/compute frameworks.
Ensure product roadmaps account for data consistency, security boundaries, and continuous synchronization across hybridized or multi-cloud environments.
3. Product Vision & Backlog Management (Agile Execution)
Own, prioritize, and maintain the DevOps practice product backlog, translating high-level business capabilities into clear, actionable epic- and story-level technical requirements.
Lead Agile ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and release planning, ensuring engineering squads have an uninterrupted pipeline of well-defined work.
Define explicit Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done (DoD) tailored for infrastructure, pipeline components, and platform stability.
4. Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
Act as the primary interface between core engineering, security compliance, business units, and executive leadership.
Translate dense, complex engineering achievements or roadblocks into transparent, value-oriented updates for non-technical stakeholders.
Foster a strong culture of collaboration across siloed operational and development teams, driving the developer-experience (DevEx) feedback loop to continuously improve tools.
CANDIDATE PROFILE & REQUIREMENTS
We are looking for a professional who balances practical technical capability with strong leadership and product management acumen.
Technical Mastery & Experience
DevOps Practice: Strong foundational or hands-on experience in platform engineering, CI/CD pipeline structures (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions), and system infrastructure.
Automated Deployments: Practical grasp of deployment patterns (Blue/Green, Canary, Rolling updates) and continuous delivery paradigms.
Ansible Expertise: Direct experience writing or managing Ansible playbooks, roles, and modules for automated configuration management and orchestration.
Cloud Sync & Infrastructure: Good understanding of major cloud ecosystems (AWS,
Azure, or GCP) with specialized focus on cloud synchronization, storage replicas, and networking configurations.
Leadership & Soft Skills
Agile Execution: Proven track record acting as a Product Owner or Technical Product Manager within a mature Scrum or Kanban framework.
Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated capability to manage diverse, conflicting
expectations from engineering teams, security officers, and business leaders.
Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; ability to distill complex architectural concepts into clear, high-level business narratives.
Collaboration & Empathy: A team-first attitude with the cross-functional leadership presence required to guide engineering squads without authoritative mandate.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical industry experience.
Any active Cloud Practitioner or DevOps Engineer certifications (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or Red Hat Ansible) are a definitive plus.
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) designation is highly advantageous.
WHAT WE OFFER
An opportunity to shape a high-impact, business-critical DevOps platform strategy.
A collaborative environment that deeply respects and balances technical excellence with agile business execution.
Flexible working setups, and continuous professional development pathways.