Linux Product Owner

Division: Group Technology Solutions (GTS)

Overview

The Product Owner for the Linux team shapes the vision and delivery of Euroclears Linux infrastructure including containerized solutions. This role turns business needs into secure scalable automated platforms. As a people leader the Product Owner drives collaboration team growth and clear priorities. Working in Agile/Scrum they partner with engineers security and stakeholders to ensure stability security and continuous improvement across all environments.

Key Responsibilities

Product Vision & Roadmap

• Define and communicate the product vision and roadmap for Linux platform engineering including OS lifecycle management automation frameworks configuration management containerization strategies and tooling enhancements.
• Collaborate with engineering leaders and business stakeholders to align platform capabilities with organizational strategies and infrastructure standards.
• Identify emerging technology trends open-source ecosystems Containers Kubernetes environments and infrastructure automation to inform product direction.

Backlog Ownership

• Own and prioritize the product backlog balancing technical debt security compliance feature development and operational improvements.
• Translate technical and operational requirements into clear user stories acceptance criteria and deliverables.
• Facilitate backlog refinement with engineers ensuring clarity feasibility and alignment with sprint goals.

People Management

• Ensure the right mix of competencies is present within the team to meet current and future objectives.
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings with all squad members to foster strong working relationships.
• Hold appraisal sessions and discuss individual career development opportunities with team members.
• Manage all administrative aspects of people management including approval of holidays overtime and related matters.

Organising Daily Operations

• Ensuring that the required number of engineers is available each day to staff essential operations.
• Coordinating watch-duty schedules and weekend assignments.
• Monitoring and addressing incidents and escalations as they may arise.
• Actively participate in Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning daily standups sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Provide timely guidance and decisions to unblock engineering and support work and maintain consistent delivery.
• Validate and accept completed work ensuring features meet the Definition of Done security standards and integration requirements.
• This all in strong collaboration with the scrum master.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the primary liaison between engineers EDOs (Epic Delivery Owners) security teams application owners and leadership.
• Communicate progress risks and priorities to stakeholders balancing technical constraints with business needs.
• Gather feedback from internal customers to continuously improve Linux platform capabilities.

Technical & Domain Understanding

• Understand Linux systems including package management patching kernel updates system services and performance monitoring
• Demonstrate strong understanding of infrastructure automation tools (e.g. Ansible Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Possess solid knowledge of containerization technologies (Red Hat OpenShift) virtualization platforms cloud integration approaches and securityhardening practices.
• Demonstrate understanding of virtualization technologies (AHV/ESX) cloud platforms (Azure) and securityfocused tooling (Rapid7 OpenSCAP CrowdStrike HAXM SELinux etc.).
• Strong understanding of enterprise risk management and the ability to proactively maintain and enforce risk controls in daily operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Product Owner role in the complex organisation with multiple stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Linux ecosystem concepts and open-source technologies.
• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• People management skills.
• Proven ability to manage technical backlogs and work closely with engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code automation and configuration management tools.
• Experience working with large-scale enterprise infrastructure or hybrid cloud environments.
• Knowledge of security best practices compliance frameworks and patch/OS lifecycle management.

Please note that this is a permanent position and we do not offer freelance/contract arrangement for the role.

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