Product Owner / Lead - DevOps Team (w/m/d)

Hitachi Rail Limited; Wien; On-site; EUR 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary €70k+ gross p.a.

Public transport subsidy

Flexible working hours

Up to 60% home office

Holidays on 24/12 and 31/12

Employee discounts

Training opportunities

International environment

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Austria invites a Product Owner / Lead for the DevOps Team to guide a skilled DevOps Scrum team in building a robust, highly available railway platform. You will drive cloud-native components, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring across multi-site teams.

The role requires a technical degree and hands-on experience with containerization, orchestration, and automation. German and English proficiency are essential; Vienna location with flexible hours and strong growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Technical degree in IT related field required.
• Experience in DevOps leadership and agile environment.
• Knowledge of cloud and virtualization techs.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation.

Responsibilities

• Technical leading of DevOps Scrum Team
• Develop and optimize an on-premise full-stack platform for railway products
• Support cloud-native app development and deployment
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Design robust diagnostics and monitoring system
• Collaborate in distributed agile team

Skills

Cloud technologies

Container orchestration

Scripting & automation

Linux administration

Developer knowledge

Monitoring & logging

English (Fluent) & German

Education

Technical degree in Informatics/CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenStack

AWS EC2

VMware vSphere

Jenkins

Groovy

Python

Bash

Ruby

Prometheus

ELK stack

Nagios

Job description

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description

PRODUCT OWNER / LEAD - DEVOPS TEAM (F/M/D)

Hitachi Rail Austria is a full system provider and global supplier of train control technology and traffic management systems (f. ex. European Train Control System (ETCS), Electronic interlockings, Operation Control Centers and dispatching systems, Field elements). As part of the Engineering Team you will contribute to the design and development of a full stack generic digital platform and assist application development teams to integrate business specific applications. If you want to contribute to a complex and highly available system, then join us Hitachi Rail Austria!

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Technical leading of DevOps Scrum Team
• Development and optimization of an on-premise full stack generic platform for railway products with focus on high availability, reliability and cyber security
• Support development teams in cloud native application development and deployment
• Setup and maintain build, release and deployment pipelines (CI/CD)
• Design and implement a robust diagnostics and monitoring system
• Collaboration in a distributed agile team

YOUR PROFILE

• Technical Degree preferably in Informatics, Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar
• 2+ years of relevant experience and technical know-how on
• Cloud and virtualization technologies (KVM, OpenStack, AWS EC2, VMware vSphere and similar)
• Container and container orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes …)
• Scripting of automation processes around CI/CD (Jenkins, Groovy, Python, Bash, Ruby, …)
• Linux administration experience (Ubuntu, RedHat, ..)
• Developer knowledge (12 Factor Apps, Spring Boot, ..)Monitoring and log collection solutions (Prometheus, Elk, Nagios, ..)
• Experience working in an international context (multi unit/multi site) is an advantage
• Experience in agile methodology is an advantage
• Fluency in English and a good level of German
• Innovative, adaptable and customer-oriented team player

WE OFFER

• The salary for this position starts at € 70.000 gross p.a. Actual compensation is based on experience and qualification.
• Very good accessibility by public transport (Vienna Handelskai) & subsidies for public transport
• Flexible working hours and, depending on the position, up to 60% home office
• Hitachi Rail gives you holidays on Christmas (24.12) and New Year's Eve (31.12)
• Discounts for employees (canteen, shops, corporate benefits, tickets, etc.)
• Various training opportunities - online, internal and external training courses
• A stable employer in a collegial and international environment

Who We Are

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

https://www.hitachirail.com/careers