DevOps Product Owner

K Recruiting; Union (NJ); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the medical devices industry seeks a DevOps Product Owner who will lead a project team and support the transition to product-centric strategies. This role involves managing the DevOps backlog, ensuring effective communication among team members, and leveraging advanced DevOps practices to drive continuous improvement and productivity. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of relevant experience and a deep understanding of DevOps methodologies, making critical decisions to prioritize tasks and manage complex situations within the organization.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years in software development or IT roles with a strong focus on DevOps practices.
• Minimum of 2 years of product owner experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Deep understanding of DevOps practices and Agile frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and manage the project team including a Scrum Master and DevOps engineers.
• Support the development and implementation of a DevOps product/tools/processes portfolio.
• Drive continuous improvement and monitor performance using existing metrics.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Agile

DevOps practices

CI/CD

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring and Logging

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Grafana

Prometheus

Kubernetes

Argo CD

Job description

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We unite the people who make our world healthier by placing top experts with life sciences companies worldwide. Precise. Fast. Accurate.

For our client in the medical devices industry we are looking for a new DevOps Product Owner

Tasks:

- Manage the DevOps Project Team: Inspire and manage the project team of a Scrum Master and several DevOps engineers. Maintain a DevOps backlog for the Scrum/Kanban team, ensuring that the most valuable tasks are the ones that get produced first. Continue the already started transition to product-centric and cross-functional team structure and promote effective communication and knowledge exchange.

- Support Implementation Strategy: Support the development and implementation of a comprehensive DevOps product/tools/processes portfolio. The backlog is maintained through continuous contact with developers, operations, service, architects and others who provide input/feedback on what needs to be built.

- Screen the market: Continuously share experiences/best practices and trends in DevOps with the group of DevOps engineers and establish resilient and future-oriented central solutions for all products within the program.

- Monitor Performance and Progress: Drive continuous improvement, report on progress by means of existing metrics dashboards. Ensure increasing productivity and efficiency of production and development.

Qualification:

- Professional Experience: At least 5 years in software development or IT roles with a strong focus on DevOps practices.

- Product Owner Experience: A minimum of 2 years of product owner experience. Strong leadership and coaching skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to effectively interact with various teams.

- Track Record in Leading a Project to Success: Ability to make critical decisions, prioritize tasks, and manage complex situations in a large organization effectively.

- DevOps and Agile Expertise: Deep understanding of DevOps practices, including CI/CD, automation, infrastructure as code, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), monitoring and logging, Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.

- Skills and Competencies: Experience with Azure DevOps, Terraform, Grafana/Prometheus, Kubernetes, Argo CD, VNET, Azure Cost Optimization.

- Language: English business fluent, German nice to have

Requirements:

- Duration: 6 months+

- Location: Remote, preferably initial kick-off onsite

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Medical Equipment Manufacturing

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