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Job Description

Division: Group Technology Solutions (GTS)

Overview

The Product Owner for the Linux team shapes the vision and delivery of Euroclear’s 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.

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, EDO’s (Epic Delivery Owner’s), 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 security‑hardening practices.
• Demonstrate understanding of virtualization technologies (AHV/ESX), cloud platforms (Azure), and security‑focused 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.

About Us

Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system.

Why join us

Connecting and shaping the future of global capital markets.

What We Offer

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries.
• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment.
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

New ways of working

Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office and also benefit from remote working.

Great Place to Work for All

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process.

About The Team

Group Technology Services (GTS) plans, builds and runs the global infrastructure of Euroclear, and is additionally responsible for the IT service management to the operating entities of the various Group markets. Group Technology Services operates its IT systems and IT services in such a way that, at an appropriate and benchmarked cost level, it can deliver the agreed levels of service to support the requirements of the business processes, for both normal operations and during disaster recovery.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Product Management and Marketing

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