Technical Product Owner

Day Rate - Up to £710 per day

Duration: 6 months

Technical Product Owner - PubSec - Glasgow (mostly remote) - Outside IR35

• Provide technical product ownership for a business-critical platform.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to define product strategy and roadmap.
• Lead prioritisation activities and drive delivery of product outcomes.
• Support the ongoing operation, enhancement and maintenance of services.
• Champion data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.
• Manage stakeholder relationships across technical and business teams.
• Anticipate future technology trends and identify opportunities for platform enhancement.
• Promote product management best practice and contribute to wider communities of practice.

Candidates should demonstrate strong experience across four or more of the following areas:

• AWS architectures and cloud-native best practices, including:
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Immutable Infrastructure
• Ephemeral Infrastructure
• Kubernetes on AWS EKS
• MySQL-compatible databases:
• MySQL
• Amazon RDS
• Amazon Aurora
• MariaDB
• CI/CD and build pipeline automation
• Tooling including:
• Helm
• Terragrunt
• Git
• ArgoCD
• Government cloud security standards:
• NIST
• OWASP
• CIS
• NCSC
• BASH scripting
• Python development
• RESTful microservices
• IT Service Management (ITSM)

• Proven ability to lead teams in the design, implementation, administration and support of infrastructure services.
• Strong ownership mindset with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
• Ability to define and communicate product vision, strategy and roadmaps.

• Ability to understand, review and contribute to code and scripting activities.
• Strong problem management capabilities, including trend analysis and preventative action planning.
• Experience advising on future technology direction and product evolution.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and support strategic decision-making.