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DevOps Product Owner

Job

  • Level
    Experienced
  • Location
    Graz
  • Working Model
    Onsite
  • Job Field
    IT, DevOps, Product
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment

Job Summary

In this role, you will take responsibility for a Cloud-Native platform, manage its development from idea to go-live, and actively maintain the Product Backlog with prioritization and user stories.

Job Technologies

Your role in the team

  • You will take product responsibility for our internal Cloud-Native development and operations platform with clear ownership of vision, roadmap, and value.
  • Collection, prioritization, and maintenance of the Product Backlog in close coordination with Development, Testing, Operations, and Security.
  • Translation of technical requirements into clear User Stories and Epics, as well as active participation in all Scrum events.
  • Management of platform development from conception to go-live, including dependency and release management.
  • Measurement and communication of platform benefits based on relevant KPIs, as well as representing the product and the roadmap to stakeholders, management, and coordination committees in the highly regulated insurance environment.
  • Promotion of standardization, automation, and gradual replacement of historically grown structures.
  • You actively pursue new technologies and best practices, introduce them to the team, and act as a bridge between technology and business.

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Our expectations of you

Education

  • Completed technical or business-technical education (HTL, FH, university) or comparable practical experience.

Qualifications

  • Solid understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and proficient use of backlog management tools (e.g., Jira).
  • Familiarity with GitOps, IaC, and DevSecOps concepts (e.g., deployment strategies, secrets management, security baselines).
  • Team orientation as well as a good sense for people and team dynamics characterize you.
  • Strong communication skills in German and good knowledge of English.

Experience

  • Proven experience as a Product Owner, ideally in a platform, DevOps, or infrastructure environment; PO certification is a plus.
  • Good understanding of the Cloud-Native landscape (Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, observability) as well as modern web and microservice architectures and the software delivery lifecycle, hands-on experience is a plus.
  • Analytical thinking, experience with product KPIs and data-driven prioritization, as well as the ability to communicate technical complexity clearly to the team and non-technical stakeholders.

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Benefits

Food & Drink

Health, Fitness & Fun

Higher Take-Home Pay

Work-Life-Integration

Topics You Will Work On

Job Locations

  • Location Graz

    Steiermark

    Austria

About Your Employer

Merkur Versicherung AG

Merkur Versicherung AG

Graz

Die Merkur ist ein traditionsreiches Versicherungsunternehmen, das in Graz seinen Sitz hat. Neben Γ–sterreich beliefert es auch den sΓΌdosteuropΓ€ischen Raum mit Angeboten, da es hier Tochterunternehmen hat.

Description

  • Company Size
    250+ Employees
  • Founding Year
    1798
  • Language
    German
  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Industry
    Banking, Finance, Insurance

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DevOps Product Owner

Location
Graz
Working Model
Onsite
Diversity
Open for all genders

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