Product Owner & Team Lead - Linux and Deployment Solutions (m/f/d)

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.

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Hybrid)

As Hitachi Rail we are advancing rail signalling and safety solutions to ensure safe and efficient railway operations worldwide.

Our technologies help to bring billions of people reliably to their destinations by rail every year - making sustainable mobility a reality.

Product Owner & Team Lead - Linux and Deployment Solutions (m/f/d) (Ref.No. R1006847) at our location in Ditzingen near Stuttgart

You will enjoy having this responsibility:

As a Product Owner & Team Lead - Linux and Deployment Solutions (m/f/d) you will lead a highly motivated team of engineers and take the role of product owner for virtualization and base operating systems, especially Linux. You will be responsible for the development of innovative solutions and contribute significantly to the continuous improvement of the team's performance.

It also involves the following tasks:

1. You will lead the team in all aspects and promote a positive working atmosphere through regular feedback.
2. You take responsibility for capacity planning and the personal development of your team members.
3. Ensuring that the team's performance remains consistently high and removing obstacles quickly is also part of your responsibilities.
4. The coordination of the team is also part of your tasks as well as ensuring the smooth completion of deliverables.
5. In addition, you drive the continuous improvement process to ensure a high level of output from the team in the long term including continuous integration and deployment.
6. You will guide engineers on both procedural and architectural issues in the area of Linux and virtualization technologies and cover a product owner role for one part of the team.

You have:

1. You have successfully completed a technical degree, preferably in the field of engineering informatics or information security.
2. You have proven technical experience from design to implementation of solution elements based on operating systems, virtualization environments and network facilities.
3. A deep experience in Linux, KVM and layer 3 network is important; a background in Openstack and K8s is an advantage.
4. Ideally, you already have experience as a product owner and understand the security best practices for operating systems, network and virtualization.
5. As a team leader, you focus on your own responsibilities and you lead international and multidisciplinary teams with empathy and as a role model.
6. You are fluent in English, verbally and written and you have preferable good German skills.

Our Talent Acquisition Team is looking forward to hearing from you

+49 (0) 152 59 10 1539
Ioanna Sapountzi

We look forward to receiving your application in just a few clicks via our career portal.

For further information about Hitachi Rail as an employer visit us on www.hitachirail.com/careers

About us

Our motivation is the mobility turnaround. To achieve this, our teams find innovative products and solutions that ensure the operation and reliability of the entire rail network and increase capacities on the rails. The European Train Control System (ETCS) and our interlocking solutions are just a few of many.

Our projects are diverse. To make our teams even stronger, we are looking for your support. In return, we offer you an attractive overall package with the following benefits:

1. Stronger together: Networking through internal networks and working in international teams.
2. Our drive: Together, we are laying the foundations for the digitization of the rail world in Germany and around the world, to get people safely to their destinations and to their loved ones!
3. Flexible working: We offer you flexible working models such as flexitime and hybrid working.
4. Attractive conditions: A secure and permanent job with a global company.

Notes

Equal opportunities and self-determined participation of severely disabled persons and persons of equal status as well as respectful cooperation are firmly anchored principles within the Hitachi Group and its subsidiaries. For this reason, we give preferential treatment to severely disabled applicants and those with equal status who are of comparable aptitude.

We also aim to offer all our candidates - irrespective of their social or ethnic origin, their gender, their religion or ideology, their age or their sexual identity and orientation - equal opportunities to start a career and to receive training and further education in our company. We consciously promote diversity and togetherness in our teams.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

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.

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