Product Owner Tech4OPS Splunk

At Rabobank, we want to deliver the best possible services for our IT engineers, and you as Product Owner can play a central role in providing them! We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Product Owner to join our high-performing DevOps team. As the Product Owner for Splunk Logging and Monitoring, you will play a crucial role in driving the strategy, development, and implementation of Splunk solutions within our organization. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (on and off-shore) to ensure that Splunk is effectively utilized to enhance logging and monitoring capabilities, streamline processes, and improve overall operational efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Define and prioritize product backlog items based on input from stakeholders, market trends, and organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, identify use cases, define success criteria for Splunk implementations, and shield the team from interruptions.
• Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, and other Agile ceremonies to ensure timely delivery of Splunk enhancements and features.
• Monitor and analyze Splunk usage metrics and performance data to identify opportunities for optimization and improvement.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on Splunk best practices, tools, and capabilities, providing guidance and support to internal teams as needed.
• Work closely together with fellow product owners in the same area to align priorities, dependencies, and roadmaps.
• Shared responsibility with the Scrum Master and Solution Architect (triangle) to ensure alignment of Splunk solutions with overall architectural and Agile framework standards.
• Work closely with the Scrum Master and your team to help them achieve their full potential and be as successful as possible.
• Possess knowledge and understanding of Azure and AWS cloud platforms, as well as experience working in complex environments.
• Demonstrate the ability to make tough decisions and say "no" when necessary, ensuring that the product backlog remains focused and aligned with organizational goals.
• Act as an ambassador for the area, representing the interests, ambitions, and priorities.
• Facilitate the area ceremonies together with your colleague product owners and scrum masters.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Product Owner and PSPO I and preferably PSPO II certification with a proven track record of success in managing complex software products.
• In-depth knowledge of Splunk, including experience with Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud, and other relevant modules and applications.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and practices, with experience working in Scaled Agile/Scrum environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Experienced in collaboration and innovating with the tech ecosystem of software vendors, preferred suppliers and competitors.
• Splunk certification (e.g., Splunk Certified Power User, Splunk Certified Admin) is preferred.

Key Relationships:

• Area Lead
• Product Owners
• DevOps Engineers
• Tech Leads
• Architects

Personal Attributes:

• Credibility and maturity in dealing with people, across a complex organization with different cultures and geographies.
• Able to act as a role model to others at all levels.
• Ability to lead a team or work as part of a team as required.
• Confident, convincing, creative, proactive personality with a strong entrepreneurial drive
• Demonstrates professional acumen, integrity, discretion, credibility, and trustworthiness.
• Self-motivator, ability to work effectively under pressure, and results-driven.
• Strong interpersonal and client relationship/influencing skills.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Assertive with the ability to challenge others constructively.
• Able to develop credibility with colleagues quickly at all levels of the Bank.
• Strong time management and ability to prioritize.
• Flexible working approach and the ability to take control in a crisis.

Terms of employment

Rabobank wants to help you become the best version of yourself. Your development is central and investments are made in an environment in which you continue to learn. You get the space to innovate and do business. Plenty of growth opportunities are provided and you are helped to exceed your expectations and do the right thing extraordinarily well so that you can grow as a professional. On top of that you can also count on:

• A 36 or 40 hour working week;
• A yearly salary up to 100k (based on 40 hours, in scale 9) including all benefits, depending on your knowledge and experience
• A 13th month and holiday pay;
• An Employee Benefit Budget (11% of your monthly income) that you can spend on, for example, buying extra vacation days or making an extra contribution to your pension;
• Flexibility in working hours and location-independent working;
• A collective pension scheme to which you only contribute 5%;
• 100% reimbursement of commuter traffic if you travel by public transport! Still with a car or motorcycle? Then opt for a commuting allowance.

Applying and Planning

Are you the believing candidate? And do you have the knowledge, skills and personal leadership to make this happen in practice? Then we look forward to receiving your application.

We would like to receive applications (a job-oriented motivation letter plus CV) as soon as possible via www.rabobank.nl.

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