Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow\'s possible.

Thales has built a presence in the United Arab Emirates for over 35 years, and today has over 300 employees. Thales in the UAE is part of our Middle East business that has 1,800 people across Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and UAE. Together we delivered technology for the Dubai metro, the longest driverless metro network in the world and a fare collection system that processes up to 250,000 transactions per day. We make UAE a safer place by providing secure electronic payment solutions, cyber security systems and communications as well as security systems for Dubai International Airport and air traffic management and navigation systems for Abu Dhabi\xe2\x80\x99s airport.

JOB OBJECTIVE

Product Owner collaborates with the system engineering, DevOps, Integration and Test, quality, configuration management teams and customer to deliver outstanding IT Infrastructure products and services.

This is an hybrid position where the job holder will have the opportunity to:

• represent the voice of the customer
• define the roadmap of the IT Infrastructure system
• partner with the work package manager and system engineer manager to foster a result oriented culture
• participate in the specification, development, integration and testing of the system

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for:

• reporting performance metrics of the team and progress on the roadmap
• making sure the team is making the right things by defining the short term objectives and visibility on long term planning, with the support of the system engineer manager
• leverage on team stakeholders across the organization to provide necessary support to the team and maximize performance
• constantly looking for improvement in processes and tools, and support the implementation of these improvements
• Activities:

• Animate Agile ceremonies (Sprint planning & Review, Daily, Retrospective)
• Deploy all necessary tools, define business metrics and KPIs to monitor team progress
• Work with system engineers to define system requirements, user stories and epics
• Support team members in Agile methodologies and in the use of JIRA tools
• Identify and prioritize tasks for sprint planning
• Contribute to system implementation by developing Ansible playbooks, Python and shell scripts
• Prepare training materials and conduct training to peers and customers
• Participate in internal and customer technical meetings
• Configuration of the Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment tools
• Peer review of requirements, specifications, test procedures and manuals (user, administration, maintenance)
• Technologies

• Linux: Debian, RedHat
• Virtualization/Container: VMware, Docker, Kubernetes
• Database: PostgreSQL, MariaDB
• Network: Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Fortinet
• CI/CD tools: Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• A minimum of 5+ years of experience working with agile development teams
• Experience with product development and a technical background, either as a software engineer or in a previous technical role
• Working experience in the following domains: server, storage, virtualization, network
• Very proficient in

• Linux administration,
• Virtualization & container administration (VMware, Docker)
• Network configuration
• Work experience in Defence projects or critical infrastructure is preferred (3-5 years)
• Experience in Thales methods and process is an advantage

QUALIFICATION, CERTIFICATION & EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• BSc in computer science or equivalent qualification
• Qualifications in IT Infrastructure subsystems (network, communication, datacenter, virtualization, software integration, etc.)
• Preferred certifications in Agile methodologies
• Must have high fluency in spoken and written English
• English French and/or Arabic would be an added advantage

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Excellent communication, relationship building and storytelling skills, communicating concepts and ideas in different formats
• Able to work in a multi-disciplined technology environment
• Working with data and insights to understand and measure team work.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

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