Product Owner (Virtulization)
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Negotiable
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Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Product Owner (Virtualization) involves leading and mentoring a team of VMware engineers, managing performance, and overseeing the deployment and management of VMware technologies. The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions and drive automation initiatives while ensuring compliance and risk mitigation. Additionally, the role includes providing technical direction, managing product lifecycles, and ensuring system availability and performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within the POD structure
- Responsible for people and performance management of the team
- Design, deploy, and manage VMware vSphere, VRO, vRLI, and related technologies
- Oversee day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of the virtual environment
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions for business needs
- Drive automation initiatives using tools such as PowerCLI, Ansible, or vRealize Suite
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and best practices
- Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities
- Stay updated with the latest VMware technologies and industry trends
- Engage key stakeholders to ensure product success and value; communicate issues, progress, and resolutions for critical incidents; liaise between operations and engineering teams
- Continuously monitor compliance and mitigate risks using tools like vRealize Operations; ensure adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies
- Manage and improve product offerings throughout their lifecycle using Agile methodologies; assess resource needs for critical services
- Share regular product updates with stakeholders; ensure products are updated and compliant with supported versions; communicate CVEs promptly
- Provide technical direction and leadership, ensuring best practices in VMware products, distributed systems, servers, and storage
- Handle crisis situations efficiently, representing the team in major incident calls and providing technical expertise
- Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively manage platform health
- Ensure system availability and performance, meeting defined SLAs and SLOs
- Plan for future capacity needs and optimize system performance through tuning and scaling
Key Skills:
- Experience with VMware technologies including vSphere, VRO, and vRLI
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills
- Knowledge of automation tools such as PowerCLI, Ansible, or vRealize Suite
- Ability to develop technical documentation and best practices
- Experience in capacity planning and disaster recovery
- Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement
- Understanding of compliance and risk management
- Experience with Agile methodologies
- Technical expertise in distributed systems, servers, and storage
- Ability to handle crisis situations and provide technical direction
- Experience in monitoring and alerting systems
- Ability to optimize system performance and plan for capacity needs
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Sheffield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within the POD structure • Responsible for people and performance management of the team • Design, deploy, and manage VMware vSphere, VRO, vRLI, and related technologies • Oversee day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of the virtual environment • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions for business needs • Drive automation initiatives using tools such as PowerCLI, Ansible, or vRealize Suite Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and best practices • Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities • Stay updated with the latest VMware technologies and industry trends • Engage key stakeholders to ensure product success and value; communicate issues, progress, and resolutions for critical incidents; liaise between operations and engineering teams • Continuously monitor compliance and mitigate risks using tools like vRealize Operations; ensure adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies • Manage and improve product offerings throughout their lifecycle using Agile methodologies; assess resource needs for critical services • Share regular product updates with stakeholders; ensure products are updated and compliant with supported versions; communicate CVEs promptly • Provide technical direction and leadership, ensuring best practices in VMware products, distributed systems, servers, and storage • Handle crisis situations efficiently, representing the team in major incident calls and providing technical expertise • Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively manage platform health • Ensure system availability and performance, meeting defined SLAs and SLOs • Plan for future capacity needs and optimize system performance through tuning and scaling