Job Summary

The Product Owner - DevSecOps is responsible for defining and prioritising the backlog for DevSecOps capabilities, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, security controls, and developer enablement services.

The role acts as the bridge between engineering, security, platform, and business stakeholders, ensuring that DevSecOps investments deliver measurable improvements in delivery velocity, quality, security, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

- DevSecOps Backlog Ownership
- Own and prioritise the DevSecOps backlog, aligning with platform strategy, security requirements, and engineering needs.
- Define and sequence features such as CI/CD pipelines, IaC capabilities, environment provisioning, and security tooling.

- Program Increment (PI) Planning Delivery

- Lead backlog refinement and planning activities for Program Increments, ensuring clear, prioritised, and outcome-driven deliverables.
- Ensure features deliver measurable improvements in automation, standardisation, and developer experience.

- Security Compliance Integration

- Drive the inclusion of security controls (e.g., scanning, secrets management, policy-as-code) into delivery pipelines.
- Ensure alignment with enterprise compliance frameworks and audit requirements (e.g., ISO, governance standards).

- Platform Enablement Focus

- Prioritise initiatives that enable self-service, reusable golden paths, and standardised DevSecOps patterns across teams.
- Balance platform standardisation with product team flexibility and adoption.

- Technical Alignment Architecture Enablement

- Collaborate with architects and technical leads to support architectural runway, including infrastructure modernisation, pipeline standardisation, and reduction of technical debt.




- Ensure adequate backlog allocation for platform capabilities and engineering enablement.

- Stakeholder Engagement Communication

- Act as the primary interface between DevSecOps teams and stakeholders across engineering, security, and leadership.
- Provide clear visibility into priorities, progress, risks, and outcomes.

- Value Delivery Continuous Improvement

- Define success metrics (e.g., deployment frequency, lead time, security posture, incident reduction).
- Continuously refine priorities based on feedback, adoption, and performance data.

Experience Required

- 4+ years experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in software delivery environments.
- Experience working with DevOps or DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, cloud platforms, or infrastructure automation.
- Proven experience working within Agile frameworks (SAFe, Scrum, etc.).
- Experience delivering platform or enablement capabilities (preferred).

Skills Required

- Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles, including automation, security integration, and continuous delivery.
- Ability to translate technical platform capabilities into business value outcomes.
- Strong stakeholder management across engineering, security, and leadership domains.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to prioritise high-impact initiatives.
- Strong communication and influencing skills in complex, cross-functional environments.
- Familiarity with contemporary engineering ecosystems (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub, cloud platforms, IaC tools).

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