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# Junior Product Owner Application Hosting

- **Company:** Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.
- **Location:** Utrecht, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** €4,105.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Apache Tomcat, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Continuous Integration, DevOps, IBM Websphere Application Server, WildFly (JBoss AS), Scrum Methodology, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Cloud Platform System, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3ad2569891c1963d

## About the Role

* Knowledge of Scrum, S@S, Agile and Agile ways of working.
 * Basic understanding of application hosting.
 * Understanding of DevOps principles and CI/CD concepts and Product Ownership.
 * Bachelor's degree (HBO) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business IT, or a related field.
 * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
 * Good command of English, both written and spoken.
 * PSPO I or similar certification.
 * Experience with Azure DevOps.

 * Communication and Stakeholder Management
 * Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
 * Teamwork and Collaboration
 * Planning and Organization
 * Customer Focus
 * Ownership and Accountability
 * Learning Mindset, Adaptability and Continuous Improvement Mindset

## Description

* Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 4,105 and EUR 5,862 (scale 08) for a 36-hour work week.
 * Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
 * Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
 * Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
 * Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

Or view all our benefits.

These platforms host business-critical applications that support daily operations across the organization. Internal business teams and application owners depend on these services to ensure their applications remain secure, stable, compliant, and available

You & your role

As a Junior Product Owner, you help translate business and technical requirements into actionable backlog items, support platform improvements, and contribute to shaping the future of the Application Hosting service. You work closely with platform engineers, architects, operations teams, application owners, and business stakeholders to ensure that current services remain reliable while preparing for future transformation initiatives.

The current focus of the Squad is to first establish a solid and reliable foundation by improving administrative governance, documentation, platform ownership, lifecycle management, and application inventory. Creating transparency and control across the hosted application landscape is a key priority before defining the long-term strategy.

Once the environment is fully understood and managed, the next step is to develop a future roadmap for the platform. This roadmap will prepare the organization for platform modernization and strategic decisions regarding application migration, consolidation, and decommissioning. The objective is to create a more standardized and cost-effective hosting landscape while maintaining service continuity for existing customers.

Examples for practices

 * Supports the prioritization of activities that improve platform stability, compliance, and operational excellence.
 * Contributes to the development of a strategic roadmap for migration, modernization, and decommissioning initiatives.
 * Understands the Application Hosting landscape, including WebSphere Application Server (WAS), JBoss EAP, and Tomcat.
 * Builds strong relationships with application owners, engineers, architects, and business stakeholders.
 * Continuously develops Product Ownership, Agile, and technical platform knowledge.

Facts & figures

 * 36 per week
 * Today, Application Hosting provides and supports the middleware platforms IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), Red Hat JBoss EAP, and Apache Tomcat.
 * 9.5 million customers worldwide

Top responsibilities

 * Help manage and prioritize the team backlog.
 * Gather requirements from stakeholders and users.
 * Write user stories and support the engineering team.
 * Track progress of work and support Agile ceremonies and sprints.
 * Communicate updates, priorities, and progress to stakeholders.
 * Support continuous improvements to the Application Hosting platform.
 * Help identify, analyze, and resolve issues affecting the service.
 * Work closely with engineers, architects, operations teams, and business representatives.
 * Support roadmap planning and product lifecycle activities.
 * Monitor customer feedback and help translate insights into improvements.

As a Junior Product Owner Application Hosting, you support the development, stability, and continuous improvement of the Application Hosting platform for Squad Hestia.