Product Owner

B2B Freelance Contract

Duration : 12 Months

Start: ASAP

Focus: Reverse Proxy Service (NGINX / Apache + ModSecurity)

DeadLine : 13/4/2026

We are looking for an experienced Product Owner for the Reverse Proxy Service, responsible for NGINX OSS/Plus and Apache with ModSecurity.

This role focuses exclusively on reverse proxy, secure HTTP traffic handling, and web protection.

The Product Owner owns the service vision, roadmap, lifecycle, and operational performance. They challenge the engineering teams with concrete business scenarios, guide customers to define clear and automation-ready service requirements, and lead the squad (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3) to deliver a robust, compliant, secure, and performant reverse proxy platform.

The PPO acts as the primary link between customers, engineering, security, architecture, and the SAFe organization.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

• Strong understanding of NGINX OSS/Plus, Apache HTTPD, ModSecurity, and reverse-proxy concepts.

• Experience with:

o header manipulation

o URL rewriting

o TLS/certificates

o upstream patterns

o caching

o web security patterns

• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling (GitLab, Ansible, AWX) and configuration-as-code.

• Knowledge of ITIL processes (Incident, Event, Change, Request Fulfilment, Problem).

• Ability to interpret vulnerability announcements (CVE, NGINX/Apache releases).

Product & Delivery Skills

• Strong capability to translate customer needs into a structured, automation-ready service catalog.

• Experience running a backlog, managing priorities, and delivering within SAFe or Scrum.

• Comfortable leading discussions with architects, developers, engineers, and security teams.

Operational Leadership

• Previous responsibility for SLA/SLO monitoring and service quality.

• Crisis management experience (major incidents, outages, large-scale customer impact).

• Ability to run PIR sessions, identify root causes, and lead structural improvements.