Product Owner - W2 (No C2C or 1099) - Onsite role and must be local to Charlotte, NC (Posted by SAM)

Required Skills:

• Strong experience as a Technical Product Owner, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Cloud Engineer supporting enterprise software platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, containerized platforms, and cloud-native application architectures.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing product roadmaps, backlogs, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and prioritization.
• Experience working directly with software developers, platform engineers, and DevOps teams.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, API integrations (REST/GraphQL), and distributed systems.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes controllers, operators, automation platforms, and deployment workflows.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Terraform, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Experience with Docker, container orchestration, and cloud deployment automation.
• Strong understanding of systems integrations, workflow automation, and developer enablement tools.
• Experience delivering enterprise cloud or SaaS solutions.
• Knowledge of AI/ML platform deployment, MLOps practices, and production AI workloads.
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, or similar.
• Experience with prompt engineering, AI agents, and AI-powered development tools such as GitHub Copilot.
• Knowledge of LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, RAG architectures, and AI orchestration platforms.
• Experience with vector databases, semantic search, and enterprise AI integrations.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, secrets management, container security, compliance, and governance.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or CloudWatch.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business requirements and product outcomes.