IT Application Owner

Job Description

About The Role : Job TitleIT Application Owner, AVP LocationPune, India Role Description The IT Application Owner (ITAO) is a critical IT role with overall accountability and ownership for an application and/or infrastructure instance(s). ITAO is an expert with an in-depth functional- and technical knowledge of their application. The role's key responsibility is End to end application IT Governance in line with Banks policies, procedures and standards. The ITAO has to manage and maintain their application, ensuring compliance with applicable IT policies & procedures and with specific consideration to IT Management and Information Security policies. What we'll offer you As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that youll enjoy Best in class leave policy Gender neutral parental leaves 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral) Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents Accident and Term life Insurance Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above Your key responsibilities Application Lifecycle & Technical Management Maintain structural availability, stability, and performance of the application on Production and Test environments. Ensuring Policy Compliance and adherence to the governance processes for the application(s) owned. Timely completion of External/Internal Audit Teams, SOX processes to avoid any Delays or Escalations related to Non-compliance. Plan/Conduct/support DR (Disaster Recovery) Test Collaborate with Service Operation / L2 /L3 where application expertise is required. Work Closely with Technical Information Security officer on items related to IT Security and other governance topics. Managing software licenses, security certificates and contracts with service providers. Vendor Management of all application related service-providers. Change ManagementProduction Change Review and Impact Analysis. Responsible for Access Management (Perform User and role recertification on a frequent basis) and other infra related topics. Ensure availability of all necessary application/service knowledge and documentation & mentoring the team Manage the technical roadmap of the application (technology roadmap compliance), estimate/budget capacity needed. Validate deliverables for all projects/changes that run through the application. The IT Application Owner is overall accountable for application(s) and/or infrastructure asset instances. Oversee the entireapplication lifecycle, fromdesign and developmenttodeployment, maintenance, and decommissioning. Create and maintain technical and operational documentation and ensureIT risk and control measuresare in place. Your skills and experience 7+ years of experience in similar role or application management. Knowledge of IT Service Management. Hands-on ITIL experience is a Plus. Tools UsedJira, HP ALM, Confluence & other server monitoring tools. Experience in working in Risk, IT Run the Bank and Support domains. Experience of Batch Job Execution. Basic Technical capabilities and infrastructure knowledge (e.g.Oracle database, PL/SQL, Linux, etc) Some experience on Google Cloud is desirable but not mandatory (On Job Learning) Experience of working together with Agile/Scrum teams and their methods. The ideal candidate should have good English spoken and written skills, being an excellent communication with experience in stakeholder management (business & IT). Flexibility & Adaptabilityability to control multiple assignments and prioritizing them and adjusting to suit with real condition and assignments. Ability to deal with people across geographies and varied teams on diverse topics. Planning/OrganizingAble to manage work but also to make the estimate, scheme in detail, work on deployment plans and manage deadlines. Preferred Qualifications: Bachelors or Masters degreein Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Certificationssuch as ITIL, CISSP, or CISMare a plus. Certificationswithin the are of Cloud Platforms Azure/GCP are a plus Experience inbanking, fintech, or financial institutionsis highly desirable. How we'll support you Training and development to help you excel in your career Coaching and support from experts in your team A culture of continuous learning to aid progression A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs