IT Application Owner Specialist, VP

Job Title: ITAO Specialist, VP

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

• The ITAO is the function responsible on the application lifecycle governance.
• The applicant must have advanced IT risk management skills and must promote different service delivery approaches that best suit IT application's life cycle and contribute to the implementation of policy and strategy.
• The ITAO Specialist responsibilities covers identifying the gaps in the current infrastructure solutions and where industry innovations are along the maturity lifecycle, choosing the right balance between compliance requirements and delivery pace.The IT Application Owner (ITAO) specialist is  accountable for the Application Management of portfolio of applications. They have to ensure that the application(s) are enhanced and maintained in accordance to the Bank's IT Security Risk and Compliance requirements.
• The ITAO specialist should work with relevant stakeholders of the application and ensure that to effectively  identify and manage risks, issues, compliance gaps in line with DB IT risk and compliance policies and also the road map of the business stakeholders. They formulate the remediation of audit points and self-identified issues that increase the bank's risk and are responsible for application documentation and knowledge management. The  ITAO specialist advises and coaches teams on the governance of the IT platform reliability and resilience and is a recognized contributor to internal and external forums, fostering a passion for technology risk management.
• The ITAO specialist brings in automation into current manual processes, drive the initiatives independently. Have hands on experience in Java and should be able to review codes and work with Dev team members to build and support applications as full stack developer wherever required.

Deutsche Bank's Corporate Bank division is a leading provider of cash management, trade finance and securities finance. We complete green-field projects that deliver the best Corporate Bank - Securities Services products in the world. Our team is diverse, international, and driven by shared focus on clean code and valued delivery.  At every level, agile minds are rewarded with competitive pay, support, and opportunities to excel. 
You will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team. You will bring an innovative approach to software development, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value. You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a supportive, collaborative environment. You will be ready to contribute to all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production support."

What we'll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you'll 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

• Monitoring Portfolio and align with them on deliveries and strategy of NARs.
• Make sure Applications portfolio is compliant, considering tasks and activities coming from: Control Workbench, and other requirements from the stakeholders.
• Lead Risk and compliance process for the set of application that applicant is the IT owner.
• Facilitate Disaster Recovery activities by reviewing DR plans and coordinating the execution of DR exercise for the application.
• Manage Internal and external application audits and Audit issue remediation activities.
• Manage remediation of gaps in application lifecycle management activities such as Account recertification, remediation of Application configuration gaps etc
• Manage application related Risk and Compliance Evaluation tasks and resolution of gaps in this area.
• Manage any IT Security incidents that may occur in the application.
• Plan and Manage Application events and Database Events monitoring using Bank wide standard monitoring tools.
• Manage application capacity forecasting and monitoring.
• Plan and manage Application user access related tasks.
• Plan for Application Hardware / Software / License upgrades or migration activities to align to the compliant platforms.
• Co-ordinate Essential Maintenance Change management process
• Contributes to Go Live transitions.
• Prepare project-related documentation – Confluence, JIRA updates, provide support on compliance and audit checking Project relevant documentation, ensure compliance and audit policies are strictly followed.
• Ability to manage the L3 activities in-terms of application fixes, Build and support applications as full stack developer - Java, React, angular, micro services, Sql. 
• Should be able to review code and help team in fixing issues.
• Ability to bring in strong Engineering culture within the team
• Functional expertise working in a financial bank domain would be huge benefit.

Your skills and experience

• Desirable experience at least plus years in the IT industry
• Prior ITAO experience is preferrable.
• Strong understanding of the SDLCs and current IT trends in managing Projects.
• Java technical background is highly desirable with Database experience.
• IT Risk Frameworks experience is needed.
• Banking / Financial industry Exposure is a plus.
• Business Risk audits experience is needed.
• Project/Development/ Release/Support Management/ Technology Infrastructure management , and Digital Assets knowledge would be a plus.
• Hands on experience with technologies such as – Java , SpringBoot, React JS, Kafka, Cloud, DevOps , Unit testing tools like Junit.
• Strong agile skills with running app Dev , Dev Ops , ITAO and RTB squads.
• Knowledge on build tools – Jenkins , Git , TeamCity.
• Strong team player who also can work under pressure, independently and proactively while balancing competing priorities to achieve results on complex new development and integrations.

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.

About us and our teams

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We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.