IT Application Owner (ITAO)

Job Title: IT Application Owner (ITAO)

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

• Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank is one of the major global financial institutions and a representative bank within Europe.
• DB has been designed as an agile working environment that fosters innovation, collaboration, and growth in a modern, high-tech atmosphere.
• IT Provide a stimulating and supportive work environment where employees can participate in the banking technology of tomorrow, grow their careers and excel in their roles.
• As a cutting-edge technology company, we seek top-notch talent to join our team. You'll have the chance to work alongside the industry's brightest minds and develop game-changing solutions that will transform the banking experience.

The IT Application Owner (ITAO) is a critical IT role responsible for the overall accountability and ownership of a suite of SAP applications. As an expert with in-depth functional and technical knowledge, the ITAO ensures successful management and operation of the assigned applications.

• In the role as ITAO, you will assist us in managing our current application estate and ensure a smooth integration with Our Target platform in Google cloud.
• Working as part of a team the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to our future ITAO strategy working with our present ITAO resources to drive continuous improvement.

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

• End to End Ownership: Take full ownership of the SAP applications compliance, stability, performance. Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including SAP developers, analysts, and infrastructure to drive continuous improvement and resolve issues.
• Strategic Planning: Work with the Product Owner and team to develop and execute a strategic roadmap for the application, aligning with business goals, and technology trends.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks related to the applications performance, security and compliance.
• Vendor Management: Coordinate with external vendors and service providers to ensure seamless support and maintenance.
• Change Management: Oversee application upgrades, patches and enhancements ensuring minimal disruption to the business.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor application performance, identify bottlenecks and optimize as needed.

Task Breakdown

• Ensure the application compliance with Deutsche Bank IT policies & procedures.
• On-board application onto Deutsche Bank’s IT Risk and control related tools. Interface with Internal and External Auditors for IT Audits.
• Identify IT Risk and control related gaps based on the knowledge of application and Deutsche Bank policies.
• Remediate IT related Audit Findings and IT Risk and control related issues. Ensure availability of application documentation as per Deutsche Bank’s QMS process.
• Perform the strategic application planning, application lifecycle management. Initiate and manage technical projects to deliver the required Business services and meet services levels.
• Prepare and review effort estimates.
• Prepare project plan, manage application development and delivery.
• Ensure the smooth transition of the applications into production.
• Provide application expert service/ Level 3 Production support services.
• Co-ordinate with IT Vendor for application maintenance and code releases. Manage delivery costs, software licenses and vendor contracts.

Your skills and experience

• Minimum 10+ years’ experience in a in a similar role. ITIL knowledge would be a plus.
• Good experience in SAP R/3 architecture, database, mid-range technical stack and other open-source skills.
• Ability to use and administrate Solution Manager and management of SAP transport landscape including use of CHARM.
• Operational support of our internal SAP systems, ECC, CRM, BW, Solution Manager, the operating system and database.
• Proficient in utilizing and searching the SAP Service Marketplace (OSS). Experience with tooling across the Software development Lifecycle/DevOps: Jira, HP ALM, Confluence, ServiceNow, Software Development Lifecycle etc.) Experience in application governance.
• Strong ability to manage unexpected events; control and deal with them quickly and efficiently. When confronted with a problem, you will need to collect information, analyze situation, point out solutions and apply them to solve perfectly in reasonable time.
• Pro-active team player with very good communication and excellent English language skills for interacting with stakeholders, German language skills are a big plus.
• Experience with working together with Agile/SCRUM teams and their methods and tooling.
• Experience in GCP or other Cloud technologies is good to have.
• Knowledge of system design, development, implementation, and user support principles and practices.
• Familiarity with Project management principles.
• Knowledge of Application Architectures and fundamental principles of software interfaces.
• Knowledge of IT Risk and Controls, IT Security. ITIL/PMP/SAP/HANA/SSL/DB/OS/SSO/DBA/BASIS equivalent certifications preferred.

People Skill

• End to end ownership in driving team towards delivery.
• Performance and productivity orientation to promote high-quality results. Profound analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Good communication and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Pro-active and flexible working approach.
• Ability to think outside the box to resolve problems, efficient and well organized, detail oriented.

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

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.htm

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.