IT Application Owner

Responsibilities:

• End to end IT Governance, using COBIT 5 IT Governance framework, ISStandard for Information Security Management Systems, ITIL framework for IT Service Management and Agile-Scrum methodology for apps under my responsibility.
• Create, maintain, customize and ensure close implementation of application specific processes and policies
• Conduct periodic risk assessments and compliance evaluations, and follow up for remediation of deviations from governance controls, preventing vulnerabilities and IT audit points
• Evaluate and sign off any decisions involving operational risks
• Agree and plan with key project stakeholders the application's roadmaps, release calendars and strategic decisions, in line with business requirements, capacity of delivery teams and existing constraints
• Single point of contact for the applications
• Ensure Reliability and Quality of the Production Service, accountable for level 3 Support activities and for successful completion of all required Disaster Recovery Testing
• Infrastructure: provisioning, maintenance and access management and project management
• Setup and address escalated security and performance issues
• Oversee release management for production deployments
• Ensure app and processes are properly documented in line with auditors’ requirements.

Experience required:

• Fluent in English
• IT Service Management or IT Governance or IT Delivery Management or IT Project Management or IT Delivery background
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, highly organized
• Experienced in working with multiple stakeholders. Comfortable working in VUCA (Volatility Uncertainty Complexity Ambiguity) and highly dynamic environments
• Easily creates and naturally maintains business relationships with main stakeholders
• The candidate will not work technically hands on, but should have an adequate level of understanding on the products/technologies below:

- Good understanding and, ideally, previous technical work experience on core technologies/products: 

Databases: mainly Oracle

Application/web servers (J2EE based, especially WebLogic Server, JBoss, Tomcat, Apache)

Java literacy – NO coding skills needed, but the ability to read simple pieces of code and digest non-complex log files of java apps

Management of security certificates

- Reasonable understanding of technologies/products below:

Microservices and SOA

Communication and encryption protocols (mainly HTTP(S), SSL)

Networking (firewalls, load balancers, etc).

Nice to have experience:

• Spanish (highly preferred), or German language skills
• Certifications on: ITIL, COBIT, ISO, ISO2000, PMP, PRINCE or similar
• Industry (banking) specific knowledge
• Technical certifications (related to the technologies above)
• Cloud knowledge (Azure, AWS), virtualization, API Manager (WSO2)
• DevOps, CICD, Infrastructure as Code
• Mobile Apps (tech specifics)
• High Availability Architecture
• Scripting (any type).

Benefits:

• Interesting salary conditions
• Undetermined period of contract
• Career plan (professional, academic and financial)
• Medical insurance
• Official training and certifications
• English, French, soft skills training
• Lunch tickets
• Yearly professional evaluation
• Financial benefits based in the company partnerships
• Professional and friendly working environment.