IT Application Owner (ITAO), AVP

Pune April 7, 2026 Full Time

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 his application.
The roles key responsibility is End to end application IT Governance in line with Bank s policies, procedures and standards. The ITAO has to manage and maintain his application, ensuring compliance with applicable IT policies & procedures and with specific consideration to IT Management and Information Security policies.
In Summary, An ITAO must take care of both Functional and Non-Functional requirement of his application.
Team & Business Area: PB GY Lending Team

What we ll offer you

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

Your key responsibilities

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.
Liaising with business stakeholders on product enhancement, version upgrades, new requirement and getting them implemented while closing working with the deployment teams.
Collaborate with Service Operation / L2 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 Management: Production 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.

Your skills and experience

5-6 years of experience in similar role or application management.
Total 10+ years of IT Experience
Knowledge of IT Service Management. Hands-on ITIL experience is a Plus.
Tools Used: Jira, 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. : Java, Oracle database, PL/SQL, Weblogic, Linux)
Good to have:
- Experience in Java Enterprise environment with knowledge of web- and application- servers is a plus.
- Basic Understanding of Automated Deployment & CI: GIT, Maven, Artifactory, Jenkins, Teamcity 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.
Behavioural:

The ideal candidate should have good English spoken and written skills, being an excellent communication with experience in stakeholder management (business & IT).
Flexibility & Adaptability: ability 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/Organizing: Able to manage work but also to make the estimate, scheme in detail, work on deployment plans and manage deadlines.