The Application asset Owner ensures the smooth functioning, maintenance, and upgradeability of applications within their scope. They propose optimization methods, manage the lifecycle of applications, and ensure compliance with security and engineering standards. Additionally, they handle incident management, supplier relationships, and continuous improvement efforts.
Role and responsibilities
Application Management:
- Ensure proper functioning, maintenance, and upgradeability of applications.
- Address incidents and implement long-term solutions.
- Maintain and renew ASC documents, addressing IT risk and cyber requirements.
- Ensure security and compliance with engineering and architecture rules.
- Manage application lifecycle and deploy new versions.
Incident and Problem Management:
- Be aware of incidents and their short-term remediation.
- Work with relevant teams to recommend permanent solutions for recurring incidents.
- Integrate long-term remediation into the application roadmap.
Security and Compliance:
- Ensure application and security vulnerabilities are addressed.
- Ensure compliance with best practices for engineering, CI/CD, architecture, and safety standards.
Lifecycle and Release Management:
- Apply obsolescence management plan guidelines.
- Manage new versions and releases of applications.
- Ensure consistency in released versions and updated documentation.
Supplier Management:
- Manage relationships with suppliers.
- Ensure suppliers provide up-to-date documentation and comply with contractual obligations.
- Perform yearly third-party risk assessments and address critical security vulnerabilities.
Reporting and Alerting:
- Report on the overall state of applications and alert stakeholders of risks.
- Report on deadlines, budgets, and resources for application management.
Optimization and Efficiency:
- Propose and oversee work to optimize applications and automate tasks.
- Establish roadmaps for applications.
- Analyze and address alerts in production capacity reports.
- Deploy and optimize service continuity plans (DR & Live Play).
Ideal candidate
- 8-12 years of experience in IT software development, including 3 in the banking industry
- Technical proficiency with Linux, middleware (Jboss, Tomcat, httpd, WebSphere MQ or Kafka)
- Good knowledge of CI/CD and Docker/Kubernetes
- Knowledge in web architecture (REST Api, micro services, JSON…)
- Experience with cloud (AWS, IBM or Azure) is a plus
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to engage with stakeholders
- Critical thinking and ability to influence and propose solutions
- Degree holder
