ITAO, AVP

Job Title: ITAO, AVP Location: Pune, India Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President Role Description We are seeking an ITAO to join DWS's Private Markets Technology team to onboard and own business aligned strategic SaaS (Software as a Service) and internal applications. You will work closely with the wider technology team and business stakeholders to ensure applications are onboarded and operated in a compliant manner to achieve the business outcomes. The successful candidate is expected to have at least 12-15 years’ experience in IT, preferably with Asset Management Business Applications and Processes. The IT Application Owner (ITAO) has sound IT risk management skills. They follow one of several possible service delivery approaches, acknowledge interference with the IT application’s life cycle and assist with incorporating the adopted approach into best practice. Make sure that all steps in Identity & Access Management cycle (on-boarding, recertification, off-boarding) are compliant with DB Policies and application is on-boarded to central tools. The ITAO is aware of the gap in the current infrastructure solutions and where industry innovations are along the maturity lifecycle. They work with application stakeholders to improve the infrastructure, ensuring compliance with the technical roadmap. The ITAO has a sound knowledge of development methodologies and the IT policies necessary to perform effectively in the organisation, aligned to the bank’s appetite for risk. The ITAO acts to improve safety and security of the application, compliance with regulations, policies and standards, enhance operational readiness, and ease maintenance of the environment for delivering change into production. The ITAO supports the bank’s audit function in the remediation of audit points and self-identified issues in order to reduce risk. The ITAO is responsible for producing and maintaining accurate documentation on compliance with methodologies, IT policies and IT security requirements. ITAOs will also be responsible for Application Decommissioning ITAOs will be driving activity that helps incidents reduction against an application Support compliance on all steps of SDLC process and make sure that all SDLC controls are green. Consult with the ITAO community, information security specialists in our CSO organization, and other infrastructure teams like the ORR/SDLC teams. 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 Enterprise IT Governance: Responsible for review of current and proposed information systems for compliance with the organisation's obligations (including legislation, regulatory, contractual and agreed standards/policies) and adherence to overall strategy Information security :  Communicates information security risks and issues to business managers and others. Performs basic risk assessments for small information systems. Contributes to vulnerability assessments. Applies and maintains specific security controls as required by organisational policy and local risk assessments. Investigates suspected attacks. Responds to security breaches in line with security policy and records the incidents and action taken. Information content publishing : Understands technical publication concepts, tools and methods and the way in which these are used. Uses agreed procedures to publish content. Obtains and analyses usage data and presents it effectively. Understands, and applies principles of usability and accessibility to