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**Senior Engineer - IT Application Owner (ITAO), AVP in Pune, India** Lead cross-functional teams in driving risk reduction initiatives across PlatformNow applications. Strengthen security posture, ensure regulatory compliance, and enable secure, scalable platforms. Ideal candidate has expertise in enterprise IT governance, information security, risk & control frameworks, and hands-on execution. Key responsibilities include identifying infrastructure gaps, balancing delivery objectives with compliance requirements, and driving IT governance policy implementation. Required skills: strong information security, IT governance, risk management background; hands-on experience with security controls and enterprise cloud platforms (preferably GCP); experience in application security testing and stakeholder management.
- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Pune
- Country
- India
Currency: Not specified
Full Job Description
Senior Engineer IT Application Owner (ITAO), AVP
| Job ID:R0435826 | Full/Part-Time: Full-time |
| Regular/Temporary: Regular | Listed: 2026-05-13 |
| Location: Pune | |
Position Overview
Job Title: Senior Engineer IT Application Owner (ITAO)
Location: Pune, India
Corporate Title: AVP
Role Description
- We are looking for a Senior Engineer (ITAO) to join our team, driving key initiatives under the Risk Reduction Program (RRP). This role focuses on strengthening the application security posture, ensuring regulatory and internal compliance, and enabling scalable, secure platforms across our application landscape.
- The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in enterprise IT governance, information security, and risk & control frameworks, along with a hands-on approach to execution, stakeholder management, and transformation.
The IT Application Owner is responsible for assessing the current technology landscape, identifying gaps, and driving improvements aligned with security, compliance, and strategic roadmaps. Key responsibilities include:
- Identifying infrastructure and application gaps and defining remediation actions
- Balancing delivery objectives with compliance requirements
- Enhancing application security posture and operational readiness
- Supporting audit remediation and reducing technology risk
- Driving implementation of IT governance and information security policies
- Evaluating and introducing new technologies aligned with best practices
What well offer you
As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that youll 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
- Execute risk reduction initiatives across PlatformNow applications
- Drive implementation and onboarding of key security and compliance controls, including:
- On-prem to GCP Artifactory migration
- Central Identity Administration and Central ALM
- CertHub onboarding and certificate lifecycle compliance
- Encryption in transit (mandatory control enforcement)
- Application Penetration Testing (APT)
- Workload Identity Federation (WIF) migration
- Data masking and data protection controls
- 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) onboarding
- Cryptographic key management
- Onboarding to approved/authorized platforms
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure secure solution design and implementation
- Identify gaps, track remediation progress, and ensure closure of audit and risk findings
- Drive automation and standardization of security controls
- Provide governance updates, reporting, and stakeholder communication
Your skills and experience
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong experience in Information Security, IT Governance, and Risk Management
- Hands-on experience with security controls implementation in enterprise environments
- Exposure to cloud platforms (preferably GCP) and migration programs
- Solid understanding of IAM, encryption, certificate lifecycle management, and key management
- Experience with application security testing and vulnerability management (IPTs, APTs)
- Ability to work across multiple stakeholders and drive initiatives end-to-end
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Preferred Skills (adds value)
- Experience in banking / financial services environment
- Familiarity with regulatory and audit frameworks (SOC, SOX, internal audits)
- Exposure to ServiceNow, Jira, or similar tracking tools
- Knowledge of DevSecOps and automation practices
How well 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.html
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.
