Application Manager @ CommerzBank

CommerzBank; Łódź; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international commercial bank in Poland is seeking an Application Manager to ensure the stable operation of applications. The role involves technical ownership, defining requirements, and collaborating on infrastructure. Required skills include high knowledge of Linux, Oracle Database, and experience with agile methodologies. Benefits include sport subscription, training budget, and private healthcare.

Benefits

Sport subscription

Training budget

Private healthcare

Lunch card

International projects

E-learning platform (MindTools)

Free coffee

Bike parking

Shower facilities

Modern office

No dress code

Qualifications

• High knowledge of Linux and scripting.
• Experience with Oracle Database at a high level.
• Good understanding of IBM MQ/IFG.

Responsibilities

• Technical ownership for applications and products.
• Specify requirements for stable operations.
• Collaborate on technical design for stability.

Skills

Linux - high knowledge

Bash scripting

Oracle Database - high knowledge

IBM MQ/IFG - good knowledge

Jira

Redmine

Trello

Agile

Scrum

Kanban

Job description

Application Manager @ CommerzBank

Location: Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Polska

Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in almost 50 countries. The world is changing, becoming digital, and so we are – leaving the traditional bank behind us and choosing to move forward as a digital enterprise. We work in inter‑locational and international teamwork in agile methodologies. Join our team as an Application Manager!

About the project

The Application Manager is responsible for the stable processing of the applications in scope, with a strong focus on the technical features that support operational stability. Your activities will span the entire application lifecycle: defining technical requirements, conducting technical testing, designing infrastructure, handling production outages, and implementing technical changes. You will also manage technical security tasks and, when IT operations are outsourced, you will discuss technical issues and requirements with external providers to continuously improve operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Technical ownership for your set of applications and products
• Specify requirements that ensure stable operations of business functionality in the event of technical errors and outages, e.g. high availability, error handling, restart, and consistent processing after restart or monitoring
• Provide cross‑functional and cross‑cell technical ownership across all product components in scope
• Provide technical, communication and organizational skills to facilitate, mentor and guide all TPMs in your group and products
• Collaborate on the technical design of the application and the infrastructure/middleware to ensure stability
• Identify operational vulnerabilities and push on improvements
• Specify processing of technical tests, e.g. performance testing, load testing, technical error handling and restart processing
• Administrate technical users and roles as well as certificates
• Perform/support Security Compliance Checks and collaborate with Product Owner
• Collaborate on the communication and analysis in case of an outage
• Coordinate technical changes
• Valuation and coordination of changes in the infrastructure and middleware
• Work on technical inquiries
• Ensure fulfilment of requirements from Service Management (for incidents and problems)
• Define parameters and MQ queues for MQ Series and iFG
• Define and configure monitoring parameters (e.g. for databases, servers, IT resources)
• Act as a principal contact for service offering objectives, reporting methods and operational issues related to your set of products
• Support the problem‑management process/role to ensure full portfolio compliance with contractual SLAs for root cause analysis provisioning

Requirements

• Linux – high knowledge and Bash scripting
• Oracle Database – high knowledge
• IBM MQ/IFG – good knowledge
• Tools: Jira, Redmine, Trello
• Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Kanban

Benefits

• Sport subscription
• Training budget
• Private healthcare
• Lunch card
• International projects
• E‑learning platform (MindTools)
• Free coffee
• Bike parking
• Shower facilities
• Modern office
• No dress code

Consent to Personal Data Processing

1. I consent to the processing of personal data contained in this document by Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft with its registered office in Kaiserstrasse 16, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, operating through the Branch in Poland with its registered office in Łódź, 91‑203 Łódź, ul. Wersalska 6, KRS 0000631053, for the implementation of the current recruitment process and for the future recruitment for a period of 6 months, in accordance with the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, the free flow of such data and the repeal of Directive 95/46 / EC (RODO) and in accordance with the Act of 10 May 2018 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1000). I provided my personal data voluntarily and I declare that they are truthful. I have the right to withdraw this consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

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