About AkzoNobel
Since 1792 weve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color peoples lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands including Dulux International Sikkens and Interpon is trusted by customers around the globe. Were active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. Its what youd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company thats dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today while creating an even better tomorrow. Lets paint the future together.
For more information please visit
2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.
Job Purpose
IT Analyst is responsible for the end-to-end ownership of Assigned Color applications ensuring their stability security compliance and long-term sustainability. This role provides accountability for the applications operational performance and lifecycle management while partnering with Development Teams Key users and Operations teams to enable the safe and reliable delivery of business change. |
Application Lifecycle Ownership - Own the application throughout its lifecycle from onboarding through maintenance to retirement
- Define and maintain the application roadmap from a technical and operational perspective
- Partner with Product Owners and development teams to assess the operational impact of new features and changes
- Ensure changes are production-ready supportable and aligned with architectural standards
- Participate in release planning go-live decisions and post-release reviews
- Support budgeting and forecasting activities
- Collaboration with Product & Delivery Teams
Operational Stability & Support - Ensure application availability performance and reliability in production
- Oversee incident problem and change management for the application
- Coordinate root cause analysis and continuous improvement activities
- Make recommendations on upgrades replacements or decommissioning
- Ensure appropriate monitoring alerting and support models are in place
Security Risk & Compliance - Ensure the application complies with organizational security standards regulatory requirements and audit controls
- Own risk assessments remediation plans and vulnerability management
- Act as the escalation point for application-related security or compliance issues
Documentation & Governance - Maintain accurate application documentation including User Manuals architecture dependencies and support procedures
- Ensure alignment with Internal Product Development frameworks
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Key Activities
- Responsible for managing day-to-day operational and lifecycle activities for assigned applications and is expected to make informed decisions related to application support enhancements and routine changes.
- Operates with a moderate level of autonomy within established Product Development Frameworks and Internal processes.
- Decisions with higher risk significant cost impact or architectural implications are escalated to senior stakeholders or governance forums with the Application Owner providing recommendations and impact assessments.
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- Bachelor degree/Bachelor of Technology in IT or from any associated streams
- 5 years of overall IT experience with at least 2 years in application ownership application support systems operations or a similar role
- Good understanding of color colorimetry concepts and color process is a great advantage; candidates without prior experience in Color must demonstrate a strong interest in the domain and the ability to learn these concepts quickly.
- Hands-on experience of IT Requirement analysis Testing and supporting enterprise applications in a production environment
- Good understanding of market requirements and business and IT processes in other functions such as marketing/RD&I
- Experience working with Incident problem and Change management processes
- Application lifecycle management including upgrades and decommissioning
- Experience collaborating with global or distributed teams Cross-functional teams including development operations and business stakeholders
- Exposure to Agile delivery environments and working alongside Product Owners and development teams
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively in a matrix organization
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
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Experience
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Education
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Competencies
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Acquiring Information
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when our organization all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age or disability.
Requisition ID:52176
Required Experience:
IC
About AkzoNobelSince 1792 weve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color peoples lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands including Dulux International Sikkens and Interpon is trusted by customers around the globe. Were active in more than...
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792 weve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color peoples lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands including Dulux International Sikkens and Interpon is trusted by customers around the globe. Were active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. Its what youd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company thats dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today while creating an even better tomorrow. Lets paint the future together.
For more information please visit
2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.
Job Purpose
IT Analyst is responsible for the end-to-end ownership of Assigned Color applications ensuring their stability security compliance and long-term sustainability. This role provides accountability for the applications operational performance and lifecycle management while partnering with Development Teams Key users and Operations teams to enable the safe and reliable delivery of business change. |
Application Lifecycle Ownership - Own the application throughout its lifecycle from onboarding through maintenance to retirement
- Define and maintain the application roadmap from a technical and operational perspective
- Partner with Product Owners and development teams to assess the operational impact of new features and changes
- Ensure changes are production-ready supportable and aligned with architectural standards
- Participate in release planning go-live decisions and post-release reviews
- Support budgeting and forecasting activities
- Collaboration with Product & Delivery Teams
Operational Stability & Support - Ensure application availability performance and reliability in production
- Oversee incident problem and change management for the application
- Coordinate root cause analysis and continuous improvement activities
- Make recommendations on upgrades replacements or decommissioning
- Ensure appropriate monitoring alerting and support models are in place
Security Risk & Compliance - Ensure the application complies with organizational security standards regulatory requirements and audit controls
- Own risk assessments remediation plans and vulnerability management
- Act as the escalation point for application-related security or compliance issues
Documentation & Governance - Maintain accurate application documentation including User Manuals architecture dependencies and support procedures
- Ensure alignment with Internal Product Development frameworks
|
Key Activities
- Responsible for managing day-to-day operational and lifecycle activities for assigned applications and is expected to make informed decisions related to application support enhancements and routine changes.
- Operates with a moderate level of autonomy within established Product Development Frameworks and Internal processes.
- Decisions with higher risk significant cost impact or architectural implications are escalated to senior stakeholders or governance forums with the Application Owner providing recommendations and impact assessments.
|
- Bachelor degree/Bachelor of Technology in IT or from any associated streams
- 5 years of overall IT experience with at least 2 years in application ownership application support systems operations or a similar role
- Good understanding of color colorimetry concepts and color process is a great advantage; candidates without prior experience in Color must demonstrate a strong interest in the domain and the ability to learn these concepts quickly.
- Hands-on experience of IT Requirement analysis Testing and supporting enterprise applications in a production environment
- Good understanding of market requirements and business and IT processes in other functions such as marketing/RD&I
- Experience working with Incident problem and Change management processes
- Application lifecycle management including upgrades and decommissioning
- Experience collaborating with global or distributed teams Cross-functional teams including development operations and business stakeholders
- Exposure to Agile delivery environments and working alongside Product Owners and development teams
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively in a matrix organization
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
|
Experience
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Education
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Competencies
Accepting Direction
Accepting Responsibility
Acquiring Information
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when our organization all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age or disability.
Requisition ID:52176
Required Experience:
IC
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