Application Manager @ Colruyt It Consultancy

Application Manager

• With 10+ years of experience in analysis, design, develop and support the IT solutions, you are responsible to Establish the support & operations for the given set of IT Solutions. The technology stack includes enterprise packages and custom built applications in Java, Angular, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Batch,...
• Closely work with the Functional & Technical Teams during Design & Implementation Phases (Architects, Business Analysts, Lead Developers) to ensure the choices being made are sustainable for future use in operations
• Take lead in building & guiding the operations team (Developers, Business Analysts) to ensure the SLA/SLEs are met with QEE delivery
• Manage good handshake and collaboration with the Business/Process Owners and ensure the continuity and maintenance of the solution
• Take lead in getting periodic reports on usage, performance, health of the IT solutions with use of necessary reporting & dashboards. Effectively use the ITSM processes such as IT change, knowledge, incident, problem management and enterprise tooling.
• Establish good handshake & governance with the third-party suppliers / Vendors to ensure the agreed commitments on supporting the solution.
• With clear understanding on market & technology evolution, Create the Roadmap for the solutions so that they are kept reliable, stable always
• Manage good network with Application Managers community across theOrganization and seamlessly work on dependencies to ensure the E2E continuity of solution

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in any Engineering or a related field.
• 10+ Years of experience in doing Analyse/Design/Develop/Maintain the Enterprise IT solutions
• Strong Technical understanding & Hands-on experience as Developer and Lead Developer (Preferably in Java, Angular, Spring, SQL, DB2)
• 5+ years of experience in Leading & Guiding the Developers/Business Analysts in the team to guarantee the SLA/SLEs
• Expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable and high-performance applications with use of Enterprise tooling (Jira, Servicenow, ELK, Containers...). Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps Practises is desired.
• Strong communication (Verbal and Non-Verbal), inter-personal skills and good in preparing reporting & dashboards (Using tools like Servicenow, Power BI, Excel,..)
• Able to Define & Elaborate the roadmap for a given IT Solution (Custom Built / Package) and ensure its inline with stakeholder needs & market evolution
• Certification in any of the Application Management streams (Ex: ITIL 4) is preferred
• Having experience in managing applications both on-premise and cloud (Preferably Azure)
• Familiarity with Waterfall and Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps) is mandatory. Working with SAFe principles in an added advantage.