IT Analyst - Color

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Date: Mar 2, 2026

Location: Bangalore, IN

Company: AkzoNobel

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s 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. We’re 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. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com

Job Purpose

Purpose of the job

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 application’s 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.

2. Key responsibilities

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

3. Level of autonomy

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.

4. Job requirements

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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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 applicable. In 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

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