Application Operations Specialist

Name of the Role

Application Operations

Location

Barcelona/Madrid/Zaragoza

For over 150 years, our dedication to being the Global Hausbank for our clients has been driven by our people – in around 60 countries and across more than 150 nationalities. 

Join Deutsche Bank’s Application Operations team in Spain, supporting business‑critical applications in a regulated banking environment. The role focuses on ensuring stable, secure and efficient day‑to‑day application operations while collaborating closely with technology and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide Level 2 application technical support to ensure availability, stability and performance of critical systems.
• Operate and support applications across Mainframe environments.
• Monitor applications using observability tools and proactively identify, troubleshoot and resolve incidents and recurring issues.
• Support change, release and incident management processes in line with internal controls and regulatory requirements.
• Take ownership of specific application areas or processes and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

• Hands‑on experience in application operations, systems administration or production support in complex technical environments.
• Have a deep background on mainframe systems including CICS, JCL, COBOL and DB2.
• Have experience working with OPC, EDITRAN, Omegamon and other IBM tools.
• Demonstrable experience in working with zOS IBM environment.
• Proficient in English for written and spoken business communication, with Spanish for local collaboration.

 Well-being & Benefits  

• Emotionally and mentally balanced: We support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health. Benefit from initiatives such as counseling and support in difficult life situations and a culture where you can openly speak about mental health.
• Physically thriving: We support you managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive. For example, discount in gyms, annual medical check up's, standing desks...
• Socially connected: We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and well-being. Benefits vary from different types of paid and unpaid leave, hybrid model of remote working (for some positions …)
• Financially secure: We support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future. Benefit from meal allowance, pension contribution plans, banking services for employees, flex compensation program...