ServiceNow Architect (f/m)

Serves as the enterprise design authority for the corporate ServiceNow platform ecosystem, defining the architectural vision, technical standards, and multi-year platform roadmap. Owns the Common Service Data Model (CSDM 5.0) strategy, integration architecture, and technical governance to ensure all solutions across ITSM, ITOM, CSM, and custom applications remain secure, performant, and upgrade-resilient. Partners with Product Stream Managers, Lead Developers, and corporate enterprise architects to translate complex business demands into scalable platform capabilities while strictly preventing customization sprawl.
Key Responsibilities:
Platform Strategy & Architectural Roadmap
Architectural Vision: Define and maintain the target architecture, reference patterns, and multi-year technology roadmap for the corporate ServiceNow platform and owns technical debt reduction roadmaps
New Capability Evaluation: Evaluate major ServiceNow family releases and Platform emerging capabilities (e.g. Workflow Studio, IntegrationHub, App Engine, Platform Intelligence, NowAssists) to advise leadership on adoption, licensing implications, and technical readiness.
Integration & Security Architecture
Integration Patterns: Design secure, scalable integration patterns for connecting ServiceNow with enterprise systems (SAP, Azure Entra ID, Microsoft 365, internal Data Lakes, and monitoring tools).
API Governance: Enforce standardized REST/SOAP integration contracts, webhook handlers, and IntegrationHub spoke usage
Platform Security & Least Privilege: Architect security role mappings, Access Control Lists (ACLs), encryption standards, and scoped application boundaries, ensuring zero unauthorized privilege escalation and full compliance with corporate security and data privacy mandates (GDPR, AI Act).
Governance & Technical Authority
Technical Review Board (TRB): Act as the core decision authority on the platform TRB, evaluating incoming solution designs, approving architectural spikes, and enforcing the "Configure First, Customize Last" principle.
Pre-Approved "Paved Roads": Create and publish reusable architectural blueprints, and standard templates that allow development squads to build with autonomy and velocity.
Squad Enablement & Coaching: Guide and coach Lead Developers across distributed squads, ensuring that implementations adhere to enterprise platform standards.
Experience & Qualifications:
Experience: 6+ years in enterprise software development, with at least 4 to 5 years of deep, hands-on ServiceNow development and a proven track record of technically leading delivery teams.
Technical Mastery: Expert-level JavaScript and ServiceNow architecture; deep expertise across Flow Designer, complex Scripted REST APIs, Service Portal architecture, and scoped application isolation.
Engineering Leadership: Demonstrated experience driving code quality standards, automated testing (ATF), and managing CI/CD pipelines (ServiceNow CLI, Git, Update Set batching).
Domain Breadth: Strong working knowledge of CSDM 5.0, ITIL 4 processes, and modern AI/agentic integration capabilities.
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field.
Certifications:
Required: ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA), Certified Application Developer (CAD), and at least one Certified Implementation Specialist (CIS - ITSM, Discovery, or Customer Service Management).
Preferred: ITIL 4 Managing Professional / Foundation, or Agile/Scrum certification (PSM / SAFe).

Skills
JavaScript, REST API, Git, Azure, CI/CD, Automation Testing, Agile, Scrum, SAP

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid