Platform Architecture

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ServiceNow Lead / Architect – CSM & Financial Services Operations | Remote U.S.

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ServiceNow Lead / Architect – Financial Services Operations (FSO)

📍 Location: Fully Remote (U.S. – preference for NY)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
💰 Base Salary: $150,000 – $170,000
🎯 Bonus Eligible: Yes
🌎 Visa Sponsorship: Available
✈️ Travel: Occasional (as required)

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced ServiceNow Lead / Architect with deep expertise in Customer Service Management (CSM) and Financial Services Operations (FSO).

This role will serve as the technical owner across client implementations — leading architecture, mentoring developers, and driving delivery excellence across enterprise ServiceNow programs within commercial banking and financial services environments.

You will operate at the intersection of solution architecture, technical leadership, and client engagement, ensuring high-quality delivery while scaling best practices across the ServiceNow ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

🔹 Technical Leadership

  • Act as technical owner for ServiceNow engagements

  • Lead and mentor a team of developers

  • Assign development tasks and provide architectural guidance

  • Review sprint-level design and code for quality assurance

🔹 Architecture & Solution Design

  • Lead requirements discovery sessions with stakeholders

  • Design and implement complex ServiceNow solutions

  • Architect workflows, case management, and automation across:

    • CSM

    • Financial Services Operations (FSO)

  • Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs

  • Lead greenfield implementations and enterprise rollouts

🔹 Development & Platform Expertise

  • Build and customize:

    • Complex workflows and workflow activities

    • Business Rules, Client Scripts, UI Policies, UI Actions

    • Script Includes, ACLs, Service Portal components

  • Integrate third-party systems using:

    • REST

    • SOAP

    • Scripted APIs

    • Flow Designer / Integration Hub

  • Manage deployments via Update Sets

  • Oversee instance cloning, upgrades, and environment strategy

🔹 Governance & Platform Health

  • Monitor ServiceNow health, usage, and compliance

  • Lead production support and issue resolution

  • Coordinate production and sub-production releases

  • Support regression testing and upgrade remediation

  • Maintain detailed technical documentation

🔹 Practice & Knowledge Leadership

  • Participate in blueprinting workshops

  • Assist in project estimation

  • Lead knowledge transfer sessions

  • Contribute to Center of Excellence (COE) standards

  • Support continuous improvement of development best practices

  • Lead internal training workshops

Required Qualifications

  • 10–15+ years of overall IT experience

  • Strong experience in ServiceNow Development

  • Extensive experience in:

    • Customer Service Management (CSM)

    • Financial Services Operations (FSO)

  • Proven experience leading client-facing technical projects

  • Strong hands-on scripting experience (JavaScript within ServiceNow)

  • Experience deploying code across lower and production environments

  • Experience with integrations and API development

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Certifications (Required)

  • ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA)

  • At least one mainline Implementer Certification (FSO / CSM / HRSD / ITSM / GRC)

  • Strong preference for Financial Services Operations (FSO) Professional Certification

Highly Preferred Experience

  • Case management implementations supporting:

    • Dispute Management

    • Fraud Claims Processing

    • Client Onboarding

    • Loan Operations

    • Card Operations

    • Treasury Operations

  • Greenfield implementation of a ServiceNow module

  • Experience coordinating platform upgrades and cloning

  • Strong understanding of ServiceNow best practices

Ideal Candidate Profile

  • Architect-level thinker with hands-on capability

  • Strong leadership presence in client-facing environments

  • Experience operating in financial services or commercial banking

  • Structured, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused

  • Comfortable leading distributed teams in agile environments

  • Proactive, self-motivated, and solution-oriented

Skill Matrix Required for Submission

Candidates must provide:

  1. Total years of ServiceNow development experience

  2. Total years of CSM experience

  3. Total years of FSO experience

  4. Total years operating in an Architect capacity

Compensation & Benefits

  • 💰 Base Salary: $150,000 – $170,000

  • Bonus eligible

  • Full benefits package

  • Remote flexibility

  • Long-term career growth within enterprise-scale transformation programs

 

ServiceNow Architect | Chandler, AZ (Hybrid) | $150K–$180K + Full Benefits

ServiceNow Architect

📍 Location: Chandler, Arizona (Hybrid – 3 days in-office weekly) (open to being based in Arizona State)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time | Senior-Level
💲 Salary Range: $150,000 – $180,000 USD
🛑 Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
🚚 Relocation Package: Not Included
✈️ Travel: Not Required

Shape the Future of Enterprise IT with ServiceNow

Are you a senior-level ServiceNow professional who thrives on creating powerful, scalable, and secure platform solutions? This is your opportunity to architect and lead end-to-end ServiceNow implementations for a high-impact, forward-looking team. Based in Chandler, AZ, this in-office role (3x per week) is your chance to work closely with top-tier technical leadership to modernize IT and business processes across a growing enterprise.

What You’ll Do

  • Architect & Lead: Drive the design and deployment of complex ServiceNow solutions across ITSM, ITOM, ITBM, HRSD, HAM, SAM, and CRM modules.

  • Strategic Influence: Collaborate with business and tech stakeholders to shape the ServiceNow roadmap.

  • Integration Mastery: Design seamless integrations with systems like Active Directory, LDAP, Salesforce, AWS, Azure, and custom APIs.

  • Platform Optimization: Continuously evaluate performance, usability, and cost-efficiency while ensuring compliance and governance.

  • Mentorship: Guide development teams in adopting ServiceNow best practices, coding standards, and scalable design.

  • Documentation & Delivery: Produce architecture diagrams, implementation guides, and technical documentation for smooth handoffs and operations.

What You Bring

Must-Have Skills

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with ServiceNow, with 3+ years in an architect or lead role

  • Expertise in one or more modules: ITOM, ITSM, HRSD, HAM, SAM, CSM, CRM

  • Strong scripting skills in JavaScript, Glide API, Business Rules, etc.

  • Deep knowledge of platform capabilities, CSDM, CMDB structure, and ServiceNow governance

  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and their integration into ServiceNow

  • Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for ServiceNow deployments

  • Proven ability to automate workflows and drive efficiency using modern frameworks

  • Understanding of ITIL frameworks (especially Incident, Problem, Change, and Config Management)

  • Certifications preferred: CAD, CSA, or CTA

Nice to Have

  • Background in healthcare or public sector (SLED) environments

  • Familiarity with ServiceNow features like Virtual Agent, Flow Designer, Predictive Intelligence

  • Experience with large-scale upgrade cycles and patching strategy

Why This Role?

  • 💰 Competitive Pay – $150K–$180K base salary

  • 🏥 Robust Benefits – Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401(k)

  • 📈 Career Growth – High visibility, direct influence on platform evolution, and room for advancement

  • 🧠 Challenging Projects – Work on high-impact, enterprise-level ServiceNow transformations

  • 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Collaborative Culture – Join a talented, motivated, and supportive technology team

  • 🏡 Flexible Hybrid Work – Enjoy the best of both worlds with structured in-office collaboration and remote flexibility

Interview Process

  1. Phone Screen with Recruiter

  2. Interview with Technology Director

  3. Technical Panel Interview

  4. Final Interview with HR

Other Info

  • Location: On-site (Chandler, AZ) 3 days per week

  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (no H1B, STEM, OPT support)

  • Role is open for ongoing recruitment – top-tier talent always welcome

🔍 Interested? Prepare to showcase examples of recent ServiceNow implementations, highlight your architectural contributions, and share your vision for optimizing enterprise IT through automation and intelligent design.

 

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