
ServiceNow Technical Lead/Solutions Architect
- Irvine, CA
- $107,500-182,800 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Serve as the technical authority and solution owner for the ServiceNow platform, guiding architectural decisions and implementation strategies across modules.
- Translate complex business needs into comprehensive technical solutions using the full breadth of ServiceNow capabilities and its integration potential with other enterprise tools.
- Design and oversee implementation of a cloud-aware, application-aware CMDB and Service Graph architecture, ensuring alignment with CSDM and business service models.
- Review and approve/reject or direct technical solutions proposed or implemented by external vendors, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and best practices.
- Provide technical leadership across ServiceNow initiatives, including new feature development, upgrades, and operational support.
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders across ITSM, ITOM, Security, DevOps, SRE and Engineering to build end-to-end service workflows and automation.
- Define and enforce ServiceNow development standards, reusable components, and governance practices.
- Lead performance optimization, capacity planning, and platform reliability engineering for ServiceNow.
- Support compliance, security, and audit readiness of the platform through robust technical design and process alignment.
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise IT, with 7+ years of ServiceNow architecture, administration, and development.
- Proven experience leading and implementing complex ServiceNow modules including ITSM, ITOM, CMDB, Service Graph, SecOps, and Custom App Development.
- Expert understanding of ServiceNow data models, CSDM, CMDB relationships, and Discovery/Service Mapping.
- Demonstrated experience integrating ServiceNow with tools such as:
- Monitoring & alerting systems (e.g., Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk)
- CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Bitbucket, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
- Security tools (e.g., CrowdStrike, Qualys, Tenable)
- Ability to design solutions that span ServiceNow and broader enterprise ecosystems.
- Strong experience overseeing or working with external vendors and managed services partners.
- Deep understanding of enterprise ITIL/ITSM best practices and how they are operationalized through ServiceNow.
- Experience with Scoped Applications, Flow Designer, Scripted REST APIs, UI Policies, Business Rules, Transform Maps, etc.
- Effective communicator who can bridge business and technical teams, strong written and verbal communication skills.
- ServiceNow certifications strongly preferred:
- Certified System Administrator (CSA)
- Certified Implementation Specialist (CIS) – ITSM, ITOM, CMDB, etc.
- Certified Application Developer (CAD)
- Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or strong experience equivalent
- Experience implementing automated governance, CMDB accuracy, and lifecycle management.
- Prior work on ServiceNow enterprise integrations at a Fortune 500 scale.
- Knowledge of cloud-native services (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
- Familiarity with Agile/DevOps delivery methods and SAFe frameworks.