ServiceNow Technical Architect
Posted 1 day ago by Project Recruit
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Crawley, West Sussex, UK
Summary: The ServiceNow Technical Architect role involves designing and delivering scalable ServiceNow platform solutions for a leading global IT services supplier. This hybrid position requires attendance at the Crawley office 2-3 days per week and is a temporary contract lasting over 6 months. The architect will act as the technical authority, ensuring best practices and compliance with enterprise architecture standards. The role demands strong leadership and communication skills to drive implementation and innovation across various ServiceNow modules.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and maintain a scalable, future-ready ServiceNow architecture for global environments.
- Lead architecture/design workshops, gap analysis, and provide technical governance.
- Drive implementation of ServiceNow modules across ITSM Pro, ITOM, ITAM, HRSD, IRM, and Financial Planning.
- Integrate ServiceNow with Active Directory, observability tools, and other enterprise systems.
- Establish and enforce platform governance, design standards, and release management processes.
- Ensure compliance with GDPR, cybersecurity policies, and audit requirements.
- Drive innovation through AI, predictive intelligence, automation, and low-code/no-code capabilities.
- Support Lighthouse implementations as scalable models for global rollouts.
- Collaborate with SIAM, OCM, and IT business units to drive adoption and maturity uplift.
- Lead design authority forums; mentor developers and administrators.
- Provide hypercare support, knowledge transfer, and user training during implementations.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale global ServiceNow transformation programs spanning multi-country rollouts and complex IT landscapes.
- Deep expertise in ITSM Pro, CMDB/CSDM, IRM and end-to-end ServiceNow platform architecture, with demonstrated capability to design scalable and governed enterprise solutions.
- Strong experience defining and implementing CMDB strategy aligned to CSDM, including data model design, life cycle governance, and operationalization at enterprise scale.
- Ability to deliver solution architecture and technical designs strictly aligned to customer-defined platform standards, governance models, and design authority frameworks (HT standards).
- Broader platform/solution architecture for all other ServiceNow outcomes.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, leadership, documentation, and team collaboration.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Crawley
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
ServiceNow Technical Architect
Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires ServiceNow Technical Architect to be based at their client's office in Crawley, UK.
This is a hybrid role - you can work remotely in the UK and attend the Crawley office 2-3 days per week .
This is a 6+ month temporary contract to start ASAP
Day rate: Competitive Market rate
As a ServiceNow Technical Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and delivering scalable, high-quality ServiceNow platform solutions that align with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards.They act as the technical authority for ServiceNow implementations, ensuring best practices, platform optimization, and long-term maintainability across projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and maintain a scalable, future-ready ServiceNow architecture for global environments.
- Lead architecture/design workshops, gap analysis, and provide technical governance.
- Drive implementation of ServiceNow modules across ITSM Pro, ITOM, ITAM, HRSD, IRM, and Financial Planning.
- Integrate ServiceNow with Active Directory, observability tools, and other enterprise systems.
- Establish and enforce platform governance, design standards, and release management processes.
- Ensure compliance with GDPR, cybersecurity policies, and audit requirements.
- Drive innovation through AI, predictive intelligence, automation, and low-code/no-code capabilities.
- Support Lighthouse implementations as scalable models for global rollouts.
- Collaborate with SIAM, OCM, and IT business units to drive adoption and maturity uplift.
- Lead design authority forums; mentor developers and administrators.
- Provide hypercare support, knowledge transfer, and user training during implementations.
Key Requirements
Essential Skills:
- Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale global ServiceNow transformation programs spanning multi-country rollouts and complex IT landscapes.
- Deep expertise in ITSM Pro, CMDB/CSDM, IRM and end-to-end ServiceNow platform architecture, with demonstrated capability to design scalable and governed enterprise solutions.
- Strong experience defining and implementing CMDB strategy aligned to CSDM, including data model design, life cycle governance, and operationalization at enterprise scale.
- Ability to deliver solution architecture and technical designs strictly aligned to customer-defined platform standards, governance models, and design authority frameworks (HT standards).
- Broader platform/solution architecture for all other ServiceNow outcomes
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, leadership, documentation, and team collaboration.
Desirable Skills:
- Expertise in multiple ServiceNow modules: ITSM, ITOM, ITAM, HRSD, IRM, Financial Planning.
- Multi-industry enterprise IT operations, cybersecurity, manufacturing, and global service delivery programs.
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