Specialist, Technology Services Practitioner; ServiceNow ITSM

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio, Des Moines, Iowa, or Scottsdale, Arizona office 2 days (Tuesday & Thursday) per week. Remote internal associates may also be considered.

• General understanding of IT Service Management processes and best practices (Event, Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration Management, etc.)
• Ability to conduct requirements gathering and thorough vetting of goal state solutions
• Challenges the status quo and has a continuous improvement passion
• Action oriented – self starter
• Prioritize tasks and requests based on urgency and value driven outcomes
• Technical Acumen in several Technology Domains
• Ability to work on complex issues in a team setting
• Focused on improving development turnaround times
• Proven decision-making, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Responsive, Reliable, and Dependable delivering on commitments
• Quality and delivery/execution focus (plan, design, create, test, review, etc.)

• In this role, you will be asked to focus on the data-driven analysis that leads to continuous improvement identification and execution
• Flexibility – open minded and considers new ideas, strategies, and approaches
• Organization and prioritization focus
• Strong communication skills (written and oral)

If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

• Executes work in adherence with IT Service Management best practices.
• Identifies, designs and assists in implementing opportunities to standardize operational environments.
• Applies secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
• Designs and develops standard, repeatable production runs; creates all appropriate job control language; schedules scripts and standard documentation; and partners with other support organizations to set up and execute.
• Executes process improvements through optimization, enhancements and implementation of new operational features and functions.
• Provides consultation and support to delivery teams in their release activities.
• Engages in critical situations.
• Ensures currency of data in configuration management tools.
• Maintains adherence to contract license usage.
• Provides data-driven decisions by delivering operational metrics and by analyzing operational data to identify trends and potential problems.
• Analyzes, designs and reports operational data and makes continuous improvement recommendations.
• Delivers operational overview documentation and metrics with insights and analysis.
• Maintains operational knowledge of platforms, technologies and applications.
• Coordinates with others to allow for immediate response to service disruptions. Communicates root‑cause analysis and critical situation findings to Technology leaders.
• Drives research of end‑user issues with technology solutions.
• Provides oversight to ensure planning and coordination of enterprise release activities occurs.
• Executes Level II and III technical support for hardware and software application configuration, incident management processes, monitoring, and knowledge management.
• Coordinates with Level III support to assist in mitigating incidents and validation of change activities involving hardware and software.
• Serves as…