ITOM Lead

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ITOM Lead Job Description

This senior IT Operations Management (ITOM) Technical Lead role provides hands‑on leadership across the full life cycle of Service Now ITOM solutions, with a strong focus on Discovery, Service Mapping and CMDB/CSDM maturity. You will own the end‑to‑end technical architecture and implementation approach, guide engineering teams, and ensure that solutions align with enterprise technical, operational and security standards. In addition, you will contribute directly as a Discovery Engineer, ensuring that Service Now Discovery operates effectively across on‑premise and cloud infrastructure, including AWS.

• Own the end‑to‑end technical solution, including overall architecture and implementation approach for Service Now ITOM capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership, direction, governance and oversight for the end‑to‑end ITOM solution, ensuring consistency and quality.
• Take accountability for the successful technical delivery of ITOM solutions, from design through to deployment and transition to BAU.
• Support and guide engineering teams on technical delivery, removing blockers and ensuring appropriate ownership and resolution of complex issues.
• Contribute directly to engineering activities where new ITOM features and capabilities are being implemented, acting as a hands‑on technical expert.
• Review, contribute to and approve key technical decisions, solution designs and technical standards related to ITOM and Service Now.
• Define and maintain architecture standards for ITOM, including alignment to the Common Service Data Model (CSDM).
• Ensure ITOM solutions support the broader product strategy and align with enterprise technical, operational and security standards.
• Support platform upgrades, releases and major feature deployments through technical validation, planning and oversight.
• Ensure Service Now Discovery operates effectively across end devices, including Servers, network devices and agents.
• Oversee and support Discovery across on‑premise infrastructure and AWS accounts, ensuring comprehensive coverage and connectivity.
• Configure, implement and test new Discovery capabilities and patterns in collaboration with the Service Now Support team.
• Maintain Discovery patterns, credentials and discovery scopes to ensure accurate, complete and reliable CMDB population.
• Collaborate with Cloud, Network, Infrastructure and Security teams to establish and maintain Discovery access, permissions and connectivity.
• Identify, investigate and resolve Discovery‑related issues and failures, ensuring stability and performance of the Discovery function.
• Support testing, validation and deployment of Discovery enhancements, platform upgrades and new Service Now releases.
• Document technical findings, testing outcomes and implementation recommendations to support knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with the Service Now Support team on Discovery enhancements, troubleshooting and ongoing platform improvements.

• Proven experience in IT Operations Management (ITOM) with a strong focus on Service Now.
• Hands‑on technical expertise in Service Now ITOM, particularly Discovery and Service Mapping.
• Strong understanding of CMDB design and management, including alignment with the Common Service Data Model (CSDM).
• Demonstrable experience owning end‑to‑end technical solutions, including architecture and implementation.
• experience providing technical leadership, governance and oversight for complex enterprise solutions.
• Ability to guide and support engineering teams, remove delivery blockers and resolve complex technical issues.
• Practical experience configuring, implementing and testing Service Now Discovery capabilities and patterns.
• experience maintaining Discovery patterns, credentials and scopes to ensure accurate CMDB population.
• experience collaborating with Cloud, Network, Infrastructure and Security teams to establish Discovery connectivity and access.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with experience in identifying, investigating and resolving Discovery‑related issues.
• Service Now Certified System Administrator (CSA) - non‑negotiable foundational certification.
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