Senior ServiceNow Engineer

Talent Corp; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 190,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Talent Corp is seeking a Senior ServiceNow Engineer to become a key technical authority for a large, global ServiceNow environment, combining deep platform expertise with solution architecture, technical leadership and hands-on problem solving.

This is not a role for producing architecture documents from afar; you’ll work closely with engineers, product teams and stakeholders to shape solutions and provide technical direction behind the platform.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience across enterprise ITSM, service operations or related platform environments.
• 5+ years of hands-on ServiceNow experience.
• Experience across ServiceNow architecture, solution design or technical leadership.
• Strong knowledge of integrations, APIs, authentication, resiliency and monitoring.
• Experience with large, complex organisations and distributed technical teams.
• An understanding of enterprise considerations including security, scalability, change management, compliance and platform governance.
• ServiceNow certifications, with CSA required and additional architecture, development, integration or CIS credentials highly regarded.
• A relevant degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership and architecture expertise across the ServiceNow platform.
• Define platform architecture, technical standards, reusable patterns and engineering guardrails.
• Work directly with product and business teams to understand requirements and determine the best technical approach.
• Remain hands on, jumping into complex problems, whiteboarding solutions and supporting engineers when needed.
• Guide architecture across integrations, security, performance, CMDB, data models and platform design.
• Help shape the technical roadmap, including integrations, platform improvements and technical debt.
• Act as an escalation point for complex ServiceNow issues and support root cause analysis where required.
• Review higher risk technical designs and ensure solutions remain scalable, supportable and upgrade safe.
• Mentor engineers and help raise technical capability across a distributed global team.
• Provide technical leadership across complex initiatives from design through testing, release and operational handover.

Skills

ServiceNow

Solution architecture

Technical leadership

Hands-on engineering

Integrations

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

This is an opportunity for a highly capable Senior ServiceNow Engineer who wants more than a traditional engineering role, without stepping away from the hands on work.

We’re looking for a Senior ServiceNow Engineer to become a key technical authority for a large, global ServiceNow environment. You’ll combine deep platform expertise with solution architecture, technical leadership and hands on problem solving, helping shape how ServiceNow is designed, built and operated across the organisation.

This isn’t a role where you’ll spend your days sitting on the sidelines producing architecture documents. You’ll be close to the technology, working with engineers, product teams and stakeholders to solve problems, shape solutions and provide the technical direction behind the platform.

• Sydney, Australia


• 4 days on site, 1 day WFH


• $190,000 incl super + annual bonus

This is an opportunity for a highly capable Senior ServiceNow Engineer who wants more than a traditional engineering role, without stepping away from the hands on work.

We’re looking for a Senior ServiceNow Engineer to become a key technical authority for a large, global ServiceNow environment. You’ll combine deep platform expertise with solution architecture, technical leadership and hands on problem solving, helping shape how ServiceNow is designed, built and operated across the organisation.

This isn’t a role where you’ll spend your days sitting on the sidelines producing architecture documents. You’ll be close to the technology, working with engineers, product teams and stakeholders to solve problems, shape solutions and provide the technical direction behind the platform.

About The Role

The ServiceNow capability is entering an exciting period of change and growth. You’ll join at a point where there is genuine scope to influence how the team operates, establish better ways of working and help define the future direction of the platform.

You’ll act as a trusted technical escalation point, working across a global, distributed environment, you’ll collaborate with product teams, engineers and senior stakeholders across multiple regions and time zones.

The position combines architecture with technical delivery and operational involvement, taking complex changes from design through build, testing, release and handover.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide senior technical leadership and architecture expertise across the ServiceNow platform


• Help define platform architecture, technical standards, reusable patterns and engineering guardrails


• Work directly with product and business teams to understand requirements and determine the best technical approach


• Remain hands on, jumping into complex problems, whiteboarding solutions and supporting engineers when needed


• Guide architecture across integrations, security, performance, CMDB, data models and platform design


• Help shape the technical roadmap, including integrations, platform improvements and technical debt


• Act as an escalation point for complex ServiceNow issues and support root cause analysis where required


• Review higher risk technical designs and ensure solutions remain scalable, supportable and upgrade safe


• Mentor engineers and help raise technical capability across a distributed global team


• Provide technical leadership across complex initiatives from design through testing, release and operational handover

The broader remit includes architecture reviews, integration patterns, platform governance, major incident support and technical leadership across complex initiatives.

About You

• Around 8+ years of experience across enterprise ITSM, service operations or related platform environments


• 5+ years of strong, hands on ServiceNow experience


• Experience across ServiceNow architecture, solution design or technical leadership


• Strong knowledge of integrations, APIs, authentication, resiliency and monitoring


• Experience working with large, complex organisations and distributed technical teams


• An understanding of enterprise considerations including security, scalability, change management, compliance and platform governance


• ServiceNow certifications, with CSA required and additional architecture, development, integration or CIS credentials highly regarded


• A relevant degree or equivalent practical experience

If you’re technically strong, enthusiastic about ServiceNow and excited by the idea of helping build and shape a global platform capability, this could be a great next step.