Applications Analyst (ITSM)

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days annual leave (pro rata)

Employer pension contributions up to 0

Health CashBack scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On-site parking

Job summary

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is recruiting for a ServiceNow specialist to manage and support essential applications, ensuring secure, compliant operations aligned with business needs. You will guide offshore resources, oversee changes, and maintain lifecycle roadmaps with key stakeholders.

You will collaborate with IT partners, apply ITIL processes, and communicate features and decisions while delivering value across teams.

Qualifications

• Educated to A level in a relevant discipline.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end support and management for ServiceNow and assigned applications, including monitoring, incident and problem resolution.
• Configure and develop ServiceNow solutions using platform configuration tools and scripting, maintaining ServiceNow designs and ensuring solutions align with business requirements and agreed technical, security, coding and architectural standards.
• Provide technical oversight of work delivered by the ServiceNow team and third-party developers, managing assigned work effectively through agreed delivery methods, including Agile, and assuring the quality of configuration and code.
• Plan and deliver application changes, upgrades and patches in line with change, testing, and release processes, ensuring appropriate test coverage, documentation, governance approval and safe transition into service.
• Maintain application roadmaps with business and vendor stakeholders, identifying risks and ensuring applications remain current, supportable and aligned with Digital strategy.
• Ensure applications and integrations have effective support models and adhere to security, licensing and maintenance controls.
• Manage suppliers and partners through regular service reviews, effective governance and ITIL processes, representing at groups such as the Change Assurance Board and Design Authority.
• Maintain knowledge articles and technical documentation, and sustain relevant ServiceNow and application expertise through appropriate learning and professional development.
• Build collaborative relationships with business owners, colleagues and third parties to promote service excellence, optimise system use, contribute to improvement plans and support business cases for proposed changes.

Skills

ITIL management

Agile delivery

Supplier and vendor management

Public speaking

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Education

A level or equivalent

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

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City: Cardiff

Address:

Cardiff, Wales, GB, CF3 0LT

Job Requisition Number 9213

Work Type Permanent

Job Function IT

Salary Range £47,492.00-£54,618.00

Base South East Hub

Closing date Sunday 8th November 2026 at 23:59

What you’ll be responsible for

You will manage and support ServiceNow and a portfolio of business-critical applications, working with stakeholders, suppliers and technical teams to keep them secure, compliant, supportable and aligned with business needs.As part of the team, you will ensure system issues are resolved within agreed SLAs.You will manage application changes and releases, ensuring clear communication, appropriate governance and safe, timely delivery. You will explain new features, support implementation decisions and use agreed delivery methods, including Agile where appropriate.You will oversee the workload and quality of offshore ServiceNow development resources.You will help maintain roadmaps and support lifecycles for ServiceNow and assigned applications, coordinating patching to meet Digital Security Policy. You will own ServiceNow design and collaborate with colleagues on supporting systems.You will work with DCWW’s IT Framework Partners, providing guidance and governance through ITIL processes.

• Provide end-to-end support and management for ServiceNow and any assigned applications, including monitoring, incident and problem resolution, dashboards, and standby support where required.
• Configure and develop ServiceNow solutions using platform configuration tools and scripting, maintaining ServiceNow designs and ensuring solutions align with business requirements and agreed technical, security, coding and architectural standards.
• Provide technical oversight of work delivered by the ServiceNow team and third-party developers, managing assigned work effectively through agreed delivery methods, including Agile, and assuring the quality of configuration and code.
• Plan and deliver application changes, upgrades and patches in line with change, testing, and release processes, ensuring appropriate test coverage, documentation, governance approval and safe transition into service.
• Maintain application roadmaps with business and vendor stakeholders, identifying risks and ensuring applications remain current, supportable and aligned with Digital strategy.
• Ensure applications and integrations have effective support models and adhere to security, licensing and maintenance controls.
• Manage suppliers and partners through regular service reviews, effective governance and ITIL processes, representing at groups such as the Change Assurance
• Board and Design Authority and ensuring timely, reliable and cost-effective service delivery.
• Maintain knowledge articles and technical documentation, and sustain relevant ServiceNow and application expertise through appropriate learning and professional development.
• Build collaborative relationships with business owners, colleagues and third parties to promote service excellence, optimise system use, contribute to improvement plans and support business cases for proposed changes.

About you

The following are essential requirements for the recruitment of the role:

Qualifications

• Educated to A level in a relevant discipline

Experience

Knowledge & Skills

• Application support
• Good knowledge and understanding of ITIL management protocols and procedures
• Agile delivery
• Supplier and vendor management
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to influence across the organisation, the confidence to represent Application Support, including public speaking
• Team player with a strong emphasis on providing excellent customer service

Good to know

If you would like further information on this role, please contact [e-mail]

As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
• Free Mortgage Brokering Services
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
• Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
• Many more can be found on our website.

Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business.

For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject to all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.

Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT

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