Service Now Architect

Cognizant; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in the United Kingdom seeks a hands-on ServiceNow Architect to lead solution architecture for a large telecom transformation programme. You will own end-to-end architecture across TS(M), TSOM, CSM, ITSM, ITOM, CMDB and SecOps, driving integrations, data migration, and platform design.

You will guide multi-disciplinary teams, establish governance and design patterns, and ensure delivery quality while aligning with business outcomes and security requirements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in ServiceNow architecture and enterprise-scale delivery, preferably in telecoms.
• Strong capabilities in TSM, TSOM, CSM, ITSM, ITOM, CMDB, Discovery, Service Mapping, SecOps and IRM.
• Proven ability to design complex integrations using REST/SOAP and IntegrationHub.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture across ServiceNow domains and platform capabilities.
• Translate business requirements and fit-gap analyses into scalable designs and roadmaps.
• Define platform blueprint, data flows, security model, and non-functional requirements.
• Lead CMDB and CSDM architecture including data quality, ownership, and governance.
• Architect integrations with OSS/BSS, CRM, monitoring, and other enterprise systems.
• Provide data migration oversight from assessment to validation and migration cohorts.
• Facilitate workshops and architecture reviews with stakeholders across business and engineering teams.
• Review designs and user stories to ensure traceability and design compliance.
• Define governance, coding standards, upgrade strategy, and technical debt management.
• Lead delivery teams through build, testing, deployment, and transition to support.

Skills

ServiceNow

Solution Architecture

Telecom Domain

IntegrationHub

Security Operations

CMDB

REST/SOAP

JavaScript

CI/CD

Tools

MID Server

Jira

APIs

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced, hands‑on ServiceNow Architect to lead solution architecture and platform design for a large-scale telecom transformation programme. The role requires strong technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and practical delivery experience across ServiceNow Telecommunications Service Management, Telecom Service Operations Management, Customer Service Management, IT Service Management, IT Operations Management, CMDB, Security Operations, Integrated Risk Management, integrations, and data migration.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture across TSM, TSOM, CSM, ITSM, ITOM, CMDB, Discovery, Service Mapping, SecOps, IRM, integrations, reporting, and platform capabilities
• Translate business requirements, process designs, and fit-gap outcomes into scalable ServiceNow solution designs and implementation roadmaps
• Define the platform blueprint, application boundaries, integration patterns, data flows, security model, and non-functional requirements
• Design telecom service management solutions covering customer, product, service, resource, network, order, incident, case, and service assurance processes
• Lead CMDB and CSDM architecture, including CI hierarchy, product and service modelling, ownership, identification and reconciliation rules, data quality, and governance
• Architect integrations with OSS/BSS, CRM, monitoring, order management, fulfilment, identity, security, Jira, and enterprise systems using appropriate APIs and IntegrationHub patterns
• Provide architectural oversight for data migration, including source assessment, mapping, cleansing, reconciliation, validation, and migration cohort planning
• Facilitate discovery workshops, design sessions, technical deep dives, and architecture reviews with business, operations, security, and engineering stakeholders
• Review solution designs, technical specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and development outputs to ensure traceability and design compliance
• Define platform governance, coding standards, reusable design patterns, upgrade strategy, release controls, and technical debt management
• Guide development, testing, integration, and DevOps teams through build, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, and transition to support
• Identify architectural risks, assumptions, dependencies, and design decisions, and drive timely resolution through programme governance
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance, resilience, scalability, usability, audit, and regulatory requirements
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and quality assurance across the ServiceNow delivery team

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience in ServiceNow architecture, solution design, and enterprise-scale delivery, preferably within telecommunications
• Strong architecture and implementation experience across TSM, TSOM, CSM, ITSM, ITOM, CMDB, Discovery, Service Mapping, SecOps, and IRM
• Strong understanding of telecom customer, product, service, resource, network, order, fulfilment, assurance, and operations domains
• Proven expertise in CSDM, CMDB governance, service modelling, identification and reconciliation, Discovery, and data quality management
• Experience designing complex integrations using REST, SOAP, IntegrationHub, MID Server, event-driven patterns, and secure authentication mechanisms
• Hands‑on knowledge of JavaScript, Business Rules, Script Includes, Flow Designer, ACLs, UI Policies, data imports, platform configuration, and custom application development
• Experience with enterprise data migration, environment strategy, release management, CI/CD, upgrades, and ServiceNow platform governance
• Ability to lead workshops, challenge requirements constructively, communicate architecture decisions clearly, and influence senior business and technical stakeholders
• Strong understanding of security, privacy, audit, performance, scalability, resilience, and non-functional design considerations
• Excellent analytical, documentation, communication, stakeholder-management, and team‑leadership skills

Preferred Certifications

• ServiceNow Certified Technical Architect or Certified Master Architect is highly desirable
• ServiceNow Certified System Administrator and Certified Application Developer
• Relevant implementation specialist certifications in ITSM, CSM, Discovery, Service Mapping, Event Management, SecOps, IRM, or Telecommunications products
• ITIL or TOGAF certification is advantageous. Relevant cloud, integration, security, or telecom-domain certifications are an added benefit.