IT Analyst - Experienced

Federal Reserve System; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is seeking an Experienced IT Analyst to support enterprise configuration management, ensuring accuracy of CMDB data across systems and guiding adoption of new features. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to optimize processes and align practices with standards.

The role focuses on data quality, governance, and scalable IT operations, with emphasis on ServiceNow CMDB, Discovery, and ITSM. Onsite collaboration across multiple locations is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
• 3-5 years of experience in IT configuration management or similar analytics role
• Strong understanding of ITSM processes (incident, change, asset, problem) and how configuration management supports them
• Experience with ServiceNow CMDB, Discovery, or related modules
• Ability to lead initiatives, facilitate cross‑team collaboration, and translate complex concepts for stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with data quality focus
• Excellent communication and documentation skills

Responsibilities

• Support enterprise configuration management initiatives to improve CMDB data quality
• Drive process optimization across ITSM practices
• Evaluate ServiceNow platform capabilities and guide adoption and rollout of new features
• Develop and maintain configuration governance standards and audits
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, and product teams to ensure consistent use of configuration data
• Identify and implement continuous improvement to reduce manual effort and improve data usability
• Analyze major business issues and recommend sustainable IT solutions
• Assess capabilities with clients and recommend process improvements

Skills

IT configuration management

Cross‑team collaboration

Data analysis

Technical writing

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field

Tools

ServiceNow

CMDB

Discovery

Job description

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation’s central bank you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

Infrastructure Platforms & Operations:

The Infrastructure, Platforms & Operations portfolio supports the strategic direction and product delivery for System IT infrastructure and operations, as well as the alignment of technology to business strategies. The team serves as the business partner for secure and reliable IT products, services, and operations.

Position Summary:

The Experienced IT Analyst supports enterprise configuration management by ensuring the accuracy and integrity of configuration data across systems. This role supports initiatives to streamline processes, enhance data quality, and align configuration management practices with organizational standards. The analyst collaborates with cross‑functional teams to evaluate new features and technologies, guiding adoption and integration into existing workflows. They help define requirements, optimize processes, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. By bridging technical and operational stakeholders, the Experienced IT Analyst enables scalable, efficient, and sustainable configuration management across the System.

Responsibilities:

• Support enterprise configuration management initiatives that improve CMDB data quality, accuracy, and completeness.


• Drive process optimization efforts across ITSM practices to ensure configuration management supports efficient, end‑to‑end workflows.


• Evaluate new ServiceNow platform capabilities and guide teams through adoption, integration, and rollout of new features.


• Develop and maintain configuration governance standards, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and audit requirements.


• Coordinate with engineering, operations, and product teams to ensure consistent use of configuration data for planning, monitoring, and reporting.


• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve the usability of configuration data and processes.


• Performs complex analysis of major business issues and proactively searches for and recommend sustainable solutions utilizing established methodology and tools within technology areas.


• Work with the clients and other resources to assess current capabilities, identify the high‑level customer needs and recommend business process improvements and sustainable solutions within technology areas.


• Supports process improvement and solution discussions and present outcomes in written and verbal format to senior management within technology areas.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent work experience)


• 3-5 years of experience in IT configuration management or similar analytics role


• Strong understanding of ITSM processes (incident, change, asset, problem) and how configuration management supports them


• Experience working with enterprise platforms such as ServiceNow, including CMDB, Discovery, or related modules


• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives, facilitate cross‑team collaboration, and translate complex technical concepts for business and technical stakeholders


• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to assess data quality issues, process gaps, and system dependencies


• Excellent communication and documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands‑on experience with ServiceNow CMDB, Discovery, and integrations


• Ability to design and maintain CMDB data models, relationships, and governance standards


• Proven ability to analyze configuration data quality and drive remediation efforts


• Experience collaborating across infrastructure, operations, and engineering teams to ensure accurate CI lifecycle management

Required Skills:

• Strong documentation and technical writing abilities


• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail


• Ability to work independently and as part of a team


• Effective communication skills with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders


• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting
  
• Critical thinking and problem‑solving capabilities


• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines

This position offers an opportunity to play a critical role in maintaining the stability and reliability of our IT environment through effective configuration management practices. The successful candidate will contribute to service improvement initiatives and support the organization’s IT governance framework.

Locations:

The selected candidate willresidewithin a reasonable commuting distance defined by the employing Reserve Bank and will work full-time onsite.

• Eligible Locations for Hire: Boston, MA- New York, NY- Philadelphia, PA- Cleveland, OH- Richmond, VA- Atlanta, GA- Chicago, IL- St. Louis, MO- Minneapolis, MN- Kansas City, MO- Dallas, TX- San Francisco, CA


• The following Reserve Bank locations are preferred due to the concentration of System ITteam members in these locations: Richmond and Kansas City

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts,skillsor working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, rush jobs, change in workload or technological developments).

The Federal Reserve System is an equal opportunity employer.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Information Technology Family Group

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.