ServiceNow Platform Operations Specialist

Bank of America•Chandler, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The ServiceNow Platform Operations Specialist will have a leading role in maintaining the ServiceNow platform as defined by the Product teams. Our Operations team is responsible for level-2 end-user support, code migration/release support as well as production availability for over 10 ServiceNow instances. This role will provide hands-on technical expertise to resolve service availability issues which includes coordinating cross-team efforts to perform root cause analysis and problem resolution. You will work in a team environment to plan and implement software (or hardware) changes. We participate in various phases of the application lifecycle including plan, server build and software installation, release implementation, continuous improvement, and decommission. At these early stages of our ServiceNow deployment, sharing knowledge and developing a documentation library as a team will be essential to our success. This job is responsible for being the first point of contact for requests or service failure incidents and maintaining stability for a portfolio of applications. Key responsibilities include documenting or modifying knowledge, performing investigations, identifying incidents, mitigating impacts and engaging in triages, and working with technology teams to identify and resolve issues. Job expectations include following well-defined Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and partnering with experts to improve service levels by proposing changes to monitoring, alerting, and configuration.

Requirements

ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) certification, product micro certifications
Proven experience as an administrator in highly regulated environments
Experience in maintaining multiple ServiceNow environments
Minimum of 5+ years of experience in ServiceNow development and engineering with emphasis on platform management
Experience monitoring and maintaining ServiceNow products, supporting software engineering, maximizing data processing systems, building cloud-compatible services, and operating within an enterprise IT lifecycle
Experience supporting ServiceNow integrations for security, risk, and compliance
Experience with ServiceNow instance cloning and management
Experience maintaining both Windows and Linux MID servers.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Technology or related field
ServiceNow certified implementation specialist (CIS)
ServiceNow certified application developer (CAD)
Experience in financial institution information technology security, compliance with rules, regulations, and financial industry standards
Experience leveraging MID servers for integration and automation
Experience with ServiceNow Discovery and other Configuration Management Database (CMDB) population toolsets

Responsibilities

Maintain and support the ServiceNow platform while adhering to bank policies and standards.
Manage ServiceNow code quality control processes and routine.
Lead and mentor a team of operations specialists assigned to work on ServiceNow.
Respond to incidents for application availability issues as part of on-call duties.
Respond to incidents/pages for application functional issues or questions as part of daily duties.
Use your technical knowledge to triage service availability issues and restore service.
Research and resolve system defects, lead root cause analysis, and drive permanent resolution.
Ensure appropriate monitoring is in place and maintained to ensure application availability.
Participate in software release implementation meetings.
Participate in and coordinate maintenance activities.
Prepare and maintain application support/process documentation.
Develop management jobs, automation routines, or deployment scripts.
Monitors and supports application components and infrastructure critical to the business, such as relevant technologies and dashboards, responds to alerts regarding production incidents, and resolves issues prior to customer service interruption.
Fulfills requests from users, operations, auditors, and regulators within service level agreements and drives operational excellence through process improvement and monitoring development efforts related to supported technologies.
Onboards monitoring tools and applications in access system(s) of record to research potential production incidents, meet user requirements and service changes, and identify and implement automation opportunities in partnership with architects and engineers.
Communicates status updates and technical details, such as infrastructure, application and client impact, and component points of failure to management, and provides reporting on environment and incident status in operational meetings.
Performs environment routing and cycling, implements splash pages, and liaises with development teams to design and configure auto provisioning, straight thru revocation (STR), and straight thru processing (STP).
Manages aged revocation monitoring to identify and fix defects in applications and systems of record.
Prepares technical documentation and develops procedures for trouble shooting incidents in order to identify production failure scenarios, vulnerabilities, and improvement opportunities requiring escalations.