ServiceNow Senior Platform Engineer

Truist•Atlanta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The ServiceNow Senior Platform Engineer serves as the technical steward of the ServiceNow platform as an enterprise-grade engineering product. This role owns the stability, scalability, and performance of the platform under concurrent delivery demand—ensuring consistently high availability, adherence to defined service-level objectives for latency and reliability, and clean upgrade and release cycles free of critical regressions. Acting as a ServiceNow engineering authority, this role defines and enforces instance health standards, upgrade governance, and application architecture practices that keep the platform audit-ready and operating within the organization's risk tolerance. Success in this role is demonstrated through sustained platform reliability, full observability coverage across production instances, timely resolution of high-priority incidents with measurable improvement over time, and consistent on-time delivery of platform initiatives including upgrades, patching, and scoped application deployments. The role also advances engineering maturity across the team—developing talent, strengthening peer review practices, and reducing repeat defects through disciplined engineering standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in software development.
Deep knowledge of multiple programming languages, software architecture, and design principles.
Deep understanding of software development lifecycle, testing, deployment, and security practices.

Nice To Haves

Deep expertise in ServiceNow platform administration and development
Experience with ServiceNow upgrades and Automated Test Framework (ATF)
Platform performance optimization experience
Experience with observability and telemetry
Knowledge of ServiceNow security architecture
Experience in regulated environments (SOX/FFIEC)
API design and integration experience
Experience supporting high-scale environments

Responsibilities

Performs problem tracking, root cause analysis, and resolution for highly complex issues across the ServiceNow platform, ensuring stability, performance, and minimal disruption to ITSM and enterprise applications.
Leads and manages the ServiceNow platform experience, overseeing teams responsible for development, debugging, and platform engineering activities.
Owns platform health and performance, defining and maintaining availability, latency, and reliability targets (SLOs), and proactively addressing bottlenecks.
Provides technical consultation on complex platform engineering challenges, serving as a subject matter expert on ServiceNow best practices and architecture.
Leads large-scale platform initiatives, including upgrades, release governance, patching, regression testing, and rollback strategies.
Establishes and enforces platform standards, including security, auditability, and engineering rigor for all ServiceNow changes and enhancements.
Designs and enables scalable ServiceNow solutions, including scoped applications and strategies that support concurrent development across teams.
Implements platform observability, monitoring, and performance optimization capabilities, ensuring visibility into system health and risks.
Interprets business and technical challenges, recommending innovative ServiceNow solutions and best practices aligned with enterprise goals.
Collaborates with internal stakeholders and external vendors to enhance platform capabilities and support delivery outcomes.
Mentors and develops less experienced team members, fostering technical expertise and platform knowledge sharing.
May manage a team and drive accountability for ServiceNow platform delivery, performance, and continuous improvement initiatives.