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This is a Solution Architect role responsible for designing, governing, and evolving the enterprise ServiceNow platform to meet complex business needs across multiple functions. As the ServiceNow Solution Architect, you will define the platform vision, translate business requirements into scalable solutions, guide technical implementation, and ensure that integrations and capabilities are delivered in a secure, performant, and sustainable way. You will lead multiple work streams simultaneously, mentor leaders and teams, and act as the primary authority on ServiceNow architecture and best practices.

Location: Full Remote within US

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve the end-to-end ServiceNow platform architecture, including data model, integrations, security, performance, and governance.

• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to understand strategic goals, define roadmaps, and translate requirements into ServiceNow solutions that deliver measurable value.

• Lead the design of solutions across multiple ServiceNow products and modules (e.g., ITSM, ITOM, ITAM, CSM, HRSD, CMDB, Workflow/Flow Designer), ensuring a unified and scalable architecture.

• Architect and oversee integrations between ServiceNow and external systems using IntegrationHub, REST APIs, web services, event streams, and other integration patterns.

• Provide technical leadership across multiple concurrent work streams, ensuring alignment to architecture standards, reuse of shared capabilities, and consistent design patterns.

• Guide platform engineering, development, and admin teams on solution design, configuration vs. customization, coding standards, and use of out-of-the-box capabilities.

• Establish and maintain architectural principles, reference architectures, and design guardrails to protect platform integrity and manage technical debt.

• Review and approve solution designs, stories, and implementation approaches for major initiatives, ensuring they align with platform strategy and non-functional requirements.

• Drive performance, reliability, and scalability improvements through thoughtful design of data structures, integrations, automations, and operational processes.

• Collaborate with security, compliance, and infrastructure teams to ensure solutions meet security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

• Provide leadership and coaching to managers and technical leads across multiple teams, building a high-performing, collaborative ServiceNow delivery organization.

• Contribute to and champion SDLC, CI/CD, testing, and release processes for ServiceNow, promoting automation, quality, and repeatability.

• Stay current on the ServiceNow product roadmap, new features, and industry best practices, and proactively recommend enhancements to maximize platform value.

• Communicate complex technical concepts in clear, business-friendly language to senior leaders and non-technical stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with the ServiceNow platform, including solution design and implementation across multiple modules.

• Deep understanding of ServiceNow architecture, including data model, CMDB, ACLs and security model, integration patterns, performance considerations, and platform governance.

• ServiceNow Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or Certified Master Architect (CMA) required;

• ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) and Certified Application Developer (CAD) required, plus one or more advanced Implementation Specialist certifications or ITIL Foundation certification preferred.

• Proven track record leading multiple concurrent ServiceNow or enterprise platform work streams from concept through delivery.

• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing integrations between ServiceNow and external systems using REST APIs, web services, IntegrationHub, message queues, or equivalent technologies.

• Strong understanding of ITIL processes and how they are operationalized within ServiceNow (Incident, Request, Problem, Change, CMDB, Knowledge, etc.).

• Experience with SDLC and DevOps practices for ServiceNow, including source control, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and design solutions for complex, cross-functional problems.

• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading large-scale ServiceNow transformations or multi-year platform roadmaps in a global or enterprise environment.

• Background designing or governing platform standards, guardrails, and reference architectures for ServiceNow.

• Familiarity with modern integration and automation tools and patterns (e.g., IntegrationHub, ETL tools, iPaaS, event-driven architectures).

• Exposure to AIOps, observability, or analytics solutions that integrate with ServiceNow for proactive operations and incident reduction.

• Experience working in agile delivery environments, collaborating closely with product owners, scrum teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Core Competencies:

• Strategic and systems thinking, with the ability to see the "big picture" while guiding detailed solution design.

• Strong customer and business orientation, with a focus on outcomes and measurable value.

• Ability to balance innovation with standardization, managing technical debt and long-term maintainability.

• High level of ownership, accountability, and bias for action in a complex, fast-moving environment.

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Compensation:

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a commission or performance-based bonus opportunities.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.

• Telehealth coverage

• Flexible work schedules and work from home opportunities

• Development and career growth opportunities

• Open Time Off in addition to 10 paid holidays

• 401(k) matching program

• Adoption Assistance

• Fertility treatments

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About Genesys:

Genesys empowers more than 8,000 organizations worldwide to create the best customer and employee experiences. With agentic AI at its core, Genesys Cloud is the AI-Powered Experience Orchestration platform that connects people, systems, data and AI across the enterprise. As a result, organizations can drive customer loyalty, growth and retention while increasing operational efficiency and teamwork across human and AI workforces. To learn more, visitwww.genesys.com.

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