ServiceNow GRC Architect

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 22 March 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
IT Services
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SKILLS

ServiceNow GRC ServiceNow SecOps Architectural Design Platform Governance Integration Design JavaScript Agile Security Framework

FULL DESCRIPTION

Job Information

Date Opened 22/10/2025

Job Type Contract

Industry IT Services

Work Experience 5+ years

City London

Province City of London

Country United Kingdom

Postal Code EC1A

About Us

We provide end-to-end IT solutions and services including Applications services, Data & Analytics services, AI/ML Technologies and Professional services in the UK and EU market.

Job Description

Experience: 10+ Years

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Role Summary

The ServiceNow Technical Architect is a key leadership role responsible for designing and guiding the implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performing ServiceNow solutions. This position involves collaborating with business and technical stakeholders to translate complex requirements into architectural blueprints that drive efficiency, innovation, and platform excellence.

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Key Responsibilities

Architectural Leadership

  • Lead the design and architecture of complex ServiceNow solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, best practices, and strategic objectives.
  • Develop both high-level and low-level technical designs, providing architectural guidance throughout the implementation lifecycle.

Platform Strategy & Roadmapping

  • Define and maintain the strategic roadmap for the ServiceNow platform, identifying opportunities for leveraging out-of-the-box features, integrations, and innovative customizations.

Technical Advisory & Governance

  • Act as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor to clients and internal teams on platform capabilities, performance, scalability, and security.
  • Establish governance frameworks to ensure technical consistency, integrity, and adherence to platform best practices.

Requirements Analysis & Solution Design

  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to capture and analyze requirements, translating them into robust architectural solutions and detailed design documents.

Cross-Module Expertise

  • Provide architectural guidance across multiple ServiceNow modules, including:
  • Integrated Risk Management (IRM): Policy Management, Compliance & Audit Management, Vendor Risk Management, Business Continuity Management.
  • Security Operations (SecOps): Vulnerability Response, Security Incident Response, and Security Dashboards.
  • IT Service Management (ITSM).
  • IT Operations Management (ITOM).
  • Customer Service Management (CSM).

Integration Design

  • Architect and oversee the implementation of complex integrations between ServiceNow and other enterprise systems using REST, SOAP, JDBC, and MID Server technologies.

Technical Oversight & Quality Assurance

  • Provide technical direction to development teams, ensuring compliance with design patterns, coding standards, and performance guidelines.
  • Conduct code reviews, ensure solution quality, and oversee technical delivery milestones.

Prototyping & Demonstrations

  • Lead the creation of technical prototypes and conduct platform demonstrations to validate design concepts and illustrate capabilities to stakeholders.

Performance Tuning & Optimization

  • Identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring ServiceNow applications meet scalability and performance standards.

Advanced Scripting & Development

  • Demonstrate expert-level proficiency in ServiceNow scripting (Server-side JavaScript, GlideRecord, GlideSystem, UI Policies, Business Rules, Client Scripts, Script Includes) and custom application development.

Agile Leadership

  • Guide agile teams from a technical perspective, ensuring alignment of user stories and development activities with overall architectural goals.

Platform Evolution

  • Stay up to date with the latest ServiceNow features, releases, and industry trends, applying new capabilities to optimize architectural designs and enhance client solutions.

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Required Skills & Experience

  • Extensive experience as a ServiceNow Technical Architect or in a similar leadership role.
  • Proven success in designing and delivering large-scale ServiceNow implementations across multiple modules.
  • Deep understanding of ServiceNow platform architecture, data model, and security framework.
  • Expertise in platform governance, performance tuning, and security hardening.
  • Hands-on experience with complex integrations and enterprise-wide deployments.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills.
  • Experience working in Agile environments and leading technical teams.
  • Relevant ServiceNow certifications such as:
  • Certified Master Architect (CMA)
  • Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
  • Certified Application Developer (CAD)
  • Certified System Administrator (CSA)

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Platform / Tool Expertise

  • ServiceNow GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance)
  • ServiceNow SecOps (Security Operations)

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Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Applications, or a related discipline (B.E/B.Tech, BCA/MCA).
  • ServiceNow Certified Consultant credential preferred.

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