ServiceNow Platform Lead Administrator

Job Description

Job Description: At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

The Global Technology Service Management function is a new team charted with designing, implementing, and managing next generation Service Management policies, processes and solutions. Our mission is to ensure the appropriate controls and capabilities are in place to enable the delivery of stable, resilient, and available technology services to our customers and employees.

The Service Now Platform Lead Administrator will play a leading role in maintaining the Service Now 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 Service Now 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 Service Now deployment, sharing knowledge and developing a documentation library as a team will be essential to our success.

This job is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities and functions for the assigned team. Key responsibilities include delegating work to team members, supervising work processes, providing informal leadership of sub teams or technology silos, managing on call and support schedules, and providing leadership, mentorship, and direction to team members. Job expectations include solving complex technical and analytical issues and effectively communicating results to senior management and Line of Business partners.

• Maintain and support the Service Now platform while adhering to bank policies and standards

• Manage Service Now code quality control processes and routines

• Lead and mentor a team of operations specialists assigned to work on Service Now

• 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

• Manages and prioritizes multiple tasks and assignments for the team including tracking tasks and tickets in system(s) of record, ensuring enterprise service level agreements are met, and participating in defect, incident, problem, and change review meetings and release activities

• Provides point of escalation for team members, peers, and partner teams, and shares the leadership Point of Contact for triage of high priority incidents or consulting engagements

• Performs all responsibilities of team members from applicable teams

• Works with appropriate teams to ensure alerts, monitoring, dashboards, and processes are established appropriately for new projects and initiatives

• Participates and helps with resource interviews and onboarding processes

• Performs access reviews, conducts compliance activities, and serves as a delegate for administrative processes

• 5+ years of experience with Service Now development and engineering with emphasis on platform management

• Must have an active and verifiable Service Now Certified System Administrator (CSA) certification

• Proven experience as an Service Now administrator in a highly-regulated environment

• Experience in maintaining multiple Service Now…