ServiceNow SecOps Architect

ServiceNow SecOps Architect

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 12+ years of hands-on development experience in ServiceNow platform.
• 5+ years of experience specifically in Security Incident Response (SIR) and Vulnerability Response (VR) implementation.
• Design, configure and customize ServiceNow SIR & VR module
• Design and develop workflows, business rules, client scripts, and integrations supporting the SIR & VR lifecycle.
• Integrate VR with external vulnerability scanners and CMDB (Configuration Management Database) to automate import and correlation of vulnerability data.
• Configure MID Servers, data sources, and API connections for vulnerability data ingestion.
• Design and develop automation for vulnerability assignment, remediation tracking, and exception management.
• Create custom dashboards, reports, and Performance Analytics indicators for vulnerability KPIs and trends.
• Strong understanding of SOC operations & Incident response frameworks (NIST, SANS)
• Experience working with SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and vulnerability tools.
• Strong understanding of ServiceNow CMDB, Discovery, and ITSM processes.
• Experience integrating with vulnerability scanners (Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7, Prisma Cloud, etc.).
• Knowledge of JavaScript, Glide API, Flow Designer, and REST/SOAP integrations.
• Work with business stakeholders, technical stakeholders, onsite and offshore team to own the delivery of work.
• ServiceNow Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
• Certified Implementation Specialist – Security Incident Response (CIS-SIR)

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture for ServiceNow SecOps SIR & VR, including data model, scopes, and modular design aligned to platform guardrails and performance best practices.
• Define SecOps governance standards and design patterns
• Define prioritization models and Risk Score formulas to drive actionable SLAs and dashboards.
• Design and develop robust CMDB relationships to tie vulnerabilities to assets, services, and business applications (CIs), enabling service-aware remediation and reporting.
• Enable bi‑directional integration between SIR and ITSM.
• Integrate enterprise vulnerability scanners (e.g., Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7) and threat intel feeds; tune parsing, de-duplication, and matching logic.
• Optimize Vulnerability Item (VI) normalization, de-duplication, suppression, false positive handling, and asset-vuln correlation at scale.
• Implement exception workflows (risk acceptance, compensating controls, deferrals) with risk justification and approvals.
• Build executive and operational dashboards (exposure by service, asset tier, business unit, critical vulnerabilities, SLA breach, MTTR).
• Establish multi-environment strategies (DEV/TEST/PROD), ATF coverage, upgrade readiness, and platform governance.

Salary Range- $130,000-$180,000 a year