ServiceNow Platform Architect

Northern Trust

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$137,400–$233,600 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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About Northern Trust

Northern Trust is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services to corporations, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Management

Northern Trust currently has 107 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $114,500–$194,700 across 77 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · ServiceNow Platform Architect

The Service Now Platform Architect will join the team as a Principal, Arch Solutions to define and drive the security architecture, standards, and governance for the enterprise ServiceNow platform. This role involves establishing secure patterns for Identity and Access Management, authentication, authorization, and API security while ensuring compliance with industry regulations. The architect will build and maintain security guardrails, manage privileged access using CyberArk, and oversee secure development for JavaScript, Glide APIs, and Flow Designer. Key responsibilities include performing security-design reviews, hardening the platform, and managing integrations using SAML, OAuth, SCIM, and LDAP. The position requires deep expertise in ServiceNow ACLs, roles, and enterprise technology practices to solve complex security problems and maintain audit controls within a highly regulated financial services environment.

What you'll do

  • Define and maintain the ServiceNow platform security architecture, standards, guardrails, and roadmap.
  • Establish governance and control procedures for platform access, security configurations, and integrations.
  • Define standards for identity management, including SSO, MFA, RBAC, and privileged access.
  • Establish standards for table, record, and field-level access controls and review complex ACL models.
  • Define secure patterns for REST/SOAP APIs, IntegrationHub, MID Servers, and scoped applications.
  • Establish secure development standards for JavaScript, Glide APIs, and custom scoped applications.
  • Conduct security-design reviews and identify insecure customizations to remediate technical debt.
  • Support internal and external audits by establishing documented security controls and evidence requirements.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
  • 15+ years of IT experience, including significant ServiceNow architecture, engineering, or solution design experience.
  • 5+ years as a ServiceNow Architect in a large enterprise environment focusing on platform security, access control, and administration.
  • Strong knowledge of ServiceNow architecture, configuration, application development, integrations, data, and security.
  • Experience establishing architecture standards, design patterns, governance, and engineering guardrails.
  • Experience integrating ServiceNow with identity providers using SAML, OAuth, SCIM, or LDAP.
  • Experience in cybersecurity, including risk assessments, audit response, or vulnerability management.
  • Work Authorization.

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