
Principal Consultant
Daimler Truck AG
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bengaluru • India
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About the role
- Define and maintain the end-to-end architecture blueprint for the ServiceNow platform.
- Drive modular, reusable design patterns that align with the CSDM, ITIL, and enterprise data models.
- Ensure platform scalability, performance, and multi-instance best practices.
- Provide architectural oversight for all custom apps, workflows, and integrations.
- Own ServiceNow upgrade and lifecycle planning from a technical architecture perspective.
- Lead the architecture review board (ARB) and approve solution designs.
- Define governance standards: naming conventions, ACL structures, development guidelines, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Review instance scan results, quality gates, and technical debt dashboards.
- Approve plugin evaluations, installation requests, and HI portal governance activities.
- Ensure every release complies with governance policies, test coverage, and quality metrics.
- Design and govern integration architecture (REST, SOAP, MID, JDBC, APIs, Event-driven).
- Establish standards for API lifecycle, credentials, and security tokens.
- Collaborate with enterprise integration teams (e.g., Azure, SAP, Kafka) to ensure reliable and secure data exchange.
- Ensure integrations adhere to data privacy, GDPR, and audit standards.
- Ensure CMDB data models and CSDM practices align with enterprise asset and service maps.
- Provide architectural input for discovery, service mapping, and dependency views.
- Define relationships between business applications, services, and technical components.
- Ensure instance security, role segregation, and access governance.
- Partner with InfoSec teams for vulnerability scans, encryption, and identity federation.
- Oversee upgrade readiness from a compliance standpoint (e.g., data protection, access control).
- Lead periodic platform audits and review SOX / GDPR / internal compliance items.
- Translate business goals into ServiceNow enablement opportunities.
- Lead innovation and POC initiatives across AI, predictive intelligence, and virtual agent use cases.
- Define the multi-year platform roadmap, covering modernization, DPM, ESG, and AI integration.
- Mentor developers, admins, and BAs on platform best practices.
- Partner with ServiceNow account teams, vendors, and internal COE for strategic planning.
Requirements
- 9 –15 Years (minimum 6+ years hands-on with ServiceNow)
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- Advanced certifications or specialization in Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF, ITIL Expert) is an advantage.
- ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA)
- ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist (at least one core module – ITSM, ITOM, CSM, or SPM)
- ServiceNow Certified Application Developer (CAD)
- ServiceNow Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or Implementation Architect (any domain)
- ITIL v4 Managing Professional / TOGAF 9+
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong documentation and presentation capabilities for executive communication.
- Proven experience driving design workshops, governance councils, and platform roadmap discussions.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
ServiceNowCSDMITILRESTSOAPMIDJDBCAPIsCI/CDdata modeling
Soft skills
stakeholder managementcross-functional leadershipcommunicationdocumentationpresentationgovernancementoringinnovationcollaborationproblem-solving
Certifications
ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA)ServiceNow Certified Implementation SpecialistServiceNow Certified Application Developer (CAD)ServiceNow Certified Technical Architect (CTA)ITIL v4 Managing ProfessionalTOGAF 9+ITIL ExpertEnterprise Architecture specializationServiceNow Certified Implementation ArchitectBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science