
CMDB Manager
Digital Realty
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dallas • California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $120,000 - $160,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- The ServiceNow CMDB Manager is responsible for the architecture, integrity, and ongoing maturity of the CMDB within our ServiceNow platform.
- Lead the end‑to‑end management of the ServiceNow CMDB, ensuring data accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
- Develop and maintain CMDB governance frameworks, including CI class models, naming conventions, relationship mapping, and lifecycle processes.
- Conduct CMDB maturity assessments and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Establish and monitor CMDB KPIs, dashboards, and data quality metrics.
- Manage ServiceNow Discovery, MID Servers, and Service Graph Connectors across datacenter and cloud environments.
- Oversee integrations with Microsoft‑centric systems including Intune, Azure AD/Entra ID, VMWare, Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, and monitoring tools.
- Ensure CMDB alignment with ITOM modules such as Event Management, Service Mapping, and Health & Compliance.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to maintain accurate CI data for servers, network devices, storage, cloud resources, and datacenter infrastructure.
- Partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, and Application teams to ensure CMDB data supports operational and business needs.
- Work closely with Change Management to ensure CI relationships and dependencies are accurately reflected.
- Support audits, compliance reviews, and risk assessments related to configuration data.
- Serve as the CMDB subject‑matter expert for internal stakeholders and leadership.
Requirements
- Extensive hands‑on experience managing the ServiceNow CMDB in a large enterprise environment.
- Strong understanding of CI class modeling, identification and reconciliation rules, discovery patterns, and MID Server architecture.
- Experience with Service Graph Connectors and API integrations.
- Deep knowledge of Microsoft technologies including Azure, Windows Server, Active Directory/Entra ID, and PowerShell.
- Strong understanding of ITIL v4 practices such as Configuration Management, Change Enablement, and Asset Management.
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud and on‑prem datacenter environments.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non‑technical teams.
- Strong analytical mindset with a passion for data accuracy and process improvement.
- Ability to lead cross‑functional initiatives and manage competing priorities.
- Comfortable presenting CMDB health, risks, and roadmap updates to leadership.
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- ServiceNow certifications such as: CIS – CMDB, CIS – Discovery, ServiceNow System Administrator (CSA).
- ITIL v4 Foundation or higher. Microsoft certifications (Azure Administrator, Azure Architect, or equivalent) are a plus.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life and AD&D insurance
- 401(k) match
- disability benefits
- wellness and education benefits
- employee stock purchase plan
- paid time off
- holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
ServiceNow CMDB managementCI class modelingdiscovery patternsMID Server architectureService Graph ConnectorsAPI integrationsAzurePowerShellITIL v4 practicesdata accuracy
Soft Skills
effective communicationanalytical mindsetprocess improvementcross-functional leadershipinfluencing skillsmanaging competing prioritiespresentation skills
Certifications
CIS – CMDBCIS – DiscoveryServiceNow System Administrator (CSA)ITIL v4 FoundationMicrosoft Azure AdministratorMicrosoft Azure Architect