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Senior Microservices Architect – ServiceNow Platform (Santa Rosa)

Oncorreinc, Santa Rosa, CA, United States


Location:

Onsite
Type:

Full-Time / Contract
Experience:

12+ Years IT | 5+ Years ServiceNow | 5+ Years Microservices / Cloud Architecture

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced

Microservices Architect with strong ServiceNow expertise

to lead enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives. This role will architect scalable microservices ecosystems integrated with the ServiceNow platform to modernize workflows, automate operations, and deliver next-generation business services.
The ideal candidate combines

deep architecture leadership, ServiceNow platform knowledge, Java/Spring Boot or Node.js microservices experience, API strategy, cloud-native engineering, and stakeholder leadership

.

Key Responsibilities
ServiceNow Architecture

Architect and govern enterprise ServiceNow solutions across ITSM, ITOM, CSM, HRSD, SPM, SecOps, CMDB.
Design upgrade-safe, scalable, secure ServiceNow implementations.
Lead custom application architecture using App Engine, Flow Designer, IntegrationHub.
Define platform governance, development standards, release strategy, and roadmap.
Microservices Architecture

Design distributed microservices-based solutions integrated with ServiceNow workflows.
Define service boundaries, domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, and API-first standards.
Build reusable business services for claims, HR, customer service, asset lifecycle, approvals, case management.
Lead migration from monolithic systems to microservices ecosystems.
Integration Leadership

Architect integrations between ServiceNow and enterprise platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Workday, Jira, Oracle, Azure AD, AWS systems.
Design REST / SOAP / GraphQL APIs.
Implement asynchronous integrations using Kafka, RabbitMQ, Event Grid, SNS/SQS.
Cloud / DevOps

Lead Kubernetes / Docker deployment models.
Define CI/CD pipelines for platform + microservices releases.
Establish observability, resilience, SRE, logging, tracing, security controls.
Leadership

Lead engineering teams, developers, platform admins, and offshore teams.
Conduct architecture reviews and executive solution presentations.
Estimate effort, roadmap planning, risk mitigation, modernization strategy.
Required SkillsServiceNow

Strong ServiceNow architecture experience
UI Builder / Service Portal
IntegrationHub
Flow Designer
CMDB / Discovery
ACL / Security
Scoped Apps
ATF / Upgrade planning
Microservices

Java / Spring Boot OR Node.js / NestJS
REST APIs / GraphQL
Event-driven architecture
Kafka / MQ patterns
API Gateway
Distributed systems design
Cloud / Infra

AWS / Azure / GCP
Kubernetes / Docker
Terraform / IaC
Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab CI
Database

PostgreSQL / MySQL
MongoDB / DynamoDB
Redis / Caching

Preferred Qualifications

ServiceNow CSA / CAD / CTA Certifications
TOGAF / Cloud Architect certifications
Experience in Fortune 500 environments
Experience with AI / GenAI / Virtual Agent / Now Assist
Prior consulting background