ITOM Discovery SME

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: Any Location / Remote
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ219496


Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
NACI (T1)

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
CMDB, Integration Architecture Implementation, SAM Software, ServiceNow Platform
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a ServiceNow ITOM Discovery SME supporting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cloud Products & Tools (CMS - CPT). GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. The Senior ServiceNow ITOM Discovery SME is responsible for the architecture, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and ITOM Discovery capabilities within the ServiceNow platform. This role ensures accurate, reliable, and actionable configuration data to support IT Operations, Service Management, Security, and business services. The engineer will lead efforts to mature CMDB health, align with the Common Service Data Model (CSDM), and implement scalable discovery patterns and integrations that provide visibility across SeviceNow instances.

This role supports the agency's mission by leveraging advanced ITAM processes to ensure accurate asset tracking, operational transparency, and regulatory adherence. This individual specializes in publisher-specific toolsets, drives license optimization through tailored workflows, and contributes to enterprise ITAM operations to ensure regulatory compliance success at CMS.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Design, implement, and maintain CMDB architecture aligned with ServiceNow best practices and CSDM framework.
• Define and enforce data models, class structures, and relationship integrity.
• Establish and maintain CMDB governance processes, including:
  • Data ownership and stewardship
  • Certification and attestation workflows
  • Data quality policies and standards
• Drive CMDB maturity initiatives focusing on completeness, correctness, and compliance.
• Configure and manage ServiceNow Discovery for data centers, cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), and endpoints, network devices, servers, databases, and applications
• Develop and maintain Discovery schedules and credentials, MID Server infrastructure (installation, scaling, hardening), probes, sensors, patterns, and classification rules
• Troubleshoot discovery issues and optimize performance and coverage.
• Ensure credential management aligns with security best practices.
• Ensure accurate CI relationships to support impact analysis and incident/problem management.
• Monitor and improve CMDB SW data health using ServiceNow CMDB Health Dashboard
• Identify and remediate duplicate, stale, or orphaned SW CIs.
• Implement automated data reconciliation and normalization strategies.
• Align discovery data with other data sources (e.g., SCCM, cloud APIs).

• Design and maintain integrations between ServiceNow and external systems including cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), endpoint management tools (SCCM, Intune, JAMF), and monitoring and event management systems
• Ensure data ingestion aligns with Identification and Reconciliation Engine (IRE) standards.
• Define authoritative SW data sources and reconciliation rules.
• Automate discovery operations and CMDB maintenance using Flow Designer, Business Rules, IntegrationHub
• Develop reusable patterns and scalable configurations.
• Support SW CI lifecycle automation from provisioning through decommissioning.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting for discovery failures, CMDB inconsistencies, and integration issues.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for CMDB and Discovery
• Ensure discovery and CMDB and Discovery processes comply with organizational security policies.
• Implement secure credential storage and access controls.
• Support audit readiness with traceable and reliable configuration data.
• Stay current with ServiceNow releases and ITOM enhancements.
• Evaluate and implement new capabilities such as Agent Client Collector (ACC), Service Graph Connectors, Event Management and AIOps integrations
• Drive CMDB and Discovery maturity toward higher levels of automation and trust.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in information systems, Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience
• Required Experience: 3-5+ years of hands-on experience with CMDB and ITOM Discovery.
• Required Technical Skills: Strong understanding of CMDB design and data modeling, ServiceNow Discovery architecture (MID Servers, probes/sensors, patterns), and Identification and Reconciliation Engine (IRE); Experience with cloud discovery (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP); Familiarity with ITIL processes and frameworks; Scripting experience (JavaScript, REST/SOAP APIs)
• Attributes for Success: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; Deep technical expertise with a systems-thinking mindset; Data governance and quality focus; Ability to translate technical configurations into business value; Effective communication and cross-functional collaboration
• Preferred Skills: ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA); ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist - Discovery (CIS-Discovery); ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist - Service Mapping (CIS-SM); Experience implementing CSDM in large enterprises; Knowledge of networking, infrastructure, and application architectures
• Location: Remote Work 100%
• Security Clearance Level: Must be able to pass a CMS Public Trust - Applicants shall have lived in the United States at least 3 out of the last 5 years prior to going through the public trust background investigation and submitting an application for a Federal ID Card
• Work visa sponsorship will not be considered for this role

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

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The likely salary range for this position is $119,000 - $161,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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