Senior Principal ServiceNow Engineer

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: USA FL MacDill AFB
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ224757

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Dashboard Development, Database Management, ServiceNow Implementation, ServiceNow Platform
Certifications:
None
Experience:
6 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Senior Principal ServiceNow Engineer supporting the USCENTCOM Information Technology Services (CITS) Program in support of the USCENTCOM J6 in Tampa, FL . At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As a Senior Principal ServiceNow Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

The Senior Principal ServiceNow Engineer serves as a senior technical authority responsible for the configuration, implementation, enhancement, and sustainment of ServiceNow solutions in a complex enterprise environment. This role requires deep practical experience across ServiceNow development, module implementation, integrations, security, and operational support. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise, sound judgment, and the ability to deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable ServiceNow capabilities that support mission and business requirements. This position requires a senior-level engineer who remains directly involved in technical execution while also providing technical leadership for implementation efforts, guiding complex engineering decisions, establishing engineering standards and best practices, mentoring team members, and serving as a primary technical escalation point for ServiceNow-related issues.

How a Senior Principal ServiceNow Engineer will Make an Impact:

• Lead hands-on configuration, implementation, enhancement, and sustainment of ServiceNow solutions in support of mission and business requirements
• Provide technical leadership for complex ServiceNow implementation and enhancement efforts, including guidance on engineering standards, best practices, and technical decisions
• Develop and support workflows, business rules, client scripts, UI policies, forms, and service catalog capabilities across the platform
• Implement and support ITOM, ITAM, and SPM modules, including related capabilities such as Discovery, Service Mapping, Event Management, and Asset Management
• Build and maintain integrations using REST, SOAP, LDAP, and SSO
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point, mentor junior and mid-level team members, and support continuous improvement in ServiceNow engineering practices
• Troubleshoot issues, support upgrades, maintain security controls, and develop dashboards, reports, and technical documentation

What You'll Need to Succeed:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree with focus in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (master's degree preferred).

Required Experience:

• 6+ years of substantial hands-on ServiceNow engineering, configuration, implementation, and sustainment experience
• Proven experience delivering and supporting ServiceNow capabilities in complex enterprise environments

Required Technical Skills:

• Extensive hands-on experience with ServiceNow configuration, implementation, development, and support
• Strong experience implementing and supporting ServiceNow ITOM, ITAM, and SPM
• Proficiency in JavaScript, Glide API, and ServiceNow development tools
• Experience configuring and developing business rules, client scripts, UI policies, UI actions, workflows, forms, tables, and service catalog capabilities
• Experience implementing and supporting integrations using REST, SOAP, LDAP, and SSO
• Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs, reports, and analytics to support operational awareness, service performance, and decision-making
• Experience with Discovery, Service Mapping, Event Management, Asset Management , and SPM/PPM-related capabilities
• Experience with database management and performance optimization , preferably MariaDB is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to support platform upgrades and deployments with minimal operational disruption

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate technical information to a variety of audiences
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and functional teams
• Demonstrated leadership, professionalism, initiative, and a customer-focused attitude
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and perform effectively in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with additional ServiceNow modules such as ITSM, CMDB, Service Catalog, Knowledge Management, and GRC
• ServiceNow certifications such as Certified System Administrator (CSA), Certified Application Developer (CAD), or relevant implementation specialist certifications
• Familiarity with DoD security requirements and mission support environments
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Security Clearance Level:

• Active Secret clearance required

Location:

• Hybrid - 3-days onsite, 2- days remote

Citizenship Required:

• US Citizenship required due to the Secret clearance requirement.

What GDIT can offer:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from and apply to solve real-world problems.
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

#ARMA

#CENTCOM/CITS

#GDITPRIORITY

The likely salary range for this position is $161,500 - $218,500. 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:
Hybrid

Work Location:
USA FL MacDill AFB

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. 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.

Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 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 mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Senior Principal ServiceNow Engineer supporting the USCENTCOM Information Technology Services (CITS) Program in support of the USCENTCOM J6 in Tampa, FL . At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As a Senior Principal ServiceNow Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.




The Senior Principal ServiceNow Engineer serves as a senior technical authority responsible for the configuration, implementation, enhancement, and sustainment of ServiceNow solutions in a complex enterprise environment. This role requires deep practical experience across ServiceNow development, module implementation, integrations, security, and operational support. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise, sound judgment, and the ability to deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable ServiceNow capabilities that support mission and business requirements. This position requires a senior-level engineer who remains directly involved in technical execution while also providing technical leadership for implementation efforts, guiding complex engineering decisions, establishing engineering standards and best practices, mentoring team members, and serving as a primary technical escalation point for ServiceNow-related issues.







How a Senior Principal ServiceNow Engineer will Make an Impact:

• Lead hands-on configuration, implementation, enhancement, and sustainment of ServiceNow solutions in support of mission and business requirements
• Provide technical leadership for complex ServiceNow implementation and enhancement efforts, including guidance on engineering standards, best practices, and technical decisions
• Develop and support workflows, business rules, client scripts, UI policies, forms, and service catalog capabilities across the platform
• Implement and support ITOM, ITAM, and SPM modules, including related capabilities such as Discovery, Service Mapping, Event Management, and Asset Management
• Build and maintain integrations using REST, SOAP, LDAP, and SSO
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point, mentor junior and mid-level team members, and support continuous improvement in ServiceNow engineering practices
• Troubleshoot issues, support upgrades, maintain security controls, and develop dashboards, reports, and technical documentation

What You'll Need to Succeed:







Education:

• Bachelor's degree with focus in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (master's degree preferred).

Required Experience:

• 6+ years of substantial hands-on ServiceNow engineering, configuration, implementation, and sustainment experience
• Proven experience delivering and supporting ServiceNow capabilities in complex enterprise environments

Required Technical Skills:

• Extensive hands-on experience with ServiceNow configuration, implementation, development, and support
• Strong experience implementing and supporting ServiceNow ITOM, ITAM, and SPM
• Proficiency in JavaScript, Glide API, and ServiceNow development tools
• Experience configuring and developing business rules, client scripts, UI policies, UI actions, workflows, forms, tables, and service catalog capabilities
• Experience implementing and supporting integrations using REST, SOAP, LDAP, and SSO
• Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs, reports, and analytics to support operational awareness, service performance, and decision-making
• Experience with Discovery, Service Mapping, Event Management, Asset Management , and SPM/PPM-related capabilities
• Experience with database management and performance optimization , preferably MariaDB is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to support platform upgrades and deployments with minimal operational disruption

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate technical information to a variety of audiences
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and functional teams
• Demonstrated leadership, professionalism, initiative, and a customer-focused attitude
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and perform effectively in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with additional ServiceNow modules such as ITSM, CMDB, Service Catalog, Knowledge Management, and GRC
• ServiceNow certifications such as Certified System Administrator (CSA), Certified Application Developer (CAD), or relevant implementation specialist certifications
• Familiarity with DoD security requirements and mission support environments
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Security Clearance Level:

• Active Secret clearance required

Location:

• Hybrid - 3-days onsite, 2- days remote

Citizenship Required:

• US Citizenship required due to the Secret clearance requirement.

What GDIT can offer:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from and apply to solve real-world problems.
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays