Shape the Future with Dun & Bradstreet
At Dun & Bradstreet, we believe data has the power to create a better tomorrow. As a global leader in business decisioning data and analytics, we help companies worldwide grow, manage risk, and innovate. Since 1841, businesses have trusted us to turn uncertainty into opportunity. We’re a diverse, global team that values creativity, collaboration, and bold ideas. Are you ready to make an impact and help shape what’s next? Join us! Explore opportunities at dnb.com/careers.
The Senior CMDB Architecture Engineer is responsible for the technical architecture, design, implementation, and ongoing health of the ServiceNow Configuration Management Database (CMDB).
The Senior CMDB Architecture Engineer role ensures the CMDB provides accurate, complete, and reliable configuration data to support IT service management, IT operations management, operational resilience, security, and technology decision-making.
Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain the CMDB data model in alignment with Common Service Data Model 5 and ServiceNow best practices, including configuration item classes, attributes, relationships, Identification and Reconciliation Engine rules, lifecycle standards, and authoritative data sources.
- Ensure alignment with the Common Service Data Model and ServiceNow CMDB best practices.
- Define and govern configuration item classes, attributes, relationships, identification rules, reconciliation rules, and lifecycle standards.
- Provide technical leadership for ServiceNow Discovery, Service Mapping, integrations, and CMDB data ingestion.
- Establish, monitor, and improve CMDB health metrics covering completeness, correctness, compliance, and duplicate configuration items.
- Partner closely with Discovery, Service Mapping, Software Asset Management Professional, Integrated Risk Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, application and infrastructure teams, and process owners to ensure configuration data is properly discovered, integrated, governed, and maintained.
- Identify, investigate and resolve complex CMDB data-quality issues, including duplicate, stale, orphaned, and incorrectly classified configuration items.
- Evaluate discovery patterns, integrations, and automation opportunities and implement technical improvements that strengthen CMDB reliability and operational value.
Essential Skills and/or Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field
- At least 8 years of relevant experience in CMDB architecture, ServiceNow platform engineering, configuration management, IT service management, IT operations management, or a related technical discipline.
- Expert knowledge of CMDB architecture, configuration item classes, attributes, relationships, and lifecycle management.
- Expertise in the ServiceNow Common Service Data Model.
- Deep knowledge of the ServiceNow Identification and Reconciliation Engine.
- Strong knowledge of ServiceNow Discovery, including MID Servers, credentials, schedules, patterns, probes and sensors, cloud discovery, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with Service Mapping and configuration-data integrations.
- Strong expertise in CMDB health management and data quality.
- ServiceNow Certified System Administrator certification required.
- Certified Implementation Specialist – Discovery certification required.
- Certified Implementation Specialist – Service Mapping certification required.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suites Skills
- Show an ownership mindset in everything you do; be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action, be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success.
- Continuous growth mindset, keep learning through social experiences and relationships with stakeholders, experts, colleagues and mentors as well as widen and broaden your competencies through structural courses and programs.
- Where applicable, fluency in English and languages relevant to the working market.
Benefits We Offer
· Generous paid time off in your first year, increasing with tenure.
· Up to 16 weeks 100% paid parental leave after one year of employment.
· Paid sick time to care for yourself or family members.
· Education assistance and extensive training resources.
· Do Good Program: Paid volunteer days & donation matching.
· Competitive 401k with company matching.
· Health & wellness benefits, including discounted Wellhub membership rates.
· Medical, dental & vision insurance for you, spouse/partner & dependents.
All Dun & Bradstreet job postings can be found at https://jobs.lever.co/dnb. Official communication from Dun & Bradstreet will come from an email address ending in @dnb.com.
Notice to Applicants: Please be advised that this job posting page is hosted and powered by Lever, a subsidiary of Employ Inc. Your use of this page is subject to Employ's Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy, which governs the processing of visitor data on this platform.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO): Dun & Bradstreet provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, genetic information, protected military and veteran status, ancestry, marital status, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by law. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal - The current poster can be found here. We participate in E-Verify - The current poster can be found here.
Accommodations information for applicants with disabilities: Dun & Bradstreet is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with Dun & Bradstreet, please send an e-mail to AcquisitionT@dnb.com to let us know the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information.
